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Tag: Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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FAIRVIEW (Wilma): 60-second review

Christopher Munden June 6, 2022 No Comments

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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Winning a Pulitzer, Directing a Pulitzer-winner

Christopher Munden May 12, 2022 No Comments

2022 Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames directs the 2019 Pulitzer winner Fairview at the Wilma.

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Podcasts Theater

THE GIN GAME by Donald L. Coburn (1978): Chosen by Committee Episode 52

Phindie Podcasts March 23, 2022 No Comments

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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Podcasts Theater

The Shadow Box by actor Michael Cristofer (1977): Chosen by Committee Episode 51

Phindie Podcasts March 6, 2022 No Comments

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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Podcasts Theater

A Chorus Line (1976): Chosen by Committee Episode 50

Phindie Podcasts February 17, 2022 No Comments

One singular sensation!

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Seascape by Edward Albee (1975): Chosen by Committee episode 49

Phindie Podcasts February 3, 2022 No Comments

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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Podcasts Reviews Theater

Pulitzer Podcast Review: STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE at the Arden

Phindie Podcasts February 3, 2022 No Comments

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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Podcasts Theater

That Championship Season by Jason Miller (1973): Chosen by Committee episode 48

Phindie Podcasts January 26, 2022 No Comments

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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Podcasts Theater

The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds (1971): Chosen by Committee episode 47

Phindie Podcasts January 20, 2022 No Comments

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

Phindie Podcasts January 12, 2022 No Comments

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

Phindie Podcasts January 8, 2022 No Comments

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

Phindie Podcasts September 26, 2020 No Comments

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

Phindie Podcasts September 12, 2020 No Comments

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

Phindie Podcasts August 5, 2020 No Comments

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

Phindie Podcasts April 2, 2020 No Comments

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

Phindie Podcasts March 26, 2020 No Comments

Beginning a discussion of every play which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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