Editing Pulitzer Prize for Drama

{{Short description|American award for distinguished plays}}
{{Pulitzer}}
The '''Pulitzer Prize for Drama''' is one of the seven American [[Pulitzer Prize]]s that are annually awarded for Letters, [[Drama]], and [[Music]]. It is one of the original Pulitzers, for the program was inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were awarded that year.<ref name=prize1917>[http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1917 "1917 Winners"]. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-12-20.</ref> (No Drama prize was given, however, so that one was inaugurated in 1918, in a sense.)<ref name=prize/> It recognizes a theatrical work staged in the U.S. during the preceding calendar year.<!--any restriction on personnel such as US playwright or director?-->

Until 2007, eligibility for the Drama Prize ran from March 1 to March 2 to reflect the Broadway "season" rather than the calendar year that governed most other Pulitzer Prizes. 

The drama jury, which consists of one academic and four critics, attends plays in [[New York City|New York]] and in regional theaters. The Pulitzer board can overrule the jury's choice; in [[1986 in literature#Awards|1986]], the board's opposition to the jury's choice of ''[[The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down|the CIVIL warS]]'' resulted in no award being given.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://broadwayscene.com/tag/pulitzer-prize/ |title=Pulitzer Prize |website=Broadway Scene|date=22 June 2015 }}</ref> 

In 1955 [[Joseph Pulitzer, Jr.]] pressured the prize jury into presenting the Prize to ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', which the jury considered the weakest of the five shortlisted nominees ("amateurishly constructed... from the stylistic points of view annoyingly pretentious"), instead of [[Clifford Odets]]' ''[[The Flowering Peach]]'' (their preferred choice) or [[The Bad Seed (play)|''The Bad Seed'']], their second choice.<ref>Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich & Erika J. Fischer. ''The Pulitzer Prize Archive: A History and Anthology of Award-Winning Materials in Journalism, Letters, and Arts'' München: K.G. Saur, 2008. {{ISBN|3-598-30170-7}} {{ISBN|9783598301704}} p. 246</ref> [[Edward Albee]]'s  ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' was selected for the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by that award's committee.  However, the committee's selection was overruled by the award's advisory board, the trustees of [[Columbia University]], because of the play's then-controversial use of [[profanity]] and sexual themes.  Had Albee been awarded, he would be tied with [[Eugene O'Neill]] for the most Pulitzer Prizes for Drama (four).

==Awards and nominations==
In its first 106 years to 2022, the Drama Pulitzer was awarded 91 times; none were given in 15 years and it was never split.

The most recipients of the prize in one year was five, when [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]], [[James Kirkwood, Jr.]], [[Nicholas Dante]], [[Marvin Hamlisch]], and [[Edward Kleban]] shared the [[1976 Pulitzer Prize|1976 prize]] for the musical ''[[A Chorus Line]]''.<ref name=prize/>

===Notes===
<nowiki>†</nowiki> marks winners of the [[Tony Award for Best Play]].
<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki> marks winners of the [[Tony Award for Best Musical]].
<br />
<nowiki>≠</nowiki> marks nominees of the [[Tony Award|Tony Award for Best Play]] or the [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]

===1910s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1917 Pulitzer Prize|1917]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}<ref name=prize1917/>
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1918 Pulitzer Prize|1918]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Why Marry?]]'''''
| '''[[Jesse Lynch Williams]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1919 Pulitzer Prize|1919]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|}

