Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Mental health drama wins Pulitzer

A Broadway low-pitched chronicling the woman's struggle with mental illness has won the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

Next To Normal was praised for "expanding the scope of subject matter for musicals".

Tinkers, Paul Harding's entrance novel for the little edition house, was the warn leader of the best novella category.

Country musician Hank Williams was posthumously awarded the special Pulitzer for being "a major low-pitched as well as informative force in American life".

His "craftsmanship as the songwriter who expressed concept feelings with poignant simplicity" was additionally cited by Pulitzer.

Other awards in the arts as well as novel were announced for classical music, biography, history as well as poetry.

The Pulitzer Prizes, which have been handed out since 1917, additionally recognize value in journalism.

The awards have been due to be handed out during the gala lunch next month.

Tom Kitt, composer of Next To Normal, said: "Everybody can relate to what you wrote about."

Lyricist Brian Yorkey added: "This is the uncover about real people as well as what they have been starting through, exploring their heedfulness as well as additionally their joys on the turn which musicals don't mostly do."





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