This year's Pulitzer for Best Drama?

[Morgaine885]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:13pm

Does anybody have any guesses as to who it will go to? I think last year it was pretty obvious it was Tracy Letts/AUGUST...

Thoughts?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:35pm

My $$'s on RUINED.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:39pm

Yeah, it'll probably be RUINED.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:40pm

Blasted?

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:40pm

I second Ruined.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:41pm

Blasted is far too old to be nominated and also written by an English playwright. I cant think of an example of a non-American winning this award.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 12:44pm

That's because they only award it to American playwrights.

[fosca3]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 1:32pm

I thought I remembered hearing somewhere that it isn't necessarily awarded every year -- is that true?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 1:35pm

Yeah, most recently in 2006, there was no award given for Drama.

[Insider2]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 6:16pm

RUINED, a complete masterpiece, deserves this award.

However, the Pulitzers in Drama are awarded, according to the site, "to a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life."

The "dealing with American life" part might hinder its chances, ever so slightly. There have been exceptions, such as Diary of Anne Frank, of course.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 6:20pm

33 Variations??

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 6:21pm

"The "dealing with American life" part might hinder its chances, ever so slightly. There have been exceptions, such as Diary of Anne Frank, of course."

And, more recently, I AM MY OWN WIFE.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 6:22pm

33 VARIATIONS? Hardly. It's neither a new play (it premiered a few years ago) nor groundbreaking in the way that RUINED is.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 3/2/09 at 6:23pm

MAYBE NEXT TO NORMAL WILL GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!