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An aspiring playwright in New York strikes up a friendship with a guy while on the rebound from a break-up in this Netflix original film.
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Kara Walker does it in silhouette and sculpture; playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins did it in his play An Octoroon; Ishmael Reed has done it in his novels; Dave Chappelle became a household name doing it.
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The play established Mr. Gurney as a major playwright and brought comparisons to the fiction of John Cheever — whose works Mr. Gurney also adapted for the stage.
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All four of the playwrights (Rogers, Lucas Hnath, Lynn Nottage and Paula Vogel) were making their Broadway debuts this season, and three of them in productions brought to the American theater’s most prominent platform by commercial producers.
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In an attempt to shake up the show, producers asked the Rockettes back on a Tony stage after 13 years and asked all four playwrights nominated for best play Tonys appear to present their works.
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Other show highlights will be the return of the Rockettes on a Tony stage after 13 years and the decision to have all four playwrights nominated for best play Tonys appear to present their works.
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Perhaps no one expressed the anguish of AIDS better than New York author and playwright Larry Kramer.
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The one-woman comedy by playwrights Maripat Donovan and Vicki Quade has been requested more than any other show by their audiences, producers Gary Rucker and Kelly Fouchi have said.
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Origin and Etymology of playwright
1play + obsolete wright maker — more at wright
Other Performing Arts Terms
PLAYWRIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
playwright
playDefinition of playwright for English Language Learners
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: a person who writes plays
PLAYWRIGHT Defined for Kids
playwright
playDefinition of playwright for Students
: a writer of plays
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