How Were They Gonna Say No to This?
April 19, 2016 8:51 AM Subscribe
Hamilton is awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, making it the ninth musical to receive this award. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama is given "For a distinguished play by an American author, preferably original in its source and dealing with American life."
Lin-Manuel Miranda issued a statement saying, “This award is for everyone who has been a part of Hamilton’s six plus year journey. To be the 9th musical to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in its 100 year history is truly humbling for all of us. For Hamilton to now be in the same company as Of Thee I Sing, South Pacific, Fiorello!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, A Chorus Line, Sunday in the Park with George, Rent, and most recently Next to Normal is outside of our own comprehension. Look at where we are. Look at where we started.”
The previous 8 musicals to win this award are:
Next to Normal, 2010
Book and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
A musical about mental illness, grieving, suicide, drug abuse, psychiatry, and suburbia, the muscial tells the story of a woman with bipolar disorder and the effect of her illness on her dysfunctional family.
Rent, 1996
Music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson
Loosely based on La Bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in NYC under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Rent introduced the ticket lottery to Broadway. Larson died unexpectedly the morning of Rent's first preview performance Off Broadway.
Sunday in the Park With George, 1985
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
Inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", by Georges Seurat. The musical revolves around a fictionalized Seurat immersed in single-minded concentration while painting his masterpiece and the people in that picture.
James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim discussed at great length the idea of turning Georges Seurat's famous painting into a musical. But they couldn't figure out how to approach this musical they wanted to write. Lapine wondered why no one in the painting is looking at anyone else. He also noticed that the central character is missing: the painter.
A Chorus Line, 1976
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, book by James Kirkwood, Jr., and Nicholas Dante
Centred on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, the musicalprovides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. The musical was formed from several taped workshop sessions with Broadway dancers, including eight who eventually appeared in the original cast.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1962
Music by Frank Loesser, book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert
Based on a book of the same name. The satirical musical concerns young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with the help of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the World Wide Wicket Company.
Fiorello, 1960
Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott
Based on the years leading up to the election of former New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, a reform Republican who took on the Tammany Hall political machine.
South Pacific, 1950
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Book by Joshua Logan
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, the musical's plot enters on an American nurse stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II, who falls in love with a middle-aged expatriate French plantation owner but struggles to accept his mixed-race children. A secondary romance, between a U.S. lieutenant and a young Tonkinese woman, explores his fears of the social consequences should he marry his Asian sweetheart. The issue of racial prejudice is central to the musical.
Rodgers and Hammerstein risked the entire South Pacific venture in light of legislative challenges to its decency or supposed Communist agenda. While the show was on a tour of the Southern United States, lawmakers in Georgia introduced a bill outlawing entertainment containing "an underlying philosophy inspired by Moscow."[2] One legislator said that "a song justifying interracial marriage was implicitly a threat to the American way of life."[2] Rodgers and Hammerstein defended their work strongly. James Michener, upon whose stories South Pacific was based, recalled, "The authors replied stubbornly that this number represented why they had wanted to do this play, and that even if it meant the failure of the production, it was going to stay in."
Of Thee I Sing, 1932
Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
A satire on American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform. When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux, the beautiful pageant winner selected for him, he gets into political hot water. The first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A musical sequel, entitled Let 'Em Eat Cake, was written by the same team, and was a critical and box office failure.
The Pulitzer committee reserves the right to give no award if it cannot agree on a winner, a situation that last occurred in 2006, and has happened 16 times in the history of the awards.
Lin-Manuel Miranda issued a statement saying, “This award is for everyone who has been a part of Hamilton’s six plus year journey. To be the 9th musical to ever win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in its 100 year history is truly humbling for all of us. For Hamilton to now be in the same company as Of Thee I Sing, South Pacific, Fiorello!, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, A Chorus Line, Sunday in the Park with George, Rent, and most recently Next to Normal is outside of our own comprehension. Look at where we are. Look at where we started.”
The previous 8 musicals to win this award are:
Next to Normal, 2010
Book and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
A musical about mental illness, grieving, suicide, drug abuse, psychiatry, and suburbia, the muscial tells the story of a woman with bipolar disorder and the effect of her illness on her dysfunctional family.