===1920s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1920 Pulitzer Prize|1920]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Beyond the Horizon (play)|Beyond the Horizon]]'''''
| '''[[Eugene O'Neill]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1921 Pulitzer Prize|1921]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Miss Lulu Bett (play)|Miss Lulu Bett]]'''''
| '''[[Zona Gale]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1922 Pulitzer Prize|1922]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Anna Christie]]'''''
| '''[[Eugene O'Neill]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1923 Pulitzer Prize|1923]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Icebound (play)|Icebound]]'''''
| '''[[Owen Davis]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1924 Pulitzer Prize|1924]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Hell-Bent Fer Heaven]]'''''
| '''[[Hatcher Hughes]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1925 Pulitzer Prize|1925]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[They Knew What They Wanted (play)|They Knew What They Wanted]]'''''
| '''[[Sidney Howard]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1926 Pulitzer Prize|1926]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Craig's Wife]]'''''
| '''[[George Edward Kelly|George Kelly]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1927 Pulitzer Prize|1927]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[In Abraham's Bosom]]'''''
| '''[[Paul Green (playwright)|Paul Green]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1928 Pulitzer Prize|1928]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Strange Interlude]]'''''
| '''[[Eugene O'Neill]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1929 Pulitzer Prize|1929]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Street Scene (play)|Street Scene]]'''''
| '''[[Elmer Rice]]'''
|}

===1930s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1930 Pulitzer Prize|1930]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Green Pastures]]'''''
| '''[[Marc Connelly]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1931 Pulitzer Prize|1931]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Alison's House]]'''''
| '''[[Susan Glaspell]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1932 Pulitzer Prize|1932]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'''''
| '''[[George S. Kaufman]] <br /> [[Morrie Ryskind]] <br /> [[Ira Gershwin]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1933 Pulitzer Prize|1933]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Both Your Houses]]'''''
| '''[[Maxwell Anderson]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1934 Pulitzer Prize|1934]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Men in White (play)|Men in White]]'''''
| '''[[Sidney Kingsley]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1935 Pulitzer Prize|1935]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Old Maid (play)|The Old Maid]]'''''
| '''[[Zoë Akins]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1936 Pulitzer Prize|1936]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Idiot's Delight (play)|Idiot's Delight]]'''''
| '''[[Robert E. Sherwood]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1937 Pulitzer Prize|1937]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]]'''''
| '''[[Moss Hart]] <br /> [[George S. Kaufman]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1938 Pulitzer Prize|1938]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Our Town]]'''''
| '''[[Thornton Wilder]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1939 Pulitzer Prize|1939]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]'''''
| '''[[Robert E. Sherwood]]'''
|}

===1940s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1940 Pulitzer Prize|1940]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Time of Your Life]]'''''
| '''[[William Saroyan]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1941 Pulitzer Prize|1941]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[There Shall Be No Night]]'''''
| '''[[Robert E. Sherwood]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1942 Pulitzer Prize|1942]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1943 Pulitzer Prize|1943]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'''''
| '''[[Thornton Wilder]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1944 Pulitzer Prize|1944]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/richard-rodgers-and-oscar-hammerstein-ii Although no Drama award was given in 1944], that year [[Richard Rodgers]] and [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] were presented with a [[Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards|Special Award and Citation]] for the landmark musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]''</ref>
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1945 Pulitzer Prize|1945]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]'''''
| '''[[Mary Chase (playwright)|Mary Coyle Chase]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1946 Pulitzer Prize|1946]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[State of the Union (play)|State of the Union]]'''''
| '''[[Russel Crouse]] <br /> [[Howard Lindsay]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1947 Pulitzer Prize|1947]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1948 Pulitzer Prize|1948]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'''''
| '''[[Tennessee Williams]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1949 Pulitzer Prize|1949]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Death of a Salesman]]'''''†
| '''[[Arthur Miller]]'''
|}

===1950s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1950 Pulitzer Prize|1950]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'''''*
| '''[[Richard Rodgers]] <br /> [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] <br /> [[Joshua Logan]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1951 Pulitzer Prize|1951]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1952 Pulitzer Prize|1952]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Shrike (play)|The Shrike]]'''''
| '''[[Joseph Kramm]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1953 Pulitzer Prize|1953]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'''''
| '''[[William Inge]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1954 Pulitzer Prize|1954]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Teahouse of the August Moon (play)|The Teahouse of the August Moon]]'''''†
| '''[[John Patrick (dramatist)|John Patrick]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1955 Pulitzer Prize|1955]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]''' ≠''
| '''[[Tennessee Williams]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1956 Pulitzer Prize|1956]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (play)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'''''†
| '''[[Albert Hackett]] <br /> [[Frances Goodrich]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1957 Pulitzer Prize|1957]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]'''''†
| '''[[Eugene O'Neill]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1958 Pulitzer Prize|1958]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Look Homeward, Angel (play)|Look Homeward, Angel]]'''≠''
| '''[[Ketti Frings]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1959 Pulitzer Prize|1959]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[J.B. (play)|J.B.]]'''''†
| '''[[Archibald MacLeish]]'''
|}

