All the Drama: Former New York Times Critic Ben Brantley on “The Young Man From Atlanta,” 1995 Pulitzer Prize Winner

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: "The Young Man From Atlanta"
1995 Pulitzer winner “The Young Man From Atlanta,” by Horton Foote

The Young Man From Atlanta Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Man_from_Atlanta

Horton Foote Wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horton_Foote

Director Michael Wilson on Dinners With the Foote Family & Falling in Love With The Trip to Bountiful
https://www.broadway.com/buzz/169334/director-michael-wilson-on-dinners-with-the-foote-family-falling-in-love-with-the-trip-to-bountiful/

Ben Brantley’s review of the Signature revival
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/theater/young-man-from-atlanta-review.html

“Lucky Man: Horton Foote’s three acts.” by John Lahr, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/10/26/lucky-man

Farewell: A Memoir of Texas by Horton Foote
https://bookshop.org/books/farewell-a-memoir-of-a-texas-childhood/9780684865706

Horton Foote: America’s Storyteller by Wilborn Hampton
https://bookshop.org/books/horton-foote-america-s-storyteller/9781423496854

American Theatre Wing interview with Horton Foote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtVZM4DyPQ

Horton Foote: The Greatest Playwright You’ve Never Heard Of documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51KGCanaqCA&t=1295s

Horton Foote: The Road Home documentary
https://www.hortonfootefilm.com/

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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.