Rent, 1996
Music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson
Loosely based on La Bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in NYC under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Rent introduced the ticket lottery to Broadway. Larson died unexpectedly the morning of Rent's first preview performance Off Broadway.
Sunday in the Park With George, 1985
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
Inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", by Georges Seurat. The musical revolves around a fictionalized Seurat immersed in single-minded concentration while painting his masterpiece and the people in that picture.
James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim discussed at great length the idea of turning Georges Seurat's famous painting into a musical. But they couldn't figure out how to approach this musical they wanted to write. Lapine wondered why no one in the painting is looking at anyone else. He also noticed that the central character is missing: the painter.
A Chorus Line, 1976
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, book by James Kirkwood, Jr., and Nicholas Dante
Centred on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, the musicalprovides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. The musical was formed from several taped workshop sessions with Broadway dancers, including eight who eventually appeared in the original cast.
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 1962
Music by Frank Loesser, book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert
Based on a book of the same name. The satirical musical concerns young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with the help of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, rises from window washer to chairman of the board of the World Wide Wicket Company.
Fiorello, 1960
Music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott
Based on the years leading up to the election of former New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, a reform Republican who took on the Tammany Hall political machine.
South Pacific, 1950
Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Book by Joshua Logan
Based on James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific, the musical's plot enters on an American nurse stationed on a South Pacific island during World War II, who falls in love with a middle-aged expatriate French plantation owner but struggles to accept his mixed-race children. A secondary romance, between a U.S. lieutenant and a young Tonkinese woman, explores his fears of the social consequences should he marry his Asian sweetheart. The issue of racial prejudice is central to the musical.
Rodgers and Hammerstein risked the entire South Pacific venture in light of legislative challenges to its decency or supposed Communist agenda. While the show was on a tour of the Southern United States, lawmakers in Georgia introduced a bill outlawing entertainment containing "an underlying philosophy inspired by Moscow."[2] One legislator said that "a song justifying interracial marriage was implicitly a threat to the American way of life."[2] Rodgers and Hammerstein defended their work strongly. James Michener, upon whose stories South Pacific was based, recalled, "The authors replied stubbornly that this number represented why they had wanted to do this play, and that even if it meant the failure of the production, it was going to stay in."
Of Thee I Sing, 1932
Music by George Gershwin, Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind
A satire on American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform. When he falls in love with the sensible Mary Turner instead of Diana Devereaux, the beautiful pageant winner selected for him, he gets into political hot water. The first musical to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A musical sequel, entitled Let 'Em Eat Cake, was written by the same team, and was a critical and box office failure.
The Pulitzer committee reserves the right to give no award if it cannot agree on a winner, a situation that last occurred in 2006, and has happened 16 times in the history of the awards.
I much prefer the 2014 Pulitzer winner for Drama - The Flick
posted by Mr.Pointy at 9:06 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr.Pointy at 9:06 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's worth pointing out that this year's Pulitzer Prize for Public Service went to the Associated Press' "investigation of severe labor abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants, reporting that freed 2,000 slaves, brought perpetrators to justice and inspired reforms." The reporting was done by an all-female team.
posted by everybody had matching towels at 9:16 AM on April 19, 2016 [28 favorites]
posted by everybody had matching towels at 9:16 AM on April 19, 2016 [28 favorites]
I was surprised to learn yesterday that the cash award for a Pulitzer is only ("only") $10,000. I know it's not about the money, it's about the incredible prestige of the award, but the Nobel, for example, comes with a prize of $1.5 million.
My second-favorite award yesterday was Emily Nussbaum for criticism. She writes about TV for the New Yorker. Last year's winner was also a TV critic (and a FEMALE TV critic, at that) and basically anything that indicates society is taking TV seriously delights me.
posted by kate blank at 9:19 AM on April 19, 2016 [9 favorites]
My second-favorite award yesterday was Emily Nussbaum for criticism. She writes about TV for the New Yorker. Last year's winner was also a TV critic (and a FEMALE TV critic, at that) and basically anything that indicates society is taking TV seriously delights me.
posted by kate blank at 9:19 AM on April 19, 2016 [9 favorites]
I was surprised to learn yesterday that the cash award for a Pulitzer is only ("only") $10,000. I know it's not about the money, it's about the incredible prestige of the award, but the Nobel, for example, comes with a prize of $1.5 million.
