John Weidman Biography (1946-)

Full name, John Whitney Weidman; born September 25, 1946, in New York, NY; son of Jerome (a writer) and Elizabeth (a writer; maiden name, Payne) Weidman;married Lila Coleburn (a therapist), May 27, 1978; children: Laura, Jonathan.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Writer
Birth Details: September 25, 1946; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

WRITINGS
Stage Musicals
Pacific Overtures, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, producedat Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1976; published by Dodd (New York City), 1976
(With Alfred Uhry) America's Sweetheart, music by Robert Waldman,lyrics by Uhry, 1979
Revised version (with Timothy Crouse), Anything Goes, produced atVivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1987-1989
(With Charles S. Gilbert, Jr.) Assassins, music and lyrics by Sondheim, produced at Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 1990-1991, then Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1992; published by Theatre CommunicationsGroup, 1991

Adaptor, Fiorello!, produced at City Center Theatre, New York City, 1994
Big, music by David Shire, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr., producedat Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1996
Wise Guys (workshop presentation), produced at New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, 1999
(With Susan Stroman) A Dance Play, produced at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1999, then produced as Contact, Vivian BeaumontTheatre, 2000
Additional dialogue, Matters of the Heart (solo concert performance), produced at Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 2000
Adaptor, South Pacific (concert performance), produced at Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 2000
Television Series
(With others) Sesame Street (also known as Canadian Sesame Street, Open Sesame, and Sesame Park), PBS, c. 1986-2001

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