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Ivan Menchell

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Book Writer b. 1961

Ivan Menchell (b. 1961) is an American playwright and television writer who wrote the book for the Frank Wildhorn musical Bonnie and Clyde (2011); his play The Cemetery Club also reached Broadway.

Also credited on1 work

Bonnie and Clyde

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In the literature3 passages

  • His client Ivan Menchell, whose The Cemetery Club was the first play Mr. Tantleff represented On Broadway, was supervising producer on the hit TV series The Nanny and subsequently a producer and writer on the FOX television series Time of Your Life, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt.ebooks/Unknown/Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals, The - Unknown.txt
  • AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ The New Fats Waller Musical Show, Based on an idea by Murray Horowitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. CAST: Cleo King, Michael Mandell, Keith Robert Bennett, Lovette George, and Amy Jo Phillips. Choreography by Mercedes Ellington, Muscial Direction by Carl Maultsby. SMILING THROUGH (World Premiere Musical) by Ivan Menchell, Conc…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1991-1992 season, v. 48 (Willis).txt
  • (Theatre Four) Friday, Jan. 21-Feb. 6, 1994 (6 performances and 15 previews) Lois Teich presents: SMILING THROUGH by Ivan Menchell; Songs, Various; Director/Choreog¬ rapher, Patricia Birch; Set, James Morgan; Costumes, Frank Krenz; Lighting, Craig Miller; Sound, Otts Munderloh; Musical Director/Arrangements. Tom Fay; Stage Manager, R. Wad…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1993-94 Season, v. 50 (Willis).txt

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