Durang, Christopher, 1949-
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Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s. Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You was Durang's watershed play as it brought him to national prominence when it won him—at the age of 32—the Obie Award for Best Playwright (1980). His play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2013. The production was directed by Nicholas Martin, and featured Sigourney Weaver, David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Billy Magnussen, Shalita Grant and Genevieve Angelson. He is co-director of the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard. (Source: Wikipedia contributors, "Christopher Durang," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Durang&oldid=1067552869 (accessed February 8, 2022).
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associatedWith | American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.). |
associatedWith | Eustis, Oskar, 1958- |
associatedWith | Lortel, Lucille |
associatedWith | Martin, Nicholas, 1931- |
associatedWith | Marvin, Mel. |
associatedWith | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. |
associatedWith | New York Shakespeare Festival |
associatedWith | New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater. |
associatedWith | Papp, Joseph |
associatedWith | Saddler, Donald |
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Birth 1949-01-02
Death 1949
Americans
English
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