John Weidman
John Weidman | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 25, 1946 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable credits | |
| Television | Sesame Street |
| Relatives | Jerome Weidman (father) |
John Weidman (born September 25, 1946) is an American librettist and television writer for Sesame Street. He has worked on stage musicals with Stephen Sondheim and Susan Stroman.
Career
Weidman was born in New York City and grew up in Westport, Connecticut, the son of Peggy Wright and librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman.[1] He received a B.A. from Harvard University with a major in East Asian history and a J.D. from Yale Law School.[2][1]
Theatre
Weidman collaborated on three stage musicals with
Public Theatre
in 2008. The musical had productions at the Goodman Theatre and Kennedy Center in 2003 prior to the Off-Broadway production.
Weidman has worked with choreographer/director
Big, the Musical, with Stroman as choreographer. The musical opened on Broadway in April 1996 at the Shubert Theatre. He and Stroman co-created the Tony Award-winning musical Contact, which opened Off-Broadway in October 1999 at the Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center and on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in March 2000.[6] He wrote the book for the new musical Happiness, which ran at Lincoln Center in February 2009. Directed and choreographed by Stroman, the composer was Scott Frankel with lyrics by Michael Korie.[7][8]
He has been nominated for the
Theater Hall of Fame
.
Other work
In the 1970s, Weidman wrote for
From 1999 to 2009 he was president of the Dramatists Guild of America.[2]
Stage work (libretti)
- Pacific Overtures - 1976 (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical)
- Anything Goes - 1987 (revised original book with Timothy Crouse; Tony Award, Best Musical Revival)
- Assassins - 1990 (revived on Broadway in 2004) (Drama Desk Award nominee, Outstanding Book of a Musical; Tony Award, Best Musical Revival)
- Big - 1996 (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical)
- Contact - 1999 - Off-Broadway; 2000 - Broadway (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical; Tony Award, Best Musical)
- Take Flight - 2007
- Road Show - 2008
- Happiness - 2009
- I Can Get It for You Wholesale - 2023 (revised the show's book, originally written by his father Jerome Weidman)
References
- ^ a b c "Storytelling with Sondheim" harvardmagazine.com, January–February 2011
- ^ a b brooklaw listing[permanent dead link]
- ^ Assassins at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- ^ Michael H. Hutchins (2008). "Assassins". The Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ Ernio Hernandez. "The Shots Heard Round the World: Musical Assassins Opens on Broadway". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
- ^ Contact Broadway ibdb.com, accessed August 19, 2015
- ^ Brantley, Ben. "Accidental Tourists, on a Train to Eternity", The New York Times, March 31, 2009
- ^ Hetrick, Adam. "Arcelus, Foster, Gleason and More Find Happiness at Lincoln Center Starting Feb. 27" Playbill, February 27, 2009
- ^ Internet Movie Database listing
- ^ "PBS, ABC top Emmy nods" Variety, May 12, 2002
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