Terrence McNally is the author of numerous plays, including
Love! Valour! Compassion! (winner of the Tony Award for best play),
The Ritz, and
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, which was made into a feature film starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, and the books for the musicals
The Rink and
Kiss of the Spider Woman (winner of the Tony Award for the best book of a musical). Other successes include
Lips Together, Teeth Apart and
The Lisbon Traviata. McNally has received two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller grant, and a citation from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also served as vice president for the Dramatists Guild, the national organization of playwrights, composers, and lyricists. He lives in New York City.
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