===1960s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1960 Pulitzer Prize|1960]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Fiorello!]]'''''*
| '''[[Jerome Weidman]] <br /> [[George Abbott]] <br /> [[Jerry Bock]] <br /> [[Sheldon Harnick]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1961 Pulitzer Prize|1961]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[All the Way Home (play)|All the Way Home]]'''≠''
| '''[[Tad Mosel]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1962 Pulitzer Prize|1962]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]'''''*
| '''[[Frank Loesser]] <br /> [[Abe Burrows]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1963 Pulitzer Prize|1963]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}<ref>The Pulitzer committee recommended [[Edward Albee]]'s ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' *, but the Pulitzer board, who have sole discretion in awarding the prize, rejected the recommendation, due to the play's perceived vulgarity, and no award was given instead.<br />&nbsp; Klein, Alvin. "Albee's 'Tiny Alice,' The Whole Enchilada". ''The New York Times''. May 24, 1998: CT11.</ref>
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1964 Pulitzer Prize|1964]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1965 Pulitzer Prize|1965]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Subject Was Roses]]'''''†
| '''[[Frank D. Gilroy]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1966 Pulitzer Prize|1966]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1967 Pulitzer Prize|1967]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[A Delicate Balance (play)|A Delicate Balance]]'''≠''
| '''[[Edward Albee]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1968 Pulitzer Prize|1968]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1969 Pulitzer Prize|1969]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Great White Hope]]'''''†
| '''[[Howard Sackler]]'''
|}

===1970s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1970 Pulitzer Prize|1970]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[No Place to Be Somebody]]'''''
| '''[[Charles Gordone]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1971 Pulitzer Prize|1971]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]'''''
| '''[[Paul Zindel]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1972 Pulitzer Prize|1972]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1973 Pulitzer Prize|1973]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[That Championship Season]]'''''†
| '''[[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1974 Pulitzer Prize|1974]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1975 Pulitzer Prize|1975]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Seascape (play)|Seascape]]'''''≠
| '''[[Edward Albee]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1976 Pulitzer Prize|1976]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[A Chorus Line]]'''''*
| '''[[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]] <br /> [[Nicholas Dante]] <br /> [[James Kirkwood, Jr.]] <br /> [[Marvin Hamlisch]] <br /> [[Edward Kleban]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1977 Pulitzer Prize|1977]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Shadow Box]]'''''†
| '''[[Michael Cristofer]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1978 Pulitzer Prize|1978]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Gin Game]]'''''≠
| '''[[Donald L. Coburn]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1979 Pulitzer Prize|1979]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Buried Child]]'''''
| '''[[Sam Shepard]]'''
|}

