Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Jewish recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 31% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
33 documented recipients
Elmer Rice
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
George S. Kaufman1889
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('You Can't Take It with You')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
Morrie Ryskind1935
Marx Brothers writer (A Night at the Opera); Pulitzer for Of Thee I Sing
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Ira Gershwin1924
Lyricist - Collaborated with George Gershwin
Source: Great American Songbook
Sidney Kingsley
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Moss Hart1947
Broadway legend (You Can't Take It with You); wrote Gentleman's Agreement
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Arthur Miller1949
Playwright
Source: Death of a Salesman
Oscar Hammerstein II1943
Lyricist - Collaborated with Richard Rodgers
Source: Great American Songbook
Richard Rodgers1943
Composer - The Sound of Music and Oklahoma!
Source: Great American Songbook
Joseph Kramm
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Jerome Weidman
Tony Award — Best Musical
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical
Jerry Bock1928
Composer of Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello!
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Sheldon Harnick1924
Lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof, writing Sunrise, Sunset and If I Were a Rich Man
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Abe Burrows
Tony Award — Best Musical
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical
Frank Loesser1910
Broadway composer of Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Howard Sackler
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Paul Zindel
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: JTA — Jews who died in 2003; Wikipedia
Michael Bennett
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Marvin Hamlisch1944
Composer of A Chorus Line and The Way We Were; rare EGOT and Pulitzer winner
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Edward Kleban1975
Lyricist of A Chorus Line
Source: Jinfo.org — Broadway and Hollywood musicals written by Jews
David Mamet1947
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('Glengarry Glen Ross')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
James Lapine
Tony Award — Best Musical
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical
Stephen Sondheim1957
Composer and Lyricist - West Side Story and Sweeney Todd
Source: Broadway musical legend
Alfred Uhry1989
Pulitzer playwright and Academy Award screenwriter of Driving Miss Daisy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Wendy Wasserstein1950
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('The Heidi Chronicles')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
Neil Simon1968
Prolific playwright and screenwriter (The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs); Pulitzer Prize winner from a Bronx Jewish family.
Source: Wikipedia
Tony Kushner1956
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('Angels in America')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
Jonathan Larson1996
Creator of Rent; posthumous Pulitzer Prize (1996)
Source: Jinfo.org — Broadway and Hollywood musicals written by Jews
Paula Vogel
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Donald Margulies
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
David Auburn1969
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('Proof')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
Quiara Alegría Hudes
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Annie Baker
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama