Posted: 7/29/15 at 2:54pm
What shows do you think will be finalists for the 2016 Pulitzer? I know obviously Hamilton has a great shot at winning but what else from this year has been worthy? Perhaps Gloria?
Posted: 7/29/15 at 3:03pm
Posted: 7/29/15 at 3:07pm
It seems almost inconceivable that the prize will not go to Hamilton.
Posted: 7/29/15 at 3:27pm
Hamilton will probably win.
And everyone on the backlash train will whine incessantly about it.
Updated On: 7/30/15 at 03:27 PM
Posted: 7/30/15 at 12:44am
I agree, I think Fun Home is considerably more important than Hamilton but it is what it is.
Posted: 7/30/15 at 1:03am
I don't know why people constantly feel the need to make one show better than the other. Fun Home and Hamilton are both important; we have an abundance of riches at the moment and I feel sorry for those of you who can't appreciate that. That said, Hamilton is a masterful work about the American experiment and it is no surprise it is a lock for the Pulitzer.
Posted: 7/30/15 at 1:11am
I don't think there's a need to compare two radically different pieces of theater as well. I just happen to favor one over the other. I however am not saying that Hamilton isn't a masterful piece of theater, because I'm sure once I see it, I'll completely understand the Pulitzer hype.
Posted: 7/30/15 at 1:18am
Matt, thanks for that, although I wonder how you can "favor" one when you haven't seen the other.
Posted: 7/30/15 at 1:49am
I think Gloria has a chance of being a finalist. I would also nominate Significant Other, but I don't think it would be.
Posted: 7/30/15 at 9:42am
I really hope the smug, overrated Gloria isn't a finalist, but I fear it will be. It's been imbued with an unearned sense of importance by Ben Brantley when it's really just a shabby little shocker. (God, I sound like After Eight this morning).
Posted: 7/30/15 at 9:50am
Posted: 7/30/15 at 10:01am
Posted: 7/30/15 at 10:34am
"I'm not so sure Gloria will be a finalist. The committee didn't even choose An Octoroon as a finalist, when IMO it should have won the prize. They aren't BJJ fans."
An Octoroon is a complicated work, whereas Gloria is more straightforward in its intentions, which is why I think it might fare better with the Pulitzer committee. It also deals with issues that might be appealing to the committee.
Like others have said, I put Hamilton in the "glaring front-runner" category.
Posted: 7/30/15 at 10:46am
Posted: 7/30/15 at 10:50am
The Pulitzer Prize community usually goes with something way less obvious, while the frontrunners usually get nominated.
Posted: 7/30/15 at 10:58am
"The Pulitzer Prize community usually goes with something way less obvious, while the frontrunners usually get nominated."
Define "usually". More often than not, an obvious choice wins. This is particularly true with plays and musicals that transcend popularity and relevance within the theater community and experience a moment of cultural relevance -- and Hamilton is certainly in that category. Think of August: Osage County, Doubt, Rent, Proof, Angels in America, etc., in this category.
Honestly, since 2000, I would argue there have only been two total surprise, out of left field winners: Anna in the Tropics and Water by the Spoonful, both of which won before they'd received a New York production.
Updated On: 7/30/15 at 10:58 AM
