John Weidman

John Weidman

John Weidman (born September 25, 1946) is an American librettist. He is the son of librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/John-Weidman.html filmreference listing] ]

He has written the book for many stage musicals, starting with the musical "Pacific Overtures", collaborating with Stephen Sondheim, "Take Flight" with David Shire, Richard Maltby,Jr., [ [http://www.curtainup.com/takeflightlond.html Curtain Up review, July 2007] ] and currently for the musical "Bounce", again with Sondheim. He has been nominated for the Tony Award 3 times.

Since 1986, John Weidman has been a staff writer for "Sesame Street", for which he has won numerous Emmy Awards. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1014211/ Internet Movie Database listing] ]

He is president of the Dramatists Guild of America. [http://www.brooklaw.edu/news/homepage_news/Weidmanbio.pdf brooklaw listing] ]

Weidman received a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

tage work (libretti)

*"Pacific Overtures" - 1976 (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical)
*"Anything Goes" - 1987 (revised original book with Timothy Crouse)
*"Assassins" - 1991 (revived on Broadway in 2004) (Drama Desk Award nominee, Outstanding Book of a Musical)
*"Big" - 1996 (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical)
*"Contact" - 2000 (Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical)
*"Bounce (musical)" - 2003
*"Take Flight (musical)" - 2007

References

External links

*ibdb name | id=6914| name=John Weidman
* [http://www.mtishows.com/bio.asp?bID=3376 MTI shows biography]


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