Is the Pulitzer Prize for Drama the most prestigious theatre award?

[binau]

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.

Updated On: 2/27/15 at 07:10 PM

[Fantod]

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]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 7:54pm

But excludes plays by anyONE but Americans

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 7:57pm

I think it is the most prestigious award for an American playwright. But I will never win either one, so what do I know?

[tazber]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:17pm

It's up there, but not as prestigious as the "BWW Best New Play" award.

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:24pm

Only Americans can win a Pulitzer, and the play has to be about the American experience... so...

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:36pm

I don't think playwrights dream of winning a Pulitzer in the same way that journalists do, though.

[MadonnaMusical]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:47pm

Playwrights 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...

[theateraddiction]

Posted: 2/27/15 at 9:07pm

I 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.