Alfred Uhry is a playwright and screenwriter. He has received an Academy Award, two Tony Awards and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing for Driving Miss Daisy. Other works include Here's Where I Belong, The Robber Bridegroom, America's Sweetheart, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Parade, Edgardo Mine, LoveMusik, Apples & Oranges, and Angel Reapers. He is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

 

There’s a bunch of mind-blowing moments in this podcast, including:

How he kept writing after a couple of big ol’ Broadway disasters that would have sent most people to law school.

Where he got the inspiration for Driving Miss Daisy, and the magic words he heard from his agent when she read it.

Musicals and plays . . . and the different skills needed for both.

His process of sitting down and writing, and how that has changed since he began.

Writing what you know . . . the pros and the cons.

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