Tag Archives: Pulitzer Prize

Theatre in 2008 (Blogathon ’09 #48)

I was lucky enough to see Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner August: Osage County, by Tracy Letts, two days after it won the Tony Award for Best Play.  This play is about 3 1/2 hours long.  You truly feel as though you have been sitting there for 20 minutes.  It is incredibly engaging, and very [...]

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Theatre in 2003 (Blogathon ’09 #43)

I’ve got another strange one for you kids!  If you’re squeamish or easily offended, then the winner of 2002′d Pulitzer Prize for Drama is not for you!  Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? is about acceptance and social norms.  If you’re up for the challenge, the play will change the way that you [...]

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Theatre in 2002 (Blogathon ’09 #42)

Suzan-Lori Parks won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with her play Topdog/Underdog, which was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play.  This is one of my all-time favorite plays.  The dialogue is stunning, almost as if the entire work is one long poem.  It is breathtaking, and I hope it is revived on [...]

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