===1980s===
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! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1980 Pulitzer Prize|1980]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Talley's Folly]]'''≠''
| '''[[Lanford Wilson]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1981 Pulitzer Prize|1981]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Crimes of the Heart]]'''≠''
| '''[[Beth Henley]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1982 Pulitzer Prize|1982]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[A Soldier's Play]]'''''
| '''[[Charles Fuller]]'''
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1983 Pulitzer Prize|1983]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[['night, Mother]]'''≠''
| '''[[Marsha Norman]]'''
|-
| ''[[True West (play)|True West]]''
| [[Sam Shepard]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1984 Pulitzer Prize|1984]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]'''≠''
| '''[[David Mamet]]'''
|-
| ''[[Fool for Love (play)|Fool for Love]]''
| [[Sam Shepard]]
|-
| ''[[Painting Churches]]''
| [[Tina Howe]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1985 Pulitzer Prize|1985]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'''''≠
| '''[[James Lapine]] <br /> [[Stephen Sondheim]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Dining Room]]''
| [[A. R. Gurney]]
|-
| ''[[The Gospel at Colonus]]''
| [[Lee Breuer]] <br /> [[Bob Telson]]
|-
! rowspan="3" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1986 Pulitzer Prize|1986]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}<ref group=Note name=Note01/>
| {{N/A}} 
|-
| ''[[the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down]]''
| [[Robert Wilson (director)|Robert Wilson]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1987 Pulitzer Prize|1987]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Fences (play)|Fences]]'''''†
| '''[[August Wilson]]'''
|-
| ''[[Broadway Bound]]≠''
| [[Neil Simon]]
|-
| ''[[A Walk in the Woods (play)|A Walk in the Woods]]''
| [[Lee Blessing]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1988 Pulitzer Prize|1988]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Driving Miss Daisy (play)|Driving Miss Daisy]]'''''
| '''[[Alfred Uhry]]'''
|-
| ''[[Boys' Life (play)|Boys' Life]]''
| [[Howard Korder]]
|-
| ''[[Talk Radio (play)|Talk Radio]]''
| [[Eric Bogosian]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1989 Pulitzer Prize|1989]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]'''''†
| '''[[Wendy Wasserstein]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Piano Lesson]]≠''
| [[August Wilson]]
|-
| ''[[M. Butterfly]]''†
| [[David Henry Hwang]]
|}

