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The reason given was that the Pulitzer Prize for Drama is a dramatic award, and not a musical one. However, by 1950 the Pulitzer committee included composer Richard Rodgers as a recipient when South Pacific won the award, in recognition of music as an integral and important part of the theatrical experience. [12]
For the plays, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for Drama–winning works. Pages in category "Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners" The following 99 pages are in this category ...
Pages in category "Pulitzer Prize for Drama–winning works" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Pulitzer Prize Board generally selects the Pulitzer Prize Winners from the three nominated finalists in each category. The names of nominated finalists have been announced only since 1980. Work that has been submitted for Prize consideration but not chosen as either a nominated finalist or a winner is termed an entry or submission.
O'Neill's first published play, Beyond the Horizon, opened on Broadway in 1920 to great acclaim, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His first major hit was The Emperor Jones , which ran on Broadway in 1920 and obliquely commented on the U.S. occupation of Haiti that was a topic of debate in that year's presidential election. [ 19 ]
Poster for the 1938 WPA production of Alison's House, for which Glaspell won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Glaspell returned to Cape Cod after Cook's death, where she wrote a well-received biography and tribute to her late husband, The Road to the Temple (1927).
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1932) Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin , lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind . The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform.
On April 16, the play earned Majok, a University of Chicago and Yale School of Drama graduate, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her work that explores "diverse perceptions of privilege and human connection through two pairs of mismatched individuals". [14] The play received 4 Outer Critics Circle Awards nominations. [15]