It's all that TNT money. ;)
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:26 AM on April 19, 2016
It's all that TNT money. ;)
posted by Celsius1414 at 9:26 AM on April 19, 2016
Forget EGOT, Lin-Manuel Miranda is the leading contender for the MacPEGOT: MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. He just needs the Oscar.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 9:26 AM on April 19, 2016 [29 favorites]
posted by 1970s Antihero at 9:26 AM on April 19, 2016 [29 favorites]
Forget EGOT, Lin-Manuel Miranda is the leading contender for the MacPEGOT: MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant, Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. He just needs the Oscar.
He's doing the music for the next Disney movie (Moana) so he might well have that done this year.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 9:29 AM on April 19, 2016 [16 favorites]
He's doing the music for the next Disney movie (Moana) so he might well have that done this year.
posted by Bulgaroktonos at 9:29 AM on April 19, 2016 [16 favorites]
Lin-Manuel Miranda issued a statement saying, “This award is for everyone who has been a part of Hamilton’s six plus year journey..."
And thankfully, the producers (Miranda is not one) have agreed to pay the original cast royalties. They had signed "lab" contracts instead of "workshop" contracts, giving them higher up-front pay, but no royalties.
posted by Etrigan at 9:36 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
And thankfully, the producers (Miranda is not one) have agreed to pay the original cast royalties. They had signed "lab" contracts instead of "workshop" contracts, giving them higher up-front pay, but no royalties.
posted by Etrigan at 9:36 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
Forget EGOT, Lin-Manuel Miranda is the leading contender for the MacPEGOT:
They're leaving out the Peabody. It's a conspiracy against Stephen Colbert!
posted by Etrigan at 9:44 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
They're leaving out the Peabody. It's a conspiracy against Stephen Colbert!
posted by Etrigan at 9:44 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
They're leaving out the Peabody. It's a conspiracy against Stephen Colbert!
MacPEPGOT, then!
posted by kate blank at 9:46 AM on April 19, 2016
MacPEPGOT, then!
posted by kate blank at 9:46 AM on April 19, 2016
#YAYHAMLET
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:48 AM on April 19, 2016 [10 favorites]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:48 AM on April 19, 2016 [10 favorites]
You know, guys.... You know, I just really, really love Lin-Manuel Miranda. He's just so good, so brilliant, so kindhearted. Too pure, too precious.
You go, Lin! You go!
posted by meese at 9:49 AM on April 19, 2016 [19 favorites]
You go, Lin! You go!
posted by meese at 9:49 AM on April 19, 2016 [19 favorites]
EGOT is so last year
My dude @Lin_Manuel is gonna do a G-TEMPO (grammy tony emmy mcarthur pulitzer oscar)
(My Brother My Brother and Me is now officially Pulitzer Prize winning. That's how it works, right?)
posted by kmz at 9:52 AM on April 19, 2016 [7 favorites]
My dude @Lin_Manuel is gonna do a G-TEMPO (grammy tony emmy mcarthur pulitzer oscar)
(My Brother My Brother and Me is now officially Pulitzer Prize winning. That's how it works, right?)
posted by kmz at 9:52 AM on April 19, 2016 [7 favorites]
*greatjob*
posted by kmz at 9:53 AM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by kmz at 9:53 AM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
HAMILTON WORKSHOP with Star of Broadway's Smash Hit, HAMILTON, Andrew Chappelle
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:13 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:13 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
I've got a love/hate relationship with Elmo's comments on the matter.
posted by redsparkler at 10:13 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by redsparkler at 10:13 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Good to see this scrappy little production finally getting some attention.
posted by gottabefunky at 10:20 AM on April 19, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by gottabefunky at 10:20 AM on April 19, 2016 [8 favorites]
in other news :P
- "Alexander Hamilton is staying on the front of the $10 bill, where he belongs. Instead, a woman will replace national regret Andrew Jackson on the $20."
- Hamilton Everywhere, All the Time
- Once A 'Ridiculous' Pitch, Now A Revolution - "Coolidge: The Musical! You know, I talked to Stephen Sondheim about this..."
I'm going to have to go see this, aren't I?
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 10:29 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 10:29 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Abehammerb Lincoln: "I'm going to have to go see this, aren't I?"
