All the Drama: “The Shadow Box,” 1977 Winner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama

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 Shadow Box"
1977 Pulitzer winner “The Shadow Box”, by Michael Cristofer

The Shadow Box Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Box

Michael Cristofer Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cristofer

The Shadow Box script
https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Box-Drama-Two-Acts/dp/0573616132/

“Stage: Inside ʻThe Shadow Boxʼ” by Clive Barnes, original New York Times review
https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/01/archives/new-jersey-weekly-stage-inside-the-shadow-box.html

This Won’t Be Your Typical High School Debate : Theater: Arizona school’s cancellation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play spurs a Monday censorship forum” by Diane Haithman, The Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-12-04-ca-63819-story.html

“’The Shadow Box;” Death Outruns a Play From 1977” by Ben Brantley, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/21/theater/theater-review-the-shadow-box-death-outruns-a-play-from-1977.html

“The Lighter Side of Michael Cristofer “ By Nancy Churnin, The Los Angeles Times
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-08-ca-1650-story.html

“Theater: Time and 'The Shadow Box'” by Anita Gates, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/13/theater/theater-time-and-the-shadow-box.html

“Brief Encounter with Michael Cristofer, ‘Smash’ Star and Pulitzer Winner” by Robert
Simonson, Playbill
https://playbill.com/article/playbill-brief-encounter-with-michael-cristofer-smash-star-and-pulitzer-winner-com-196443

The Shadow Box TV movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpnwgbS8ZWQ

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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.