An exploration of the ten Pulitzer Prize-winning musicals in history.
Through writing, performing, and teaching, The Pulitzer Project seeks to answer three essential questions:
- What is it to be an American?
- What is the cost to being an American?
- What do these works say about leaving one’s mark on America?
Of Thee I Sing
Music: George Gershwin
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
Book: George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 1932
South Pacific
Music: Richard Rodgers
Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Oscar Hammerstein II & Joshua Logan
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 1950
Fiorello!
Music: Jerry Bock
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Book: Jerome Weidman & George Abbott
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 1960
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser
Book: Abe Burrow, Jack Weinstock, & Willie Gilbert
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 1962
A Chorus Line
Music: Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics: Edward Kleban
Book: James Kirkwood, Jr. & Nicholas Dante
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 1976
Sunday in the Park With George
Music & Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: James Lapine
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 1985
Rent
Music, Lyrics, & Book: Jonathan Larson
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 1996
Next to Normal
Music: Tom Kitt
Lyrics & Book: Brian Yorkey
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 2010 Prize for Drama: 1985
Hamilton
Music, Lyrics, & Book: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 2016
A Strange Loop
Music, Lyrics, & Book: Michael R. Jackson
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: 2020
