David Lindsay-Abaire
David Lindsay-Abaire is an American playwright, librettist, lyricist, and screenwriter. Born David Abaire in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a major in theatre. He then gained a place on the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at New York’s Juilliard School. While there, he studied under playwrights Chrisopher Durang and Marsha Norman. In , he returned to Juilliard as the co-director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program.
Lindsay-Abaire’s first success was Fuddy Meers, which premiered at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center in His follow-up early plays include A Devil Inside (), Snow Angel (), Kimberly Akimbo (), and Wonder of the World (). In , his play Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway and starred Cynthia Nixon, Ellen Tyne Daly, and John Slattery. The play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Lindsay-Abaire subsequently adapted Rabbit Hole for film, starring Nicole Kidman in an Oscar-nominated performance. His next play, Good People, premiered on Broadway in and was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play,
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B orn David Lindsay, c. , in Boston, MA; married Christine Abaire (an actress); children: Nicholas. Education: Earned a degree in drama from Sarah Lawrence College, c. ; completed the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School.
Addresses:Home—Brooklyn, NY.
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W orked summers in a circuit-board factory; first play, Mario’s House of Italian Cuisine, staged at his high school, Milton Academy, c. ; A Show of Hands premiered at Sarah Lawrence College; A Devil Inside produced at the SoHo Repertory Theater, New York City, January, ; other plays include Fuddy Meers, ; Kimberly Akimbo, commissioned for the South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, CA, ; Wonder of the World, ; Rabbit Hole, ; author of scripts for the Broadway stage-musical versions of High Fidelity, , and Shrek, ; credited as a writer on two films, Robots () and Ink-heart ().
Awards: Pulitzer Prize for drama for Rabbit Hole,
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P laywright David Lindsay-Abaire won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his acclaimed Broadway play, Rabbit Hole
David Lindsay-Abaire was most recently nominated for two Tony Awards for his work on Shrek The Musical: Best Book of a Musical and Best Score (with composer Jeanine Tesori). Prior to that he was awarded the Ed Kleban Award as America's most promising musical theatre lyricist and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, which premiered on Broadway at MTC. Rabbit Hole also received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, and the Spirit of America Award. His other shows include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, High Fidelity and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David's screen adaptation of Rabbit Hole is scheduled for release this month. It stars Nicole Kidman and is directed by John Cameron Mitchell. David is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a member of the WGA and the Dramatists Guild Council. David Lindsay-Abaire is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. His play Good People premiered on Broadway, was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, The Horton Foote Prize, The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, and two Tony nominations. His previous play Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five Tony nominations, and the Spirit of America Award. David also wrote the book and lyrics for Shrek the Musical (Jeanine Tesori, composer), which was nominated for eight Tonys, four Oliviers, a Grammy, and earned David the Kleban Prize as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. David’s other plays include Ripcord, Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David's screen credits include his film adaptation of Rabbit Hole (starring Nicole Kidman, Oscar nomination), Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians, and The Family Fang, among others. He is also, along with Tanya Barfield, Co-Director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at the Juilliard School. Dr david owuor biography Dr. David Owuor is a Kenyan televangelist and self-proclaimed prophet, known for his charismatic ministry and widespread influence in Kenya and beyond. He is the founder of . Lucile bluford biography definition Lucile Bluford helped change the way African Americans are treated in America. Through her courage, persistence, and persuasive writing, Bluford exposed and broke down barriers in Missing: definition. 2011 comedian autobiography Bossypants is an autobiographical comedy book written by the American comedian Tina Fey. [1][2][3] The book topped The New York Times Best Seller list, and stayed there for five weeks . Auwal albania zaria biography of williams Sheikh Muhammad Auwal Adam ALBANI ZARIA, has his origins from Kano State in Northern Nigeria but was born in Muchia Sabon Gari, Zaria on 27th September His formative . Kaur b biography height converter Kaur B is a renowned Indian Singer, Model, Actress. We have added the Kaur B's net worth, biography, age, height, weight, etc what you g: height converter. Doyle lonegan biography Paul Lee Kroll, also known as Lee Paul, (June 16, – September 22, ) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing as the bodyguard of Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) in the film The Sting, alongside actor Charles Dierkop who played the role of Floyd. Paul was born See more. Shaktisinh gohil biography of michael jordan Shaktisinh Gohil is a senior congress politician from Gujarat, who has served as MLA and state Minister in state cabinet. He has held the portfolios - Finance, Health and Education for two Missing: michael jordan. Biography marshall mcluhan understanding media summary In , Renaissance scholar and English Professor Marshall McLuhan published Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man and created a revolution in the very foundation of critical theory .
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