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Born October 18, 1950 • New York City • New York
Died January 30, 2006 (aged 55) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize • Tony Awards (1989)
Notable Works “Any Woman Can’t” • “Isn’t It Romantic” • “The Heidi Chronicles” • “The Sisters Rosensweig” • “Uncommon Women and Others”
Russel Crouse
American dramatist
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
American dramatist
David Mamet
David Mamet
American author
Umeki, Miyoshi; Buttons, Red: Sayonara
Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
American author
Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Edward Albee
Edward Albee
American author
Archibald MacLeish
American author, educator, and public official
James Kirkwood
American actor and author
Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak
American artist
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
American playwright
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
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Robert E. Sherwood
American playwright
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder
American writer
George S. Kaufman
American playwright and journalist
Charles Fuller
American author
Paul Zindel
American author

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