Intermission: The Pulitzer Prize for Musicals
This week HAMILTON became the 9th musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Patrick gives a history of the prize and the now 9 musicals that have won the most prestigious award in American theatre.
Featured recordings:
OF THEE I SING - Brooklyn Academy of Music (1987)
SOUTH PACIFIC - Original Broadway Cast (1949)
FIORELLO! - Original Broadway Cast (1959)
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1961)
A CHORUS LINE - Original Broadway Cast (1975)
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - Original Cast Recording (1984)
RENT - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1996)
NEXT TO NORMAL - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2009)
HAMILTON - Original Broadway Cast Recording (2015)
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