Lanford Wilson's quiet one-act play about an unlikely love between a leftist Jewish immigrant and the daughter of a Missouri garment factory dynasty won the… The post TALLEY'S FOLLY by La…
Sam Shepard's dark look at the American family won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, so it gets the Chosen by Committee treatment on this episode of the much-loved podcast. The post BURIED …
Lizards! Edward Albee won his second (of three) Pulitzer Prizes in 1975 for Seascape, which traverses a peculiar line between realism and absurdism. The post Seascape by Edward Albee (1975):…
Basketball, bigotry, and unfulfilled promise collide in Jason Miller's look at five denizens of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama,… The post That Cha…
Paul Zindel's The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the -Moon Marigolds premiered in Houston in 1964, but didn't come to the attention of the Pulitzer… The post The Effect Of Gamma Rays on M…
Josh powers through his COVID to spearhead a discussion of Charles Gordone's No Place to Be Somebody, winner of the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.… The post No Place to Be Somebody by Cha…
Based on the life of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, The Great White Hope won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best… The post The Great White Hope by Howard Sackl…
Edward Albee won his first of three Pulitzer Prizes for Drama in 1967 for his three-act work A Delicate Balance. In this episode of Chosen… The post A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee (19…
Chosen by Committee · Episode 43- The Subject Was Roses (1965) Today, Frank Gilroy may be best known as the father of screenwriters Tony Gilroy… The post The Subject Was Roses by Frank…
Based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 faux self-help book of the same name, the comedy musical How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying won the… The post How To Succeed In Business Withou…
In a long-awaited return to the podcast game, Josh, John, and Chris discuss Tad Mosel's All the Way Home, winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize… The post All the Way Home by Tad Mosel (1961):…
Back in dark days of January 2021, the podders at Chosen by Committee considered the political biographic musical Fiorello! The post Fiorello! by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (1960): Chose…
On this episode of Chosen by Committee, Josh, John, and Chris talk poetry and bible, and wonder why this play didn't quite work. The post J.B. by Archibald MacLeish (1959): Chosen by Committ…
In 1958 the Pulitzer Prize for Drama went to Look Homeward, Angel, Ketti Frings's adaptation of the Thomas Wolfe novel. This week's episode of Chosen by Committee discusses the award-winning…
This week, hosts Josh, John, and Chris take a long day's journey into night with the 1957 winner by Eugene O'Neill, his fourth. The post Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill (1957…
Josh, John, and Chris discuss Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's dramatization of The Diary of Anne Frank, which won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1956. The post The Diary of Anne Frank b…
In 1955, playwright Tennessee Williams won his second Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The post Cat On A Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams (1955): Chosen by Committee Epi…
This week, hosts Josh, John, and Chris talk about racism, identity, and 1954's Pulitzer winner The Teahouse of August Moon The post The Teahouse Of The August Moon by John Patrick (1954): Ch…
William Inge, his place in the American dramatic canon, and queer coding. The post Picnic by William Inge (1953): Chosen by Committee Episode 31 appeared first on phindie.
We talk about Arthur Miller, specifically Death of.a Salesman (1949) with a dash of All my Sons, as a treat.
Josh, John, and Chris talk about the play about the rabbit you might've seen in high school
Josh, John, and Chris disagree again about Thorton Wilder. Then, they chart a path forward.
For episode 23, podders Josh, John, and Chris discuss There Shall Be No Light, the third and final prizewinning play by Robert E. Sherwood.
William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life presents a colorful cast of drinkers. Josh, John, and Chris liked it a bunch.
In this episode of Chosen by Committee, hosts Josh, John, and Chris wonder how Robert E. Sherwood won the 1939 Pulitzer.