===1990s===
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! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1990 Pulitzer Prize|1990]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Piano Lesson]]'''≠''
| '''[[August Wilson]]'''
|-
| ''And What of the Night?''
| [[María Irene Fornés]]
|-
| ''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''
| [[A. R. Gurney]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1991 Pulitzer Prize|1991]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Lost in Yonkers]]'''''†
| '''[[Neil Simon]]'''
|-
| ''[[Prelude to a Kiss (play)|Prelude to a Kiss]]≠''
| [[Craig Lucas]]
|-
| ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (play)|Six Degrees of Separation]]≠''
| [[John Guare]]
|-
! rowspan="6" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1992 Pulitzer Prize|1992]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Kentucky Cycle]]'''≠''
| '''[[Robert Schenkkan]]'''
|-
| ''[[Conversations with My Father]]''
| [[Herb Gardner]]
|-
| ''[[Miss Evers' Boys]]''
| [[David Feldshuh]]
|-
| ''[[Two Trains Running]]≠''
| [[August Wilson]]
|-
| ''[[Sight Unseen (play)|Sight Unseen]]''
| [[Donald Margulies]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1993 Pulitzer Prize|1993]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes|Angels in America: Millennium Approaches]]'''''†
| '''[[Tony Kushner]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Destiny of Me]]''
| [[Larry Kramer]]
|-
| ''[[Fires in the Mirror]]''
| [[Anna Deavere Smith]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1994 Pulitzer Prize|1994]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Three Tall Women]]'''''
| '''[[Edward Albee]]'''
|-
| ''[[Keely and Du]]''
| [[Jane Martin]]
|-
| ''[[A Perfect Ganesh]]''
| [[Terrence McNally]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1995 Pulitzer Prize|1995]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Young Man from Atlanta]]'''''
| '''[[Horton Foote]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Cryptogram]]''
| [[David Mamet]]
|-
| ''[[Seven Guitars]]≠''
| [[August Wilson]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1996 Pulitzer Prize|1996]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'''''*
| '''[[Jonathan Larson]]'''
|-
| ''[[A Fair Country]]''
| [[Jon Robin Baitz]]
|-
| ''[[Old Wicked Songs]]''
| Jon Marans
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1997 Pulitzer Prize|1997]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
| ''[[Collected Stories (play)|Collected Stories]]''
| [[Donald Margulies]]
|-
| ''[[The Last Night of Ballyhoo]]''†
| [[Alfred Uhry]]
|-
| ''[[Pride's Crossing]]''
| [[Tina Howe]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1998 Pulitzer Prize|1998]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[How I Learned to Drive]]'''''
| '''[[Paula Vogel]]'''
|-
| ''Freedomland''
| [[Amy Freed]]
|-
| ''[[Three Days of Rain]]''
| [[Richard Greenberg]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[1999 Pulitzer Prize|1999]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Wit (play)|Wit]]'''''
| '''[[Margaret Edson]]'''
|-
| ''Running Man''
| [[Cornelius Eady]] <br /> [[Diedre Murray (playwright)|Diedre Murray]]
|-
| ''[[Side Man]]''†
| [[Warren Leight]]
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:45%;"| Production
! style="width:44%;"| Author
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2000 Pulitzer Prize|2000]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Dinner with Friends]]'''''
| '''[[Donald Margulies]]'''
|-
| ''[[In the Blood (play)|In the Blood]]''
| [[Suzan-Lori Parks]]
|-
| ''[[King Hedley II]]≠''
| [[August Wilson]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2001 Pulitzer Prize|2001]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]'''''†
| '''[[David Auburn]]'''
|-
|  ''[[The Play About the Baby]]''
| [[Edward Albee]]
|-
| ''[[The Waverly Gallery]]''
| [[Kenneth Lonergan]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2002 Pulitzer Prize|2002]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Topdog/Underdog]]'''≠''
| '''[[Suzan-Lori Parks]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Glory of Living]]''
| [[Rebecca Gilman]]
|- 
| ''[[Yellowman (play)|Yellowman]]''
| [[Dael Orlandersmith]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2003 Pulitzer Prize|2003]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Anna in the Tropics]]'''≠''
| '''[[Nilo Cruz]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?]]''†
| [[Edward Albee]]
|-
| ''[[Take Me Out (play)|Take Me Out]]''†
| [[Richard Greenberg]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2004 Pulitzer Prize|2004]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[I Am My Own Wife]]'''''†
| '''[[Doug Wright]]'''
|-
| ''[[Man from Nebraska]]''
| [[Tracy Letts]]
|-
| ''[[Omnium Gatherum (play)|Omnium Gatherum]]''
| [[Theresa Rebeck]] <br /> [[Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2005 Pulitzer Prize|2005]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Doubt: A Parable]]'''''†
| '''[[John Patrick Shanley]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Clean House]]''
| [[Sarah Ruhl]]
|-
| ''[[Thom Pain (based on nothing)]]''
| [[Will Eno]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2006 Pulitzer Prize|2006]]'''
|- style="background:
| {{N/A|''no award''}}
| {{N/A}} 
|-
| ''[[Miss Witherspoon]]''
| [[Christopher Durang]]
|-
| ''[[The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow]]''
| [[Rolin Jones]]
|-
| ''[[Red Light Winter]]''
| [[Adam Rapp]]
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2007 Pulitzer Prize|2007]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Rabbit Hole (play)|Rabbit Hole]]'''≠''
| '''[[David Lindsay-Abaire]]'''
|-
| ''Bulrusher''
| [[Eisa Davis]]
|-
| ''Orpheus X''
| Rinde Eckert
|- 
| ''Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue''
| [[Quiara Alegría Hudes]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2008 Pulitzer Prize|2008]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[August: Osage County]]'''''†
| '''[[Tracy Letts]]'''
|-
| ''Dying City''
| [[Christopher Shinn]]
|-
| ''[[Yellow Face (play)|Yellow Face]]''
| [[David Henry Hwang]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2009 Pulitzer Prize|2009]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Ruined (Play)|Ruined]]'''''
| '''[[Lynn Nottage]]'''
|-
| ''[[Becky Shaw]]''
| [[Gina Gionfriddo]]
|-
| ''[[In the Heights]]''*
| [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] <br /> [[Quiara Alegría Hudes]]
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:45%;"| Production