If you can figure out how to get tickets and then how to pay for them.
posted by octothorpe at 10:34 AM on April 19, 2016 [10 favorites]
If you can figure out how to get tickets and then how to pay for them.
posted by octothorpe at 10:34 AM on April 19, 2016 [10 favorites]
And don't sit in a box seat.
posted by Etrigan at 10:34 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 10:34 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
You know you've got a great publicity agent when you get the U.S. Treasury to put your musical on a ten dollar bill. (Because that's how much the tickets cost, right?)
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:39 AM on April 19, 2016
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 10:39 AM on April 19, 2016
Thomas “You Wrote Fantastic Words And No One Disputes This But, Otherwise, Eeegh” Jefferson.
i am delight
posted by Kitteh at 10:39 AM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
i am delight
posted by Kitteh at 10:39 AM on April 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
(Because that's how much the tickets cost, right?)
Lottery tickets yes!
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:41 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Lottery tickets yes!
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 10:41 AM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Good to see this scrappy little production finally getting some attention.
I know you're just snarking, but I'm happy with the Pulitzer going to the obvious choice this year. Awards aren't there just to draw attention to under-appreciated work in the moment, but to create a historical record. Hamilton, whether you're currently OD'd on its media attention or not, is undeniably a show of historical importance. The Pulitzer Committee has been very willing to go with surprise winners in recent years (Water by the Spoonful hadn't yet been produced in New York by the time of its win, for instance) when there wasn't an overwhelming popular favorite.
Speaking of the historical record, here's the wikipedia list of all Pulitzer drama winners and runners-up. (Lotsa good plays, lotsa bad.)
posted by HeroZero at 10:47 AM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
I know you're just snarking, but I'm happy with the Pulitzer going to the obvious choice this year. Awards aren't there just to draw attention to under-appreciated work in the moment, but to create a historical record. Hamilton, whether you're currently OD'd on its media attention or not, is undeniably a show of historical importance. The Pulitzer Committee has been very willing to go with surprise winners in recent years (Water by the Spoonful hadn't yet been produced in New York by the time of its win, for instance) when there wasn't an overwhelming popular favorite.
Speaking of the historical record, here's the wikipedia list of all Pulitzer drama winners and runners-up. (Lotsa good plays, lotsa bad.)
posted by HeroZero at 10:47 AM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
I'm glad they finally gave Miranda a make-up award for overlooking his work on How I Met Your Mother.
posted by Etrigan at 11:21 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by Etrigan at 11:21 AM on April 19, 2016 [5 favorites]
"Coolidge: The Musical! You know, I talked to Stephen Sondheim about this..."
The good news: it's short.
posted by maryr at 12:46 PM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
The good news: it's short.
posted by maryr at 12:46 PM on April 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
The bad news: It leads to Depression.
posted by maryr at 12:48 PM on April 19, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by maryr at 12:48 PM on April 19, 2016 [8 favorites]
My favorite Hamilton thinkpiece of the week:
Hamilton is fanfic, and its historical critics are totally missing the point.
posted by lunasol at 12:54 PM on April 19, 2016 [9 favorites]
Hamilton is fanfic, and its historical critics are totally missing the point.
posted by lunasol at 12:54 PM on April 19, 2016 [9 favorites]
Gonna be the third PEGOT winner for sure.
posted by Special Agent Dale Cooper at 1:31 PM on April 19, 2016
posted by Special Agent Dale Cooper at 1:31 PM on April 19, 2016
That is a really good piece lunasol. How can you watch Hamilton & not be totally aware that it is both a historical piece & a metacommentary on that history at the same time?
posted by pharm at 2:28 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by pharm at 2:28 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Totally agree. Though of course a lot of people who are saying it's inaccurate haven't seen it (because it's so hard to get tickets) and have maybe listened to one or two songs.
posted by lunasol at 2:38 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by lunasol at 2:38 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Eh, there are well considered critiques out there, even if I don't agree with them. No work is perfect.
