A report on Pulitzer Prize for Drama
One of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music.
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama41 related topics with Alpha
Tony Award for Best Musical
7 linksGiven annually to the best new Broadway musical, as determined by Tony Award voters.
Given annually to the best new Broadway musical, as determined by Tony Award voters.
indicates the winner†indicates the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Stephen Sondheim
7 linksAmerican composer, songwriter and lyricist.
American composer, songwriter and lyricist.
Sondheim and Lapine won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play, and it was revived on Broadway in 2008, and again in a limited run in 2017.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
6 linksAmerican actor, rapper, songwriter, playwright and filmmaker.
American actor, rapper, songwriter, playwright and filmmaker.
It earned the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for a record 16 Tony Awards and won 11, including Miranda's first win for the Best Book of a Musical.
Jonathan Larson
4 linksAmerican composer, lyricist and playwright most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia.
American composer, lyricist and playwright most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia.
He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rent.
Hamilton (musical)
3 linksSung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Sung-and-rapped-through musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
It received the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Tom Kitt (musician)
3 linksAmerican composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician.
American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician.
For his score for the musical Next to Normal, he shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Brian Yorkey.
A Chorus Line
3 links1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.
1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.
An unprecedented box office and critical hit, the musical received twelve Tony Award nominations and won nine, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
South Pacific (musical)
2 linksMusical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan.
Musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan.
The piece won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1950.
Of Thee I Sing
2 linksMusical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.
Musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.
In 1932, Of Thee I Sing was the first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Jerry Bock
2 linksAmerican musical theater composer.
American musical theater composer.
He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof with Sheldon Harnick.