Pulitzer winners aren’t always great theatrical works, but they are often very revealing about the times in which they won
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Tag: Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Winning a Pulitzer, Directing a Pulitzer-winner
2022 Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames directs the 2019 Pulitzer winner Fairview at the Wilma.
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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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A Chorus Line (1976): Chosen by Committee Episode 50
One singular sensation!
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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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The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder (1943): Chosen by Committee Episode 24
Josh, John, and Chris disagree again about Thorton Wilder. Then, they chart a path forward.
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There Shall Be No Light by Robert E. Sherwood (1941): Chosen by Committee Episode 23
For episode 23, podders Josh, John, and Chris discuss There Shall Be No Light, the third and final prizewinning play by Robert E. Sherwood.
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You Can’t Take It With You by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart (1937): Chosen by Committee Episode 19
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1937 for You Can’t Take it With You.
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Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O’Neill (1920): Chosen by Committee Episode 2
In episode 2 of Chosen by Committee, the podcast considering every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, hosts Josh, John, and Christopher discuss Eugene O’Neill’s 1920 tragedy. They mostly loved it.
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WHY MARRY? by Jesse Lynch Williams (1918): Chosen by Committee Episode 1
Beginning a discussion of every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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