- Ken Waissman
Ken Waissman is a
Tony Award -winning Americantheatre producer .Waissman's first Broadway credit was the 1971
Paul Zindel play "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little " withEstelle Parsons andJulie Harris . The following year, while he and partner Maxine Fox were inChicago , they attended "Grease", a popular local play about high school life in the 1950s being performed at the Kingston Mines Theater in the Old Town section of the city. The two thought it would work better as a musical and encouraged its writers,Jim Jacobs andWarren Casey , to relocate toNew York City and embellish it with a score. The result was "Grease", which Waissman and Fox mountedoff-Broadway before transferring it uptown. It garnered him his first Tony nomination. He was nominated again for "Over Here! "; the third time proved to be the charm when he won not only a Tony but aDrama Desk Award as well for "Torch Song Trilogy ".Other Broadway credits
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Agnes of God " (1982)
*"The Octette Bridge Club " (1985)
*"Asinamali!" (1987)
*"Carrie - The Musical " (1988)
*"Street Corner Symphony" (1997)External links
[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=22815/ Internet Broadway Database listing]
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