Not stopping me from paying way too much money to see it again in a few weeks though.
posted by kmz at 3:03 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Not stopping me from paying way too much money to see it again in a few weeks though.
posted by kmz at 3:03 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Forget about the Pulitzer, the most important Hamilton news of yesterday is that I finally finished my Deep Space 9 parody of My Shot and it is goddamn glorious
(Okay, I'm pretty darn happy about the Pulitzer too)
(And also getting to write an article about Hamilton: The Revolution, which can maybe go on to win some giant literary prize to add to the pile)
posted by ilana at 3:44 PM on April 19, 2016
(Okay, I'm pretty darn happy about the Pulitzer too)
(And also getting to write an article about Hamilton: The Revolution, which can maybe go on to win some giant literary prize to add to the pile)
posted by ilana at 3:44 PM on April 19, 2016
My favorite Hamilton thinkpiece of the week:
Hamilton is fanfic, and its historical critics are totally missing the point.
Mine is this: Why Fans of Hamilton Should Be Delighted It’s Finally Stirring Criticism.
posted by Shmuel510 at 3:55 PM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Hamilton is fanfic, and its historical critics are totally missing the point.
Mine is this: Why Fans of Hamilton Should Be Delighted It’s Finally Stirring Criticism.
posted by Shmuel510 at 3:55 PM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Hamilton is fanfic, and its historical critics are totally missing the point.
My favorite part of that piece is where they contrast the NYTimes' treatment of 1776 with Hamilton, where they've excused inaccuracies and poetic license in the former, but less so the latter. Also, I haven't read the NYTimes piece being reacted to there, but apparently someone in it refers to the real Alexander Hamilton as an elitist. Well, I mean, yeah, I learned that about him in high school and I kinda liked that about him in some ways. Sometimes I think he had a really good point when he once said "The people, sir, are a great beast." Go look at footage from a Trump rally - I know my reaction tends to be "jesus christ, some of these people are too stupid to be allowed to vote."
posted by dnash at 4:17 PM on April 19, 2016
My favorite part of that piece is where they contrast the NYTimes' treatment of 1776 with Hamilton, where they've excused inaccuracies and poetic license in the former, but less so the latter. Also, I haven't read the NYTimes piece being reacted to there, but apparently someone in it refers to the real Alexander Hamilton as an elitist. Well, I mean, yeah, I learned that about him in high school and I kinda liked that about him in some ways. Sometimes I think he had a really good point when he once said "The people, sir, are a great beast." Go look at footage from a Trump rally - I know my reaction tends to be "jesus christ, some of these people are too stupid to be allowed to vote."
posted by dnash at 4:17 PM on April 19, 2016
Meanwhile, my top 2 nerderies cross over: X-Plain the X-Men Cold Open in the form of Cabinet Battle #1.
If, say, Netflix were to have a production of Hamilton filmed -- would that be Oscar or Emmy? (This is a thing I've been fantasizing about a lot, since chances of me seeing even the touring production are slim to none.)
posted by epersonae at 5:03 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
If, say, Netflix were to have a production of Hamilton filmed -- would that be Oscar or Emmy? (This is a thing I've been fantasizing about a lot, since chances of me seeing even the touring production are slim to none.)
posted by epersonae at 5:03 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
I can't believe How to Succeed won a Pulitzer. That's some bull right there.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:29 PM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:29 PM on April 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Wait! I see! It was a consolation prize for the loss on Guys and Dolls. I'll allow it.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:30 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:30 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Not stopping me from paying way too much money to see it again in a few weeks though.
Oh man, I am so jealous. I saw it last week and immediately wanted to see it again. The only thing stopping me from spending an amount of money I can't really afford on tickets for the next night was the fact that I already had plans, and then I left the day after, and won't be back in NYC for a long time. (I did enter the lottery, just in case) Probably best for my back account in the long run, but still, I would love to see it again. When I did see it, I was such a state of awe and joy that I could barely take it all in.
The upside is that I saw Fun Home the next day, and it was so good, in a completely different way.
posted by lunasol at 6:17 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Oh man, I am so jealous. I saw it last week and immediately wanted to see it again. The only thing stopping me from spending an amount of money I can't really afford on tickets for the next night was the fact that I already had plans, and then I left the day after, and won't be back in NYC for a long time. (I did enter the lottery, just in case) Probably best for my back account in the long run, but still, I would love to see it again. When I did see it, I was such a state of awe and joy that I could barely take it all in.
