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Born August 22, 1924 • Los Angeles • California
Died April 21, 1989 (aged 64) • New York City • New York • (Anniversary tomorrow)
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
George S. Kaufman
American playwright and journalist
Abbott, George
George Abbott
American director
Jason Miller
American actor and playwright
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein
American actor and playwright
Russel Crouse
American dramatist
Tennessee Williams
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
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
American dramatist
Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
David Henry Hwang, 2008
David Henry Hwang
American playwright

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