Can you name the most-performed plays and musicals in U.S. high schools (2008-09)?

Plays
William Shakespeare
Neil Simon
Arthur Miller
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Joseph Kesselring
John Patrick
Michael Frayn
(various adaptations)
Reginald Rose
Mary Chase
William Gibson
Thornton Wilder

Musicals
Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Linda Woolverton
Alan Menken and Howard Ashman
Jeanine Tesori, Dick Scanlon, and Richard Morris
Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Frank Loesser, Abe Burrows, and Jo Swerling
Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Jay Thompson, and Dean Fuller
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Clark Gesner
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Meredith Willson

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High School Plays Quiz

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Created by: jaymc -
Contributed: October 21st, 2009
Published: April 29th, 2010
Category: Literature
Plays: 56,558

Tags: Novel Quizzes, Musical Quizzes, title, school, high, play, 2008-2009, performed, type, Editor Pick, author

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	pbrown:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 17:41 GMT	1 point
	My high school is performing Thoroughly Modern Millie tonight! Great quiz!

	Kicking222:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 17:41 GMT	11 points
	1) Great idea for a game. 2) Schwagirl (I doubt you'll ever see this, but still), if you named yourself after the sound symbolized by an upside-down "e", you are my new hero.

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	Etheridge2:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 17:57 GMT	4 points
	12 Angry Men didn't work for me it should accept both, unless I had a typo in there which is always possible, and wow this was much tougher then I thought.

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	NoVan:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 19:06 GMT	6 points
	Are these in any kind of order by number of performances? If not, I'd like to see which one one was first, second, etc.

	jaymc:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 19:37 GMT	4 points
	They're basically in order, though I seem to recall there are some ties. Click on the source for more info.

	BiloxiSean:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 20:10 GMT	1 point
	We did 'Anything Goes', which was apropo for my high school.

	pandafan:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 20:46 GMT	1 point
	exackerly: Yes, we did The Curious Savage in my high school (in the 70's). Can't believe it is still around.

	list_smith:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 21:12 GMT	10 points
	I find it reassuring that High School Musical isn't on the list. I don't mean to put it down, but there are dozens of worthier musicals out there.

	kinga3:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 21:15 GMT	5 points
	i thought "anything goes" or "bye bye birdie" would be on here

	mininimi:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 21:23 GMT	1 point
	got one right and was 69th percentile!!!

	jasperwyld:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 21:29 GMT	0 points
	Although high school was a long time ago, this list looks pretty spot-on, I remember being in four of these. "Twinkle twinkle, little bat, how I wonder where you're at..."

	elasticpretzel:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 21:41 GMT	3 points
	wow! my high school hasn't done any of these!

	Stran:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 22:12 GMT	5 points
	First time I've ever been at the 90th percentile with only 4 correct answers :)

	kingstony:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 22:21 GMT	1 point
	We did '10 Rillington Place'.

	padawanofpie:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 22:39 GMT	1 point
	actually yea, bye bye birdie and anything goes would be naturals for me (I would think). But maybe not. "Charlie Brown" should be accepted for you're a good man charlie brown...

	hannnnaa:	Apr 29th, 2010 at 22:43 GMT	1 point
	I was surprised Fiddler on the Roof wasn't on there since my high school and my brother's both did it.

	christhax:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 00:47 GMT	-3 points
	cinderella?

	Linz:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 01:27 GMT	2 points
	I would have thought that West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie and Brigadoon would have made the list--I have seen them all done by high schools recently, and all very well done.

	peczek:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 02:03 GMT	3 points
	i thought the shakespeare play was for sure romeo and juliet. looks like i was wrong

	Cool_Runnings:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 03:18 GMT	-1 points
	no sound of music? and i feel like it should accept midsummers night dream without the "a". man, im used to calling it midsummer, how am i supposed to remember the a?

	dark_chocolate:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 03:59 GMT	0 points
	Midsummer is the best play ever! My best friend was Puck in a summer camp version :-)

	plujan:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 06:16 GMT	4 points
	I feel like "(various adaptations)" isn't a very helpful clue. You could try something like "various adaptations of a Lewis Carroll work", although that would be much easier.

	jefe_:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 06:42 GMT	0 points
	it accepts "midsummer nightS dream"

	kristen58:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 07:46 GMT	-2 points
	wahoo 98th percentile!

	Fitz:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 13:10 GMT	2 points
	Noises Off features an actress in lingerie for most of the play... must be some very progressive high schools.

	exackerly:	Apr 30th, 2010 at 20:45 GMT	1 point
	This would have been a lot more fun without the clues. Is it just me, or are the published quizzes on Sporcles getting easier and easier?