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2 unusual facts about The Show-Off


Hell-Bent Fer Heaven

The choice sparked controversy in literary circles and the media because the prize jury had actually selected George Kelly's The Show-Off, but was overruled by Columbia University, which was administering that year's Pulitzers; Hatcher Hughes was a Columbia professor.

The Show Off

The film has been remade a number of times, in 1930 with Hal Skelly and Doris Hill as Men Are Like That, in 1934 as The Show-Off with Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, and Lois Wilson in a different role, and in 1946 as The Show-Off with Red Skelton.


Everything at Once

However, being sampled in a Windows 8 advertisement allowed the song to do much better, becoming Lenka's second most successful single after "The Show".


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Ellis Rabb

The APA merged with the Phoenix Theatre in 1964 and as the APA-Phoenix went on to mount Broadway revivals of Man and Superman, The Show Off, Right You Are If You Think You Are, and Hamlet (in which Rabb played the title role) among others, with the APA-Phoenix receiving a special Tony Award for distinguished achievement prior to disbanding in 1969.

Lauren Kennedy

She originated the role of Cathy in Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years in its Chicago premiere, but opted to do South Pacific at the National Theatre in London instead of following the show Off-Broadway (she was replaced by Sherie Rene Scott).