Talk:Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Musicals: Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls was selected as the winner of the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for Drama according to the Guys and Dolls wiki page. It contains a cited source as well. Shouldn't this be included at the end of the Musicals section with the other nominated musicals? Jncobbs (talk) 19:23, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Repeat nominations
The Piano Lesson was a finalist in 1989 and won in 1990. This leads me to ask what the eligibility criteria are; I would otherwise have assumed it was ineligible in 1990 both as a previous nominee and for not being a new work. jnestorius(talk) 04:55, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * "Dramatic works previously submitted for the award and revivals are not eligible" says the 2022 requirements. So either the requirements differed in 1990, or else the play was rewritten between 1989 and 1990 to a sufficient degree to overcome this. jnestorius(talk) 05:02, 11 July 2023 (UTC)


 * this blog points out that a short story expanded into a novel, and collections of previously published stories, have won the fiction prize; which lens plausibility to the idea that The Piano Lesson (which did have significant rework from its 1986 beginning to its 1990 Broadway premiere) would likewise be eligible. jnestorius(talk) 14:33, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm guessing it was just decided that it had been revised enough to count again. The 1989 report from the Nominations Committee says this about The Piano Lesson "[I]t is still undergoing revisions. Lloyd Richards, the director, whom I spoke to a couple of weeks ago, plans to open it in New York next year." The 1990 report doesn't acknowledge the previous nomination but it does say "It was seen in earlier stages of development, in some cases quite a while ago. The flaws noted, primarily in the ending, may diminish as the play nears Broadway." 76.9.221.222 (talk) 21:03, 26 July 2023 (UTC)