About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1938-11-03
Place of birth:
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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Terrence McNally

Overview

Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter.

Described as "the bard of American theatre" and "one of the greatest contemporary playwrights the theatre world has yet produced," McNally was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1996. He received the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, and the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the highest recognition of artistic merit in the United States.

He received the Tony Award for Best Play for Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class, as well as the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime. His other accolades included an Emmy Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, four Drama Desk Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Obie Awards, and three Hull-Warriner Awards.

His career spanned six decades, and his plays, musicals, and operas were routinely performed all over the world. He also wrote screenplays, teleplays, and a memoir. Active in the regional and off-Broadway theatre movements as well as on Broadway, he was one of the few playwrights of his generation to have successfully passed from the avant-garde to mainstream acclaim. His work centred on the difficulties of and urgent need for human connection. He was vice-president of the Council of the Dramatists Guild from 1981 to 2001.

He died of complications from COVID-19 on March 24, 2020, at a hospital in Florida.

Known for

Acting
2021 Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It Actor Self 59
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2018 Every Act of Life Actor Self 59
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2015 Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do Actor Self N/A
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2015 The State of Marriage Actor Himself 59
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2013 Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption Actor Self 58
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2011 30 Years from Here Actor Himself 59
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2011 Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Actor Himself N/A
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Writing
2024 Ragtime Reunion Concert Writing Writer N/A
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2023 The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking Writing Writer 59
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2021 It's Only a Play Writing Writer N/A
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2021 Anastasia Writing Author N/A
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2020 Chita: A Legendary Celebration Writing Writer N/A
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2017 Anastasia Writing Writer 59
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2014 Master Class Writing Writer N/A
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2002 Ragtime Writing Book N/A
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2000 Common Ground Writing Writer 58
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1997 Love! Valour! Compassion! Writing Screenplay 59
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1997 Love! Valour! Compassion! Writing Theatre Play 59
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1991 Frankie and Johnny Writing Theatre Play 63
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1991 Frankie and Johnny Writing Screenplay 63
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1990 Andre's Mother Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1990 Andre's Mother Writing Writer N/A
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1979 The Five Forty-Eight Writing Teleplay N/A
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1976 The Ritz Writing Screenplay 59
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1976 The Ritz Writing Theatre Play 59
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Kiss of the Spider Woman Writing Musical N/A
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