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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