! style="width:44%;"| Author
|-
! rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2010 Pulitzer Prize|2010]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Next to Normal]]'''''≠
| '''[[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]] <br /> [[Brian Yorkey]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo]]''
| [[Rajiv Joseph]]
|-
| ''[[The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity]]''
| [[Kristoffer Diaz]]
|-
| ''[[In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)]]≠''
| [[Sarah Ruhl]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2011 Pulitzer Prize|2011]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Clybourne Park]]'''''†
| '''[[Bruce Norris (playwright)|Bruce Norris]]'''
|-
| ''[[Detroit (play)|Detroit]]''
| [[Lisa D'Amour]]
|-
| ''[[A Free Man of Color]]''
| [[John Guare]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2012 Pulitzer Prize|2012]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Water by the Spoonful]]'''''
| '''[[Quiara Alegría Hudes]]'''
|-
| ''[[Other Desert Cities]]≠''
| [[Jon Robin Baitz]]
|-
| ''[[Sons of the Prophet]]''
| [[Stephen Karam]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2013 Pulitzer Prize|2013]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Disgraced]]'''≠''
| '''[[Ayad Akhtar]]'''
|-
| ''Rapture, Blister, Burn''
| [[Gina Gionfriddo]]
|-
| ''[[4000 Miles]]''
| [[Amy Herzog]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2014 Pulitzer Prize|2014]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Flick]]'''''
| '''[[Annie Baker]]'''
|-
| ''The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence''
| [[Madeleine George]]
|-
| ''[[Fun Home (musical)|Fun Home]]''*
| [[Jeanine Tesori]] <br /> [[Lisa Kron]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2015 Pulitzer Prize|2015]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Between Riverside and Crazy]]'''≠''
| '''[[Stephen Adly Guirgis]]'''
|-
| ''[[Jordan Harrison#Marjorie Prime|Marjorie Prime]]''
| [[Jordan Harrison]]
|- 
| ''Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2, 3)''
| [[Suzan-Lori Parks]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2016 Pulitzer Prize|2016]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'''''*
| '''[[Lin-Manuel Miranda]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Humans (play)|The Humans]]''†
| [[Stephen Karam]]
|-
| ''[[Gloria (play)|Gloria]]''
| [[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2017 Pulitzer Prize|2017]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Sweat (play)|Sweat]]'''≠''
| '''[[Lynn Nottage]]'''
|-
| ''[[A 24-Decade History of Popular Music]]''
| [[Taylor Mac]]
|-
| ''[[The Wolves (play)|The Wolves]]'' 
| [[Sarah DeLappe]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2018 Pulitzer Prize|2018]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Cost of Living (play)|Cost of Living]]'''≠''
| '''[[Martyna Majok]]'''
|-
| ''[[Everybody (play)|Everybody]]''
| [[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]]
|-
| ''[[The Minutes (play)|The Minutes]]≠''
| [[Tracy Letts]]
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2019 Pulitzer Prize|2019]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Fairview (play)|Fairview]]'''''
| '''[[Jackie Sibblies Drury]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dance Nation (play)|Dance Nation]]''
| [[Clare Barron]]
|-
| ''[[What the Constitution Means to Me]]≠''
| [[Heidi Schreck]]
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:11%;"| Year
! style="width:45%;"| Production
! style="width:44%;"| Author
!Ref
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" | '''[[2020 Pulitzer Prize|2020]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[A Strange Loop]]*'''''
| '''[[Michael R. Jackson]]'''
|
|-
| ''[[Heroes of the Fourth Turning]]''
| [[Will Arbery]]
|
|-
| ''[[Soft Power (musical)|Soft Power]]''
| [[David Henry Hwang]] and [[Jeanine Tesori]]
|
|-
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" |'''[[2021 Pulitzer Prize|2021]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[The Hot Wing King]]'''''
| '''[[Katori Hall]]'''
|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hot Wing King Wins the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-HOT-WING-KING-Wins-the-2021-Pulitzer-Prize-for-Drama-20210611 |website=Broadway World}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Circle Jerk (play)|Circle Jerk]]''
| Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley
|
|-
| ''[[Stew (play)|Stew]]''
| [[Zora Howard]]
|
|- 
! rowspan="4" style="text-align:center" |'''[[2022 Pulitzer Prize|2022]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
| '''''[[Fat Ham]]'''≠''
| '''[[James Ijames]]'''
|<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/218 2022 Pulitzer Prizes]</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord]]''
| [[Kristina Wong]]
|
|-
| ''[[Selling Kabul]]''
| [[Sylvia Khoury]]
|
|- 
!rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" |'''[[2023 Pulitzer Prize|2023]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''''[[English (play)|English]]'''≠''
|'''[[Sanaz Toossi]]'''
|<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/218 2023 Pulitzer Prizes]</ref>
|-
|''[[The Far Country (play)|The Far Country]]''
|[[Lloyd Suh]]
|
|-
|''[[On Sugarland]]''
|[[Aleshea Harris]]
|
|-
!rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" |'''[[2024 Pulitzer Prize|2024]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''''[[Primary Trust]]'''''
|'''[[Eboni Booth]]'''
|<ref>[https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/218 2024 Pulitzer Prizes]</ref>
|-
|''[[Here There Are Blueberries]]''
|Amanda Gronich and [[Moises Kaufman]]
|-
|''[[Public Obscenities]]''
|Shayok Misha Chowdhury
|
|-
!rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" |'''[[2025 Pulitzer Prize|2025]]'''
|- style="background-color:lightyellow;"
|'''''[[Purpose (play)|Purpose]]'''''≠
|'''[[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]]'''
|
|-
|''[[The Ally (play)|The Ally]]''
| [[Itamar Moses]]
|
|-
|''[[Oh, Mary!]]''≠
| [[Cole Escola]]
|
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=Note|refs=
<ref name=Note01>The Nominating Jury acknowledged their first choice, 'The Civil Wars', was unconventional and "not a play in any traditional sense of the word". The only other option they offered was ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' by [[Woody Allen]], which they realized was not a traditional nominee for a drama award, due to it being a film, but thought they would "raise the question of... eligibility" anyway.</ref>}}

