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Born August 22, 1924 • Los Angeles • California
Died April 21, 1989 (aged 64) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Tony Awards (1976)
Notable Works “A Chorus Line”
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
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George S. Kaufman
American playwright and journalist
Abbott, George
George Abbott
American director
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Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
Tracy Letts wearing a tuxedo and glasses, smiling and holding his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, standing in front of a Tony Awards backdrop.
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Harvey Fierstein smiling at an event in 2014, wearing glasses, a turquoise shirt, patterned tie, and brown jacket, with a purple and yellow backdrop behind him.
Harvey Fierstein
American actor and playwright
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Russel Crouse
American dramatist
Portrait of Tennessee Williams wearing a suit and tie, looking toward the camera with a slight smile.
Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006
Suzan-Lori Parks
American playwright
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder
American writer
William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
American author
Moss Hart
Moss Hart
American playwright
Stephen Sondheim smiling at the camera, wearing a light blue shirt and a brown plaid jacket at the Paramount Theatre.
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
American dramatist
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Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright
David Henry Hwang, 2008
David Henry Hwang
American playwright
Mickey Rooney smiles in a promotional portrait from around 1955, wearing a maroon and gray striped shirt against a blue background.
Mickey Rooney
American actor

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