Groundbreaking Women at the Tonys & Pulitzers

Concord Theatricals is proud to represent some of the finest female voices of the 20th and 21st centuries. From the very beginning, women have made their mark on the theatre. Below, explore the extraordinary women in the Concord catalog who earned accolades at the Tony Awards and the Pulitzers.

TONY AWARDS

BEST PLAY

• 1956 Winner! The Diary of Anne Frank, co-authored by Frances Goodrich (US/UK)
• 1956 Nominee: The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold (US/UK)
• 1957 Nominee: The Waltz of the Toreadors by Lucienne Hill (US/UK)
• 1958 Nominee: Look Homeward, Angel by Ketti Frings (US)
• 1958 Nominee: Time Remembered by Patricia Moyes (US)
• 1960 Nominee: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (US/UK)
• 1960 Nominee: Toys in the Attic by Lillian Hellman (US)
• 1960 Nominee: Becket translated by Lucienne Hill (US/UK)
• 1970 Winner! Borstal Boy by Beatrice Behan (US)
• 1977 Nominee: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange (US/UK)
• 1982 Nominee: Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley (US/UK)
• 1982 Nominee: ’Night, Mother by Marsha Norman (US)
• 1984 Nominee: Play Memory by Joanna Glass (US/UK)
• 1987 Nominee: Coastal Disturbances by Tina Howe (US)
• 1989 Winner! The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein (US)
• 1991 Nominee: Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker (UK)
• 1993 Nominee: The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein (US/UK)
• 1994 Nominee: Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith (US)
• 1995 Nominee: Having Our Say, The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years by Emily Mann (US)
• 1998 Winner! ‘ART’ by Yasmina Reza (US/UK)
• 2000 Nominee: Dirty Blonde by Claudia Shear (US)
• 2002 Nominee: Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman (US/UK)
• 2002 Nominee: Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks (US)
• 2004 Nominee: Frozen by Bryony Lavery (US/UK)
• 2009 Winner! God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza (US/UK)
• 2010 Nominee: In the Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl (US/UK)
• 2013 Nominee: Lucky Guy by Nora Ephron (US)
• 2015 Nominee: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (US)
• 2016 Nominee: Eclipsed by Danai Gurira (US)
• 2017 Nominee: Indecent by Paula Vogel (US)
• 2017 Nominee: Sweat by Lynn Nottage (US)
• 2018 Nominee: Farinelli and the King by Claire van Kampen (US/UK)
• 2018 Nominee: The Children by Lucy Kirkwood (US)
• 2019 Nominee: What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck (US/UK)
• 2020 Nominee: Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl (US)
• 2022 Nominee: Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage (US)
• 2022 Nominee: Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau (US/UK)
• 2023 Nominee: Cost of Living by Martyna Majok (US)
• 2024 Nominee: Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh (US/UK)
• 2024 Nominee: Mary Jane by Amy Herzog (US/UK)
• 2024 Nominee: Mother Play by Paula Vogel (US/UK)
• 2025 Nominee: English by Sanaz Toossi (US/UK)
• 2025 Nominee: John Proctor Is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower (US/UK)