== Musicals ==
Ten musicals have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, roughly one per decade from the 1930s to the 2020s¹. They are: [[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]]'s ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]'' (1932), [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'' (1950), [[Jerry Bock|Bock]] & [[Sheldon Harnick|Harnick]]'s ''[[Fiorello!]]'' (1960), [[Frank Loesser]]'s ''[[How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical)|How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying]]'' (1962), [[Marvin Hamlisch]], [[Edward Kleban]], [[James Kirkwood, Jr.]], and [[Nicholas Dante]]'s ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' (1976), [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s and [[James Lapine]]'s ''[[Sunday in the Park with George]]'' (1985), [[Jonathan Larson]]'s ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' (1996), [[Brian Yorkey]] and [[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]]'s ''[[Next to Normal]]'' (2010), [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]]'s ''[[Hamilton (musical)|Hamilton]]'' (2016), and [[Michael R. Jackson]]'s ''[[A Strange Loop]]'' (2020). Though it did not win for Drama, ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' was awarded a [[Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards|special Pulitzer Prize]] in 1944.

Of note, ''South Pacific'' won the 1950 Pulitzer for Drama but its source material, James Michener's ''[[Tales of the South Pacific]]'', also won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

''Sunday in the Park with George'' and ''Next to Normal'' are the only musicals that won the Pulitzer Prize and did not also win the [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]; the latter won the authors Tonys for [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] and [[Tony Award for Best Orchestrations|Best Orchestrations]].<ref>{{ibdb show|id=483135|title=Next to Normal}}</ref> ''Of Thee I Sing'' opened before the [[Tony Awards]] existed.

