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What famous musicals are common for high school theatre?

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NPR Ed published the first-ever database of the most popular high school plays and musicals in the U.S. in July 2015. Today, the 2017 numbers are out, so we've updated our original story. read more

Most of these are considered “war horses” of musical theater. Many of them are good shows that anyone who has had a substantial career in theater has done multiple times. read more

The Most Popular High School Plays And Musicals : NPR Ed The Wizard of Oz is in and Mary Poppins is out, that's according to Dramatics magazine's high school theater rankings for 2016-2017. The magazine has been publishing its list since 1938. read more

Tony Award nominee John Cariani's Almost, Maine was named the most-performed high school play of 2010. The 2004 play, written by actor-playwright Cariani and depicting a mythical town in northern Maine, edged out plays with longer-standing high school histories, including A Midsummer Night's Dream and You Can't Take It With You. read more

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