2017 Pulitzer: your predictions- Page 3
2017 Pulitzer: your predictions
#502017 Pulitzer: your predictions
Posted: 4/10/17 at 3:48pm
I don't think the Pulitzer will help Sweat much in terms of sales, but it surely makes it an even stronger front runner for Best Play.
I love that Taylor Mac is a finalist! I didn't see the show at St. Ann's, but Mac is one of the most fascinating people working in NY theatre, and I really loved Hir last year at Playwrights.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
djoko84
Broadway Star Joined: 3/14/13
#512017 Pulitzer: your predictions
Posted: 4/11/17 at 6:38am
Good job to Kad who predicted the Taylor Mac play and The Wolves. This will not matter for the Tonys. Sweat got mixed to good reviews, which aren't enough for a win. I'm expecting OSLO, A Doll's House 2, and Indecent to get much better reviews. Remember, the Pulitzer is for the written play itself not the production. Sweat is probably #4 behind those three when it comes to probability of a win.
#522017 Pulitzer: your predictions
Posted: 4/11/17 at 9:15am
JSquared2 said: "Hilton Als for Criticism? WTF???
Do we not like Hilton Als?
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
#532017 Pulitzer: your predictions
Posted: 4/11/17 at 10:32am
djoko84 said: "Good job to Kad who predicted the Taylor Mac play and The Wolves. This will not matter for the Tonys. Sweat got mixed to good reviews, which aren't enough for a win. I'm expecting OSLO, A Doll's House 2, and Indecent to get much better reviews. Remember, the Pulitzer is for the written play itself not the production. Sweat is probably #4 behind those three when it comes to probability of a win."
Well... I also thought Oslo would take it.
I do agree this doesn't necessarily translate into a Tony win for Sweat (which, frankly, I think is the weakest of the three Pulitzer shortlisted works, and also one of the weaker of the new Broadway plays). However, there are more politics at play for Best Play than the Pulitzer. Lynn Nottage may be seen as overdue for a Tony, the play may be seen as too prescient and topical not to award, it could be seen as the most commercial option for both touring and licensing, etc. etc.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#542017 Pulitzer: your predictions
Posted: 4/11/17 at 12:12pm
Valentina3 said: "JSquared2 said: "Hilton Als for Criticism? WTF???
Do we not like Hilton Als?
Loved his piece on the revival of Color Purple.
#552017 Pulitzer: your predictions
Posted: 4/11/17 at 12:23pm
I agree, slumdogdelaware. I think that's the one which won him the award. I did go back and read some of his other pieces and they are less... thorough. I did find his way of drawing parallels between seemingly unrelated works quite remarkable.
Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.
Harriet Craig
Stand-by Joined: 7/15/15
#562017 Pulitzer: your predictions
Posted: 4/11/17 at 3:59pm
Als's review of Dreamgirls was one of ten pieces that "were part of the prize-winning submission to the Pulitzer committee", according to this article on The New Yorker's website (which lists all ten pieces):
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/hilton-als-wins-the-pulitzer-prize-for-criticism
Videos