The upside is that I saw Fun Home the next day, and it was so good, in a completely different way.
posted by lunasol at 6:17 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
The Hamilton win was no surprise, but the previous musical winner, Next to Normal, came with some controversy surrounding this award.
posted by crossoverman at 7:57 PM on April 19, 2016
posted by crossoverman at 7:57 PM on April 19, 2016
At 5pm tonight, my friend texted me saying he knew someone who was offloading orchestra tickets for face value. So I got them and took my 7 year old.
I saw it in February, the day after the Grammy win. There was much more excitement in the audience today, after LMM's Pulitzer.
posted by gaspode at 8:24 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
I saw it in February, the day after the Grammy win. There was much more excitement in the audience today, after LMM's Pulitzer.
posted by gaspode at 8:24 PM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
We're going to be in New York next weekend, so I called a ticket broker friend of mine and said, basically, "how much would it hurt to go Sunday night?"
Her reply was "You just saved yourself several thousand dollars, because they're dark that night."
I don't know if I'm relieved or crushed.
posted by uberchet at 8:26 AM on April 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
Her reply was "You just saved yourself several thousand dollars, because they're dark that night."
I don't know if I'm relieved or crushed.
posted by uberchet at 8:26 AM on April 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
If, say, Netflix were to have a production of Hamilton filmed -- would that be Oscar or Emmy? (This is a thing I've been fantasizing about a lot, since chances of me seeing even the touring production are slim to none.)
Depends on how they release it.
Trivia, The Last Seduction: Linda Fiorentino was widely lauded by critics for her performance in this movie but was denied an Academy Award nomination because it came out on TV before a theatrical release.
Full academy rules here. But the upshot is that companies will meet this by having a big shindig opening in one place in order to meet the rule. That's all the googling I care to bother with but I think this is how Soderberg's company handled BUBBLE.
posted by phearlez at 11:48 AM on April 20, 2016
Depends on how they release it.
Trivia, The Last Seduction: Linda Fiorentino was widely lauded by critics for her performance in this movie but was denied an Academy Award nomination because it came out on TV before a theatrical release.
Full academy rules here. But the upshot is that companies will meet this by having a big shindig opening in one place in order to meet the rule. That's all the googling I care to bother with but I think this is how Soderberg's company handled BUBBLE.
posted by phearlez at 11:48 AM on April 20, 2016
If, say, Netflix were to have a production of Hamilton filmed -- would that be Oscar or Emmy? (This is a thing I've been fantasizing about a lot, since chances of me seeing even the touring production are slim to none.)
Depends on how they release it.
Netflix has put movies into theaters for short Academy-eligibility runs, but it didn't work for Beasts of No Nation. *cough*oscarssowhite*cough*
posted by Etrigan at 11:53 AM on April 20, 2016
Depends on how they release it.
Netflix has put movies into theaters for short Academy-eligibility runs, but it didn't work for Beasts of No Nation. *cough*oscarssowhite*cough*
posted by Etrigan at 11:53 AM on April 20, 2016
I was in NYC for around 30 hrs two weeks ago. I entered the Hamilton lottery.
And now I can say... that I too have entered the Hamilton lottery.
No way I'll get to see it with the original cast, but hopefully I'll get to see it someday (I can't imagine the pulitzer will make getting tickets any easier...)
posted by nat at 3:50 PM on April 20, 2016
And now I can say... that I too have entered the Hamilton lottery.
No way I'll get to see it with the original cast, but hopefully I'll get to see it someday (I can't imagine the pulitzer will make getting tickets any easier...)
posted by nat at 3:50 PM on April 20, 2016
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This is also an interesting post:
* In 1944, the Pulitzers didn't hand out a prize for Drama, but they gave a special award to Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers for ''Oklahoma!'' (Oklahoma was disqualified by the rules at the time because it was based on a play (Green Grow The Lilacs by Lynn Riggs) which would have been eligible for the Pulitzer when it was first produced.)
* In 1951, ''Guys & Dolls'' was selected to win the Pulitzer for Drama,. But, according to Lucy E. Cross at Masterworks Broadway, ''Because [co-bookwriter Abe] Burrows was being looked at by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), the Trustees of Columbia University (the advisory board for the Pulitzer) vetoed the selection. No Pulitzer for Drama was awarded that year.'' (A decade later ''unemcumbered by the HUAC,'' Burrows would win the Pulitzer for ''How to Succeed in Business ...'')
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 9:01 AM on April 19, 2016 [1 favorite]