as in writer
a person who writes plays
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Recent Examples of playwright
Tom Hanks will star in the Off Broadway world premiere this fall of This World of Tomorrow, a new play the actor co-wrote with playwright James Glossman based on short stories written by Hanks.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Located in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the walk of fame immortalizes Off Broadway’s great playwrights by embossing their names into the sidewalk pavement.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Co-writing the book alongside her mother, award winning playwright Kate Rice, the mother-daughter authors offer a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
The film marks the debut feature for playwright and director Jordan Tannahill.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 May 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 May 2025
Located in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the walk of fame immortalizes Off Broadway’s great playwrights by embossing their names into the sidewalk pavement.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Co-writing the book alongside her mother, award winning playwright Kate Rice, the mother-daughter authors offer a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice.
—Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
The film marks the debut feature for playwright and director Jordan Tannahill.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playwright
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Set to John Kander and Fred Ebb's — the legendary duo behind Chicago and Cabaret — award-winning score and a book by Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, Condon's adaptation draws inspiration from the Broadway musical and the acclaimed 1976 novel of the same name by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig.—
Mekishana Pierre Updated,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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Today, their descendants are politely called writers.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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White is simply too gifted a dramatist, and too acute an observer of human foibles, for these concerns to feel forced.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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Alien: Covenant followed in 2017, also helmed by Scott, but The Leftovers' Damon Lindelof was swapped out as screenwriter for a team comprised of John Logan (Gladiator) and Michael Green (Logan), among others.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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The show was created by Scream screenwriter and Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Dillingham died from cancer in 2002, and the author used the trip as an opportunity to investigate her mom's family history, and discussed her memories of being a child of divorce.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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Writing at length is to me always an act of learning and changing, in which authors can strive towards something more dimensional than a platitude on a placard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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“Playwright.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playwright. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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