Lanford Wilson’s quiet one-act play about an unlikely love between a leftist Jewish immigrant and the daughter of a Missouri garment factory dynasty won the…
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THE GIN GAME by Donald L. Coburn (1978): Chosen by Committee Episode 52
Two elderly people play cards and talk about their life in Donald L. Coburn’s quietly moving play The Gin Game, winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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The Shadow Box by actor Michael Cristofer (1977): Chosen by Committee Episode 51
The winner of the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Drama gets the Chosen by Committee treatment this week. Michael Cristofer’s The Shadow Box got the nod…
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Seascape by Edward Albee (1975): Chosen by Committee episode 49
Lizards! Edward Albee won his second (of three) Pulitzer Prizes in 1975 for Seascape, which traverses a peculiar line between realism and absurdism.
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Pulitzer Podcast Review: STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Arden
Chosen by Committee podcasters Josh Herren and Christopher Munden tear themselves from the Pulitzer bookcase to see a live Pulitzer-winning show.
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That Championship Season by Jason Miller (1973): Chosen by Committee episode 48
Basketball, bigotry, and unfulfilled promise collide in Jason Miller’s look at five denizens of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,…
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The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds (1971): Chosen by Committee episode 47
Paul Zindel’s The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds premiered in Houston in 1964, but didn’t come to the attention of the Pulitzer…
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No Place to Be Somebody by Charles Gordone (1970): Chosen by Committee episode 46
Josh powers through his COVID to spearhead a discussion of Charles Gordone’s No Place to Be Somebody, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.…
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The Great White Hope by Howard Sackler (1969): Chosen by Committee Episode 45
Based on the life of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, The Great White Hope won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best…
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A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (1967): Chosen by Committee Episode 44
Edward Albee won his first of three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama in 1967 for his three-act work A Delicate Balance. In this episode of Chosen…
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The Subject Was Roses by Frank Gilroy (1965): Chosen by Committee episode 43
Chosen by Committee · Episode 43- The Subject Was Roses (1965) Today, Frank Gilroy may be best known as the father of screenwriters Tony Gilroy…
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All the Way Home by Tad Mosel (1961): Chosen by Committee episode 40
In a long-awaited return to the podcast game, Josh, John, and Chris discuss Tad Mosel’s All the Way Home, winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize…
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Fiorello! by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (1960): Chosen by Committee episode 39
Back in dark days of January 2021, the podders at Chosen by Committee considered the political biographic musical Fiorello!
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J.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committee Episode 38
On this episode of Chosen by Committee, Josh, John, and Chris talk poetry and bible, and wonder why this play didn’t quite work.
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Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings (1958): Chosen by Committee Episode 36
In 1958 the Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to Look Homeward, Angel, Ketti Frings’s adaptation of the Thomas Wolfe novel. This week’s episode of Chosen by Committee discusses the award-winning play
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Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill (1957): Chosen by Committee Episode 35
This week, hosts Josh, John, and Chris take a long day’s journey into night with the 1957 winner by Eugene O’Neill, his fourth.
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The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett (1956): Chosen by Committee Episode 34
Josh, John, and Chris discuss Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956.
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (1955): Chosen by Committee Episode 33
In 1955, playwright Tennessee Williams won his second Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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The Teahouse Of The August Moon by John Patrick (1954): Chosen by Committee Episode 32
This week, hosts Josh, John, and Chris talk about racism, identity, and 1954’s Pulitzer winner The Teahouse of August Moon
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Picnic by William Inge (1953): Chosen by Committee Episode 31
William Inge, his place in the American dramatic canon, and queer coding.
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