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John Weidman (September 25, 1946) was born on 25 September, 1946 in New York City, U.S., is an American musical and TV writer. Discover John Weidman's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As September 25, 1946
Occupation Writer
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 25 September, 1946
Birthday 25 September
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1946

John Weidman (born September 25, 1946) is an American librettist and television writer for Sesame Street.

He has worked on stage musicals with Stephen Sondheim and Susan Stroman.

Weidman was born in New York City and grew up in Westport, Connecticut, the son of Peggy Wright and librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman.

He received a B.A. from Harvard University with a major in East Asian history and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Weidman collaborated on three stage musicals with Stephen Sondheim, all of which are politically themed to some degree.

1970

In the 1970s, Weidman wrote for National Lampoon.

Weidman has also written for Sesame Street, for which he and the writing team have won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Children's Series more than a dozen times.

1976

The first was Pacific Overtures, about the Westernization of Japan in the 19th century; it premiered on Broadway in 1976 and was revived in 2004 at Studio 54.

1990

Assassins, a musical about the men and women who attempted (with or without success) to murder the President of the United States, first opened Off-Broadway in December 1990 at Playwrights Horizons, and later opened in the West End in October 1992 at the Donmar Warehouse.

1996

The musical opened on Broadway in April 1996 at the Shubert Theatre.

1999

He and Stroman co-created the Tony Award-winning musical Contact, which opened Off-Broadway in October 1999 at the Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center and on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in March 2000.

From 1999 to 2009 he was president of the Dramatists Guild of America.

2003

The musical had productions at the Goodman Theatre and Kennedy Center in 2003 prior to the Off-Broadway production.

Weidman has worked with choreographer/director Susan Stroman three times.

He wrote the book for the musical Big, the Musical, with Stroman as choreographer.

2004

The musical was revived on Broadway in 2004 in a Roundabout Theater Company production.

2008

Road Show, a musical based on the lives of Wilson and Addison Mizner, opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre in 2008.

2009

He wrote the book for the new musical Happiness, which ran at Lincoln Center in February 2009.

Directed and choreographed by Stroman, the composer was Scott Frankel with lyrics by Michael Korie.

He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical three times and has been inducted into The Theater Hall of Fame.