60 Down, 25 to Go

Last May I vowed to read—aloud, with other people—every play to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama during 100th year of its first presentation (on May 16, 1918) and challenged the world to do likewise. Not a soul signed up, for which I take the blame; I can’t convey the concept. Fortunately, a few dozen members of Cold Reads/Charlotte enjoy reading when it suits their schedules, even if they don’t join the blog. Without them I’d never finish. It’s going to be close as it is.

So far I’ve read 60 of the 85 Prize plays (some years no award was presented), leaving the following 25 for the next 50 days. A tentative schedule is posted on the Charlotte Calendar, including a multi-play WEEKEND MARATHON on April 29-30 and the Grand Finale Cattle Call, Come One Come All, Centenniel Celebration SING ALONG WITH HAMILTON on May 16.

Reads are posted a week in advance on Facebook and Meetup. If there’s a play you’d like to read but can’t come when it’s scheduled, let me know before I post the event and I’ll rearrange.

• 1927: In Abraham’s Bosom
• 1930: The Green Pastures
• 1938: Our Town
• 1948: A Streetcar Named Desire
• 1950: South Pacific [Sunday, April 2]
• 1955: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
• 1956: The Diary of Anne Frank
• 1962: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• 1969: The Great White Hope [Monday, April 3]
• 1970: No Place to be Somebody1976: A Chorus Line
• 1984: Glengarry Glen Ross
• 1993: Angels in America [Thursdays, April 6 & 13]
• 1996: Rent
• 2002: Topdog/Underdog
• 2004: I Am My Own Wife
• 2007: Rabbit Hole
• 2008 August: Osage County
• 2009 Ruined
• 2010: Next to Normal
• 2012: Water by the Spoonful
• 2013: Disgraced
• 2014: The Flick
• 2015: Between Riverside and Crazy
• 2016: Hamilton

The ones I’ve read are posted as a PDF 60 Read.