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JOHN WEIDMAN wrote the book for Pacific Overtures (Tony nominations, Best Book and Best Musical), score by Stephen Sondheim, produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince. He co-authored, with Timothy Crouse, the new book for Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes (Tony Award, Best Musical Revival; Olivier Award, Best Musical Production). He wrote the book for Assassins, score by Stephen Sondheim, directed Off-Broadway by Jerry Zaks and in London’s West End (Drama Critics Award for Best Musical) by Sam Mendes. He wrote the book for Big (Tony nomination, Best Book), score by Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, directed on Broadway by Mike Ockrent, and co-created with choreographer/director Susan Stroman the musical Contact (Tony nomination, Best Book; Tony Award, Best Musical). His new musical, Bounce, score by Stephen Sondheim, direction by Harold Prince, premiered this summer at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and he is currently completing a screen adaptation of Contact for Miramax. Since 1986, he has written for Sesame Street, receiving 11 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Children’s Program. Weidman is president of the Dramatists Guild of America.
Bio as of October, 2004.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Playwrights - October, 2004 - Watch now.
Production: Contact - September, 1999 - Watch now.
Playwright and Director - April, 1988 - Watch now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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