BEST MUSICAL

• 1949 Winner! Kiss Me, Kate, book co-written by Bella Spewack (US/UK)
• 1953 Winner! Wonderful Town, lyrics by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 1957 Nominee: Bells Are Ringing, book and lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 1960 Nominee: Once Upon a Mattress, music by Mary Rodgers (US/UK)
• 1961 Nominee: Irma La Douce, music by Marguerite Monnot (US/UK)
• 1961 Nominee: Do Re Mi, lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 1963 Nominee: Little Me, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh (US/UK)
• 1964 Nominee: Funny Girl, book by Isobel Lennart (US/UK)
• 1966 Nominee: Sweet Charity, lyrics by Dorothy Fields (US/UK)
• 1967 Nominee: Walking Happy, book co-written by Ketty Frings (US/UK)
• 1968 Nominee: How Now, Dow Jones, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh (US)
• 1968 Winner! Hallelujah, Baby!, lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 1970 Winner! Applause, book co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 1973 Nominee: Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope, music and lyrics by Micki Grant and Conceived by Vinnette Carroll (US)
• 1974 Winner! Raisin, book co-written by Charlotte Zaltzberg (US/UK)
• 1974 Nominee: Seesaw, lyrics by Dorothy Fields (US/UK)
• 1978 Nominee: Runaways, book, music and lyrics by Elizabeth Swados (US/UK)
• 1978 Nominee: On the Twentieth Century, book and lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 1979 Nominee: Ballroom, lyrics co-written by Marilyn Bergman (US/UK)
• 1979 Nominee: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, music and lyrics by Carol Hall (US/UK)
• 1979 Nominee: They’re Playing Our Song, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager (US/UK)
• 1980 Nominee: Sugar Babies, lyrics co-written by Dorothy Fields (US)
• 1982 Nominee: Pump Boys and Dinettes, book, music and lyrics co-written by Debra Monk and Cass Morgan (US/UK)
• 1985 Nominee: Leader of the Pack: The Ellie Greenwich Musical, music and lyrics by Ellie Greenwich (US)
• 1985 Nominee: Quilters, book, music and lyrics by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek (US/UK)
• 1991 Winner! The Will Rogers Follies, co-lyrics by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 1991 Nominee: The Secret Garden, music by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon, lyrics by Marsha Norman (US/UK)
• 1992 Nominee: Jelly’s Last Jam, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead (US/UK)
• 1998 Nominee: The Scarlet Pimpernel, book and lyrics by Nan Knighton (US/UK)
• 1999 Nominee: It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues, co-written by Lita Gaithers (US)
• 2001 Nominee: A Class Act, book co-written by Linda Kline (US/UK)
• 2008 Winner! In the Heights, book by Quiara Alegría Hudes (US/UK)
• 2008 Nominee: Passing Strange, music co-written by Heidi Rodewald, created with Annie Dorsen (US)
• 2015 Winner! Fun Home, music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron (US/UK)
• 2018 Nominee: The SpongeBob Musical, conceived by Tina Landau with songs by Yolanda Adams, Sara Bareilles, Hillary Scott of Lady A and Cyndi Lauper (US/UK)
• 2019 Winner! Hadestown, book, music and lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell (US/UK)
• 2020 Nominee: Jagged Little Pill, book by Diablo Cody, music co-written by Alanis Morissette, lyrics by Alanis Morissette (US/UK)
• 2022 Nominee: SIX, music and lyrics co-written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (US/UK)
• 2023 Nominee: Some Like It Hot, book co-written by Amber Ruffin (US/UK)
• 2025 Nominee: Operation Mincemeat, book, music and lyrics co-written by Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts (US/UK)

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

• 1982 Nominee: A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney (UK)
• 1995 Winner! The Heiress, co-written by Ruth Goetz (US/UK)
• 1998 Nominee: The Diary of Anne Frank, co-written by Frances Goodrich (US/UK)
• 2001 Nominee: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner (US)
• 2003 Nominee: Dinner at Eight, co-written by Edna Ferber (US)
• 2004 Nominee: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (US/UK)
• 2010 Nominee: The Royal Family, co-written by Edna Ferber (US)
• 2012 Nominee: Wit by Margaret Edson (US/UK)
• 2014 Winner! A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (US/UK)
• 2017 Nominee: The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman (US)
• 2022 Nominee: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange (US/UK)
• 2022 Nominee: How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel (US)
• 2022 Nominee: Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress (US/UK)
• 2023 Winner! Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks (US)
• 2023 Nominee: A Doll’s House, adapted by Amy Herzog (US/UK)
• 2023 Nominee: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window by Lorraine Hansberry (US)
• 2024 Nominee: An Enemy of the People, new version by Amy Herzog (US/UK)

