- Tom O'Horgan
Infobox actor
name = Tom O'Horgan
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birthname =
birthdate = birth date and age|1926|05|03|df=y
birthplace =Chicago, Illinois , USA
occupation =Theatre director ,composer
spouse =
yearsactive = 1960s-1990s
awards =Drama Desk Award s
Outstanding Director
1968 "Tom Paine "
1969 "Futz "
19971 "Lenny "Tom O'Horgan (born
May 3 1926 ) is an American theatre andfilm director andcomposer .Biography
Born in
Chicago, Illinois , O'Horgan received his degree fromDePaul University . Most of his early career work was inoff-Broadway experimental theatre productions, including "To the Water Tower", "When the Owl Screams", and "The Wrecking Ball" as composer, "Tom Paine", "Masked Men", and "Birdbath" as director, and "Futz !" as both. In 1974, he conceived and directed a stage adaptation of theBeatles ' classic recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ".Career
O'Horgan made his Broadway directorial debut in 1968 with the ground-breaking musical "Hair", garnering a
Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical. Additional Broadway credits include "Lenny", withCliff Gorman as controversialcomedian -satirist Lenny Bruce , "Jesus Christ Superstar ", "Dude", "Inner City", "The Leaf People", and "I Won't Dance".O'Horgan won three
Drama Desk Award s for his direction of the off-Broadway plays, "Lenny ", "Futz! ", and "Tom Paine ", and was named Theatrical Director of the Year by "Newsweek " in 1968.O'Horgan composed the score for and directed the screen adaptation of "Futz!" with
Frederic Forrest ,Sally Kirkland , andJennifer O'Neill , composed the score for "Alex in Wonderland ", and directed the film version ofEugene Ionesco 's "Rhinoceros" withZero Mostel ,Gene Wilder , andKaren Black .References
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* [http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Tom&middle=&last=O%27Horgan Tom O'Horgan] at the Internet off-Broadway Database
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