ALFRED UHRY (Book) Has won the Triple Crown: Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award and Tony Award. His book for the musical version of Eudora Welty's The Robber Bridegroom was Tony nominated in 1976. His first play, Driving Miss Daisy, won the Pulitzer Prize and his next play, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, was commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad for the Atlanta Olympics and went on to win the Tony Award as Best Play of 1997. His book for the musical, Parade, was awarded a Tony as well. In June 2006, his play, Without Walls, starring Laurence Fishburne opened at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and in November 2006, his play, Edgardo Mine opened at The Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. His screenplay for Driving Miss Daisy was awarded an Academy Award, as well as a Writers Guild Award. His other screenplays include Mystic Pizza, Rich In Love, and bits and pieces of many more.


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