Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
#1Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 7:10pm
...that a playwright can win? (I.e., is it considered more prestigious than a Tony Award?). I always thought so but I don't know if my perception is correct.
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Updated On: 2/27/15 at 07:10 PM
Fantod
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/3/14
#2Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 7:11pm
Unless you win a nobel prize (Eugene O'Neill, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter), then yes.
Updated On: 2/27/15 at 07:11 PM
JackOBrian3
Chorus Member Joined: 2/22/15
#2Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 7:54pmBut excludes plays by anyONE but Americans
jimmycurry01
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#3Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 7:57pmI think it is the most prestigious award for an American playwright. But I will never win either one, so what do I know?
#4Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:17pmIt's up there, but not as prestigious as the "BWW Best New Play" award.
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#5Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:24pmOnly Americans can win a Pulitzer, and the play has to be about the American experience... so...
#6Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:36pmI don't think playwrights dream of winning a Pulitzer in the same way that journalists do, though.
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#7Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:47pmPlaywrights and composers definitely dream of winning a Pulitzer if they're American... if only be on the same list as Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Stephen Sondheim, Jonathan Larson, August WIlson, Aaron Copland, Richard Rodgers, etc...
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Understudy Joined: 2/20/15
#8Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?
Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:07pmI would say, yes, it is the most prestigious because it's only for the playwright's work, since it's a writing award, whereas the Tony is for the entire production, not just the writing.
