Alfred is distinguished as the only American playwright to have won a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award and two Tony awards. Uhry began his career as a lyric writer under contract to the late Frank Loesser. In that capacity he made his Broadway debut in 1968 with Here's Where I Belong. His first major success was a musical theatre adaptation of Eudora Welty's The Robber Bridegroom, which won him his first Tony nomination. His first play,Driving Miss Daisy, won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize. The film version won the 1989 Academy Award for best picture, and Uhry won his own Oscar in the best adapted screen play category. Apples and Oranges is his third work to be performed at the Hertz Theatre. The first was Driving Miss Daisy, which still holds the longevity record for the theatre. The second was The Last Night of Ballyhoo, which held its world premiere here as part of the 1996 Olympics, and went on to win the 1997 Tony Award for best play. A second Tony followed two years later for the book of Parade. Currently Uhry is at work on a new play, Divine Intervention, and a musical version of Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil.