New YorkWinning the Pulitzer Prize for drama can be a mixed blessing when it comes to commercial success in theater. Even though the past 10 plays to be so honored all received New York productions, five have yet to reach Broadway. Sometimes decades go by before producers are prepared to bet on a prize-winning play. Take Charles Fuller’s “A Soldier’s Play,” the harrowing story of the 1944 murder of a black Army sergeant. It opened in 1981, winning the Pulitzer after a 468-performance off-Broadway run.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 23, 2020 21:45 UTC