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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Joe Viterelli to Orson Welles
Wendy Wasserstein Biography (1950-)
Born October 18, 1950, in Brooklyn, NY; daughter of Morris W. (a textile manufacturer) and Lola (a dancer; maiden name, Schleifer) Wasserstein; children:Lucy Jane. Addresses: Agent: Creative Artist Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.; Contact: c/o Royce Carlton Inc., 866 United Nations Plaza, #4030, New York, NY 10017.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Playwright, actress, producer, teacher
- Birth Details
- October 18, 1950
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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The 43rd Annual Tony Awards, 1989
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Gail Sheehy's New Passages, 1996
- Host and presenter, The Kennedy Center 25th Anniversary Celebration, 1996
- Herself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies, CBS, 2000
- Herself, The Beatles Revolution, ABC, 2000
- Herself, Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There,2002
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Episodic
- Guest, Women Aloud, 1992
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The Movie That Changed My Life, 1995
- Voice of guest caller Linda, "Head Game," Frasier, NBC, 1996
- Herself, Where's Elvis This Week?, 1996
- Appeared in episodes of Charlie Rose, PBS.
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Television Work
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Movies
- Executive producer, An American Daughter (also known as Trial by Media), PBS, 2000
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Film Appearances
- Mrs. Wasserman, Life with Mikey (also known as Give Me a Break), Buena Vista, 1993
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Stage Appearances
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The Hotel Play, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York City,1981
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Stage Work
- Dramaturg, A New Approach to Human Sacrifice, Young Playwrights Festival, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1983
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WRITINGS
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Stage Plays
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Any Woman Can't, produced at Playwrights Horizons, Westside YWCA/Clark Center, New York City, 1973
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Happy Birthday, Montpelier Pizz-zazz, produced in New Haven, CT, 1974, then Playwrights Horizons, 1976
- (With Christopher Durang) When Dinah Shore Ruled the Earth, produced at Yale Cabaret Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1975
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Uncommon Women and Others, produced in New Haven, CT, 1975, then Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1977, later Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1985, then Los Angeles Stage Company, Los Angeles, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1978, then Avon, 1979
- (Contributor of additional material with Mimi Kennedy, Ted Mann, and HerbSargent) Hard Sell, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1980
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Isn't It Romantic?, produced at Phoenix Theatre, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City, 1981, then Playwrights Horizons, 1983, published by Doubleday, 1984, then Dramatists Play Service, 1985
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Tender Offer (one-act), produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1983
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The Man in a Case (one-act; adapted from the short story by AntonChekhov), produced in Urbana, IL, 1985, then Acting Company, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1986, published by Dramatists Play Service, 1990
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Miami (musical; music and lyrics by Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman), produced at Playwrights Horizons, 1986
- "Smart Women, Brilliant Choices" in Urban Blight (musical revue; based on an idea by John Tillinger, music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.), produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, City Center Theatre, New YorkCity, 1988
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The Heidi Chronicles, produced at Playwrights Horizons, 1988, thenPlymouth Theatre, New York City, 1989, published as The Heidi Chroniclesand Other Plays, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1990
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The Sisters Rosensweig, produced at Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City, 1992-1993, then Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1993, published by Harcourt(New York City), 1993
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An American Daughter, produced at Lincoln Center Theatre, 1997, published by Harcourt Brace, 1998
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Old Money, produced at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 2000-2001
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Stage Opera Librettos
- "The Festival of Regrets," Central Park (music by Deborah Drattell), New York City Opera, 1999
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Television Episodes
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The Comedy Zone, CBS, 1984
- "Driving School," The Way We Are, CBC, broadcast as an episode ofTrying Times, PBS, 1987
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Television Specials
- "Uncommon Women and Others" (adapted from Wasserstein's play of the samename), Great Performances, PBS, 1978
- "The Sorrows of Gin" (based on the short story by John Cheever), GreatPerformances, PBS, 1979
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Drive, She Said, PBS, 1987
- (With Terence McNally) Playlets number two and number three, Liza Minnelli in Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (also known as Sam Found Out: A Triple Play), ABC, 1988
- "Kiss, Kiss Dahlings," Great Performance's 20th Anniversary Special, 1992
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Television Movies
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The Heidi Chronicles (adapted from Wasserstein's play of the samename), TNT, 1995
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An American Daughter (adapted from Wasserstein's play of the samename; also known as Trial by Media), Lifetime, 2000
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Screenplays
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The Object of My Affection (based on the novel by Stephen McCauley), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
- Wrote (with Christopher Durang) the unproduced screenplay, House of Husbands.
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Other
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Bachelor's Girls (comic essays), Knopf (New York City), 1990
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Pamela's First Musical (children's book), illustrations by AndrewJackness, Hyperion (New York City), 1996
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Shiksa Goddess; Or, How I Spent My Forties (essays), Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
- Contributor to periodicals, including New Yorker,
Esquire,
New Woman, and Slate.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Ciociola, Gail, Wendy Wasserstein: Dramatizing Women, Their Choices and Their Boundaries, McFarland (Jefferson, NC), 1998
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Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series, Volume 53, Gale, 1997
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Contemporary Dramatists, 6th ed., St. James Press, 1999
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Feminist Writers, 1st ed., St. James Press, 1996
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Newsmakers 1991, Issue Cumulation, Gale Research, 1991
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Wendy Wasserstein: A Casebook, edited by Claudia Barnett, Garland(New York City), 1998
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