The award goes to the playwright, although production of the play is also taken into account.  In the case of a musical being awarded the prize, the composer, lyricist and book writer are generally the recipients.  An exception to this was the first Pulitzer ever awarded to a musical: when ''Of Thee I Sing'' won in 1932, book authors George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, as well as lyricist Ira Gershwin, were cited as the winners, while composer George Gershwin's contribution was overlooked by the committee.  The reason given was that the Pulitzer Prize for Drama is a ''dramatic'' award, and not a ''musical'' one.  However, by 1950 the Pulitzer committee included composer Richard Rodgers as a recipient when ''South Pacific'' won the award, in recognition of music as an integral and important part of the theatrical experience.<ref>Flinn, Denny Martin. ''Musical! A Grand Tour''. Schirmer, first edition (April 17, 1997), pages 230–31.  {{ISBN|0-02-864610-X}}</ref>

Additionally, since 1983, when the identity of finalists was first disclosed, five musicals have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. They are: [[Lee Breuer]] and [[Bob Telson]]'s ''[[The Gospel at Colonus]]'' (1985); [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] and [[Quiara Alegría Hudes]]' ''[[In the Heights]]'' (2009); [[Jeanine Tesori]] and [[Lisa Kron]]'s ''[[Fun Home (musical)|Fun Home]]'' (2014); [[Taylor Mac]]'s ''[[A 24-Decade History of Popular Music]]'' (2017); and [[David Henry Hwang]] and [[Jeanine Tesori]]'s ''[[Soft Power (musical)|Soft Power]]'' (2020).<ref name=prize/>

<sub>¹All listed dates are Prize years. Generally, the musical in question opened in New York during either the preceding calendar year or the preceding Broadway season.</sub>

==Multiple wins and nominations==
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The following individuals received two or more Pulitzer Prizes for Drama:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col" width="55" style="text-align:center" | Wins
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | Playwright
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
|-
| 4
| Eugene O'Neill
| 4
|-
| rowspan=2 | 3
| Edward Albee
| 5
|-
| Robert E. Sherwood
| 3
|-
| rowspan=5 | 2
| August Wilson
| 6
|-
| George S. Kaufman
| rowspan=4 | 2
|-
| Lynn Nottage
|-
| Thornton Wilder
|-
| Tennessee Williams
|-
|}

{{col-break}}

The following individuals received two or more nominations:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center" | Playwright
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 6
| August Wilson
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 5
| Edward Albee
|-
| rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" |4
| Eugene O'Neill
|-
| rowspan=8 style="text-align:center" |3
| Quiara Alegría Hudes
|-
| David Henry Hwang
|-
| Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
|-
| Tracy Letts
|-
| Donald Margulies
|-
| Suzan-Lori Parks
|-
| Robert E. Sherwood
|-
| Sam Shepard
|-
| rowspan=17 style="text-align:center" |2
| Jon Robin Baitz
|-
| Gina Gionfriddo
|-
| John Guare
|-
| A.R. Gurney
|-
| Richard Greenberg
|-
| Tina Howe
|-
| Stephen Karam
|-
| George S. Kaufman
|-
| David Mamet
|-
| Lin-Manuel Miranda
|-
| Lynn Nottage
|-
| Sarah Ruhl
|-
| Neil Simon
|-
| Jeanine Tesori
|-
| Alfred Uhry
|-
| Thornton Wilder
|-
| Tennessee Williams
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

Lynn Nottage is the only female playwright to win the prize twice. She and August Wilson are the only playwrights of color to accomplish this feat.

Jon Robin Baitz, Gina Gionfriddo, John Guare, A.R. Gurney, Richard Greenberg, Tina Howe, Stephen Karam, Sarah Ruhl and Jeanine Tesori have each been named finalists twice without winning.  David Henry Hwang is the only person to have been named a finalist thrice without winning. Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeanine Tesori are the only people to be named as a finalist twice for writing/composing a musical, with Miranda winning in 2016.

==References==
{{reflist |25em |refs=
<ref name=prize>
[http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Drama "Drama"]. The Pulitzer Prizes (pulitzer.org). Retrieved 2013-12-20.</ref>

}}

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