Congrats to Tracy Letts, 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner for AUGUST
Congrats to Tracy Letts, 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner for AUGUST
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
Congrats to Tracy Letts, 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winner for AUGUST#1
Posted: 4/7/08 at 1:55pmFinalists were Christopher Shinn's DYING CITY and David Henry Hwang's YELLOW FACE. Updated On: 4/7/08 at 01:55 PM
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#2
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:12pm
yay!
Cant wait !
J*
Updated On: 4/7/08 at 02:12 PM
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#3
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:14pmI had no idea they were announced today. Of course, it's obvious that AUGUST has it in the bag.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#4
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:15pmIt was equally obvious that TAKE ME OUT had it in the bag, too.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#6
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:23pmI'm thinking LITTLE MERMAID.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#7
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:24pmNo, no no. You're all wrong. Cry Baby will triumph. Just wait.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#8
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:24pmYou guys are forgetting about CRY-BABY.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#9
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:24pmBut the critical repsonse to TAKE ME OUT, while good, wasn't at the euphoric level that it was for AUGUST, where countless critics compared it to both LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT and WHOSE AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#10
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:26pmYeah, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF was a shoo-in, too.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#11
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:27pmWho could ever forget Cry-Baby after they saw it?
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#12
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:29pmThe point is, you never know. Did anyone in their right mind see TOPDOG/UNDERDOG coming as a Pulitzer winner?
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#13
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:31pmWell, to be fair, WOOLF was chosen. And then the Board took it away.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#14
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:32pm
"Who could ever forget Cry-Baby after they saw it?"
Everyone.
I'm pulling for Xanadu!
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#15
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:35pm
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was given the Pulitzer. But the Columbia board of trustees objected to the choice, so there was no Pulitzer for Drama given that year.
EDIT -- Just realized that SticktoPriest already said this.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#16
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:36pmRight. Exactly. That's common knowledge about WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Only underlines my point about never knowing what bizarro shenanigans the Pulitzer folks are going to get up to.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/06
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#17
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:39pmWhat shows are up for the award? Is it only new shows?
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#18
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:42pmNo, they're going to recognize plays from the 1930s.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#19
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:44pm
"What shows are up for the award? Is it only new shows?"
I really hope you're not serious.
I'm hoping Little Mermaid gets it!
Updated On: 4/7/08 at 02:44 PM
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#20
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:44pmYOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU has it in the bag.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#21
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:46pmCouldn't they give one to Patti Lupone Gypsy? It's so different from the original. Plus she's so good it in.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#22
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:52pmCouln't they take it back from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE? The revival is so lame, and so different from the original.
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#23
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:53pm
I thought it was changed to SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH PATTI LUPONE GYPSY.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
re: Pulitzers Announced Today#24
Posted: 4/7/08 at 2:55pmThe Pulitzer should go to Roscoe's comments.
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