Time's Critics Pick Their Favorite Plays Of The Decade; AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Voted Number One

By: Dec. 30, 2009
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Times critics have released their favorite plays for the decade, and August: Osage County is topping the list followed by Billy Elliot and The Pillowman. 

The complete list is as follows:

Plays and Musicals
August: Osage County (2007)
Billy Elliot (2008)
The Pillowman (2005)
Metamorphoses (2002)
Boy Gets Girl (2000)
Movin' Out (2002)
Comic Potential (2000)
Doubt (2004)
Ruined (2008)
Wicked (2003)

The critics also picked their favorite movies, TV shows and books of the decade.

MOVIES
WALL-E (2008)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)
Talk to Her (2002)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
White Diamond (2005)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Avatar (2009)

TV SHOWS
The Wire
Lost
Freaks and Geeks
Arrested Development
Mad Men
The Office
Deadwood
The Sopranos / Survivor (tie)
The Daily Show
Battlestar Galactica

BOOKS
Never Let Me Go (2005), by Kazuo Ishiguro
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (2004), by Susanna Clarke
The Corrections (2001), by Jonathan Franzen
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), by Junot Diaz
The Known World (2003), by Edward P. Jones
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), by J.K. Rowling
Atonement (2002), by Ian McEwan
Lush Life (2008), by Richard Price
Then We Came to the End (2007), by Joshua Ferris
American Gods (2001), by Neil Gaiman

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