Memphis' Katori Hall wins Pulitzer Prize (Drama)

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.commercialappeal.com/amp/7658206002

"Memphis' Katori Hall on Friday was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for drama for "The Hot Wing King," a Memphis-set comic play that ran for only a few weeks in New York before the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shutdown of the city's theaters.

The Pulitzer board called Hall's play a “funny, deeply felt consideration of Black masculinity and how it is perceived, filtered through the experiences of a loving gay couple and their extended family as they prepare for a culinary competition.”

The prize represents a highlight of what has been an astonishing run of hard-earned success and recognition for the Memphis-born Hall, 40, a Craigmont High School graduate and former intern at The Commercial Appeal who currently finds herself a Tony Award nominee for co-writing "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," the hit Broadway biographical musical about the rock-and-soul singer from Nutbush, Tennessee. The 74th Tony Awards will be held Sept. 26."....(more)

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1. Thanks for posting. She's got some talent.