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

• 1986 Winner! Sweet Charity, lyrics by Dorothy Fields (US/UK)
• 1997 Nominee: Once Upon a Mattress, music by Mary Rodgers (US/UK)
• 1999 Winner! Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun (Stone), original book co-written by Dorothy Fields (US/UK)
• 1999 Nominee: Little Me, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh (US/UK)
• 2000 Winner! Kiss Me, Kate, book co-written by Bella Spewack (US/UK)
• 2001 Nominee: Bells Are Ringing, book and lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 2004 Nominee: Wonderful Town, lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 2005 Nominee: Sweet Charity, lyrics by Dorothy Fields (US/UK)
• 2012 Winner! The Gershwins^®’ Porgy and Bess^® (2012 Broadway Version), originally by Dorothy Hayward, book adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks, musical score adapted by Diedre L. Murray (US/UK)
• 2015 Nominee: On the Town, book and lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 2015 Nominee: On the Twentieth Century, book and lyrics co-written by Betty Comden (US/UK)
• 2019 Nominee: Kiss Me, Kate, book co-written by Bella Spewack (US/UK)
• 2025 Nominee: Floyd Collins, book and additional lyrics by Tina Landau (US/UK)

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

• 1949 Winner! Bella Spewack (co-writer) for Kiss Me, Kate (US/UK)
• 1962 Nominee: Helen Deutsch (co-writer) for Carnival! (US/UK)
• 1973 Nominee: Micki Grant for Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope (US)
• 1974 Nominee: Charlotte Zaltzberg (co-writer) for Raisin (US/UK)
• 1978 Nominee: Elizabeth Swados for Runaways (US/UK)
• 1978 Winner! Betty Comden (co-writer) for On the Twentieth Century (US/UK)
• 1983 Nominee: Betty Comden (co-writer) for A Doll’s Life (US)
• 1985 Nominee: Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek for Quilters (US/UK)
• 1986 Nominee: Jane Iredale for The Wind in the Willows (US/UK)
• 1991 Winner! Marsha Norman for The Secret Garden (US/UK)
• 1998 Nominee: Nan Knighton for The Scarlet Pimpernel (US/UK)
• 1999 Nominee: Lita Gaithers (co-writer) for It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues (US)
• 2001 Nominee: Linda Kline (co-writer) for A Class Act (US/UK)
• 2008 Nominee: Quiara Alegría Hudes for In The Heights (US/UK)
• 2015 Winner! Lisa Kron for Fun Home (US/UK)
• 2019 Nominee: Anaïs Mitchell for Hadestown (US/UK)
• 2020 Winner! Diablo Cody for Jagged Little Pill (US/UK)
• 2023 Nominee: Amber Ruffin for Some Like It Hot (US/UK)
• 2025 Nominee: Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts for Operation Mincemeat (US/UK)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE

• 1963 Nominee: Carolyn Leigh (lyrics) for Little Me (US/UK)
• 1966 Nominee: Dorothy Fields (lyrics) for Sweet Charity (US/UK)
• 1968 Winner! Betty Comden (lyrics, co-writer) for Hallelujah, Baby! (US/UK)
• 1968 Nominee: Carolyn Leigh (lyrics) for How Now, Dow Jones (US)
• 1973 Nominee: Micki Grant (music and lyrics) for Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope (US)
• 1974 Nominee: Dorothy Fields (lyrics) for Seesaw (US/UK)
• 1978 Winner! Betty Comden (lyrics, co-writer) for On the Twentieth Century (US/UK)
• 1978 Nominee: Elizabeth Swados (music and lyrics) for Runaways (US/UK)
• 1983 Nominee: Betty Comden (lyrics, co-writer) for A Doll’s Life (US)
• 1985 Nominee: Barbara Damashek (music and lyrics) for Quilters (US/UK)
• 1991 Winner! Betty Comden (lyrics, co-writer) for The Will Rogers Follies (US/UK)
• 1991 Nominee: Lucy Simon (music) and Marsha Norman (lyrics and music) for The Secret Garden (US/UK)
• 1992 Nominee: Susan Birkenhead (lyrics) for Jelly’s Last Jam (US/UK)
• 2008 Nominee: Heidi Rodewald (music, co-writer) for Passing Strange (US)
• 2010 Nominee: Lucy Prebble (music, co-writer) for Enron (US/UK)
• 2013 Nominee: Amanda Green (music and lyrics, co-writer) for Hands on a Hardbody (US/UK)
• 2018 Nominee: Yolanda Adams, Sara Bareilles, Cyndi Lauper and Hillary Scott of Lady A (music and lyrics) for The SpongeBob Musical (US/UK)
• 2015 Winner! Jeanine Tesori (music) and Lisa Kron (lyrics) for Fun Home (US/UK)
• 2019 Winner! Anaïs Mitchell for Hadestown (US/UK)
• 2022 Winner! Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss for SIX (US/UK)
• 2025 Nominee: Natasha Hodgson and Zoë Roberts (music and lyrics, co-writers) for Operation Mincemeat (US/UK)

PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA

• 1931 Winner! Susan Glaspell for Alison’s House (US)
• 1935 Winner! Zoë Akins for The Old Maid (US)
• 1945 Winner! Mary Coyle Chase for Harvey (US)
• 1956 Winner! Frances Goodrich (co-author) for The Diary of Anne Frank (US/UK)
• 1958 Winner! Ketti Frings for Look Homeward, Angel (US)
• 1981 Winner! Beth Henley for Crimes of the Heart (US/UK)
• 1983 Winner! Marsha Norman for ’Night, Mother (US)
• 1984 Finalist: Tina Howe for Painting Churches (US/UK)
• 1989 Winner! Wendy Wasserstein for The Heidi Chronicles (US)
• 1993 Finalist: Anna Deavere Smith for Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities (US)
• 1994 Finalist: Jane Martin for Keely and Du (US)
• 1997 Finalist: Tina Howe for Pride’s Crossing (US/UK)
• 1998 Winner! Paula Vogel for How I Learned to Drive (US)
• 1998 Finalist: Amy Freed for Freedomland (US)
• 1999 Winner! Margaret Edson for Wit (US/UK)
• 2000 Finalist: Suzan-Lori Parks for In the Blood (US)
• 2002 Winner! Suzan-Lori Parks for Topdog/Underdog (US)
• 2002 Finalist: Dael Orlandersmith for Yellowman (US)
• 2004 Finalist: Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros for Omnium Gatherum (US/UK)
• 2005 Finalist: Sarah Ruhl for The Clean House (US/UK)
• 2007 Finalist: Eisa Davis for Bulrusher (US)
• 2007 Finalist: Quiara Alegría Hudes for Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue (US)
• 2009 Winner! Lynn Nottage for Ruined (US)
• 2009 Finalist: Gina Gionfriddo for Becky Shaw (US)
• 2009 Finalist: Quiara Alegría Hudes for In the Heights (US/UK)
• 2010 Finalist: Sarah Ruhl for In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (US/UK)
• 2011 Finalist: Lisa D’Amour for Detroit (US)
• 2012 Winner! Quiara Alegría Hudes for Water by the Spoonful (US)
• 2013 Finalist: Amy Herzog for 4000 Miles (US/UK)
• 2013 Finalist: Gina Gionfriddo for Rapture, Blister, Burn (US)
• 2014 Winner! Annie Baker for The Flick (US/UK)
• 2014 Finalist: Madeline George for The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (US/UK)
• 2014 Finalist: Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron for Fun Home (US/UK)
• 2015 Finalist: Suzan-Lori Parks for Father Comes Home From the Wars Parts 1, 2 & 3 (US/UK)
• 2017 Winner! Lynn Nottage for Sweat (US)
• 2017 Finalist: Sarah DeLappe for The Wolves (US/UK)
• 2018 Winner! Martyna Majok for Cost of Living (US)
• 2019 Winner! Jackie Sibblies Drury for Fairview (US)
• 2019 Finalist: Clare Barron for Dance Nation (US/UK)
• 2019 Finalist: Heidi Schreck for What the Constitution Means to Me (US/UK)
• 2021 Winner! Katori Hall for The Hot Wing King (US)
• 2021 Finalist: Zora Howard for STEW (US/UK)
• 2023 Winner! Sanaz Toossi for English (US/UK)
• 2023 Finalist: Aleshea Harris for On Sugarland (US/UK)
• 2024 Winner! Eboni Booth for Primary Trust (US/UK)
• 2024 Finalist: Amanda Gronich (co-writer) for Here There Are Blueberries (US/UK)

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