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The Pulitzer Prize is “Ruined”


by Jerome Weeks 20 Apr 2009 1:42 PM

Ruined, Lynn Nottage’s drama about the civil war raging in the Congo as witnessed by the women in a brothel, is the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for drama. It’s currently playing  at the Manhattan Theatre Club through May 10. It premiered at Chicago’s Goodman Theater. The other Pulitzer finalists were Becky Shaw, by […]
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Ruined, Lynn Nottage’s drama about the civil war raging in the Congo as witnessed by the women in a brothel, is the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for drama. It’s currently playing  at the Manhattan Theatre Club through May 10. It premiered at Chicago’s Goodman Theater.

The other Pulitzer finalists were Becky Shaw, by Gina Gionfriddo, a dark comedy about bad dates and attempted suicide, and the musical, In the Heights, by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hude, which won the Tony Award for best musical.  A documentary about the making of In the Heights — Chasing Broadway Dreams — will be telecast on KERA May 27 as part of the Great Performances series.

The award includes a $10,000 prize.

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About Jerome Weeks

Jerome Weeks is the Senior Arts Reporter/Producer for KERA. Previously at The Dallas Morning News, he was the book columnist for 10 years and the drama critic for 10 years before that. His writing has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, American Theatre and Men’s Vogue magazines. View more about Jerome Weeks.

COMMENTS

  • The journalism prizes were announced today as well. Congrats to Damon Winter, former DMN photographer, currently with the New York Times, who won for his series of work on Obama during the election.