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Jeff Whitty

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Book Writer b. 1971

Jeffrey Daniel Whitty (born September 30, 1971) is an American playwright, actor, and screenwriter. For the stage musical Avenue Q, he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. For his work on the Fox Searchlight film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), he was nominated for the BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won numerous awards including the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay, AARP's Movies for Grownups, the Satellite Awards, and the Film Independent Spirit Awards. Avenue Q was his first produced musical and Can You Ever Forgive Me his first produced screenplay.

Also credited on3 works

Avenue Q
Bring It On: The Musical
Head Over Heels

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in. 3 of these have no page here — the work is here as a title and a year and nothing else.

In the literature6 passages

  • At the beginning of 2003, precious few in the Broadway community had heard of Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • AVENUE 0 Musical with book by Jeff Whitty; Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx; Director, Jason Moore; Choreography, Ken Roberson; Scenery, Anna Louizos; Costumes, Mirena Rada; Lighting, Frances Aronson;theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt
  • book by Jeff Whitty Revival: Fifth of July, by Lanford Wilson, produced by Signature Theatre Companytheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt
  • AVENUE 0 Transfer of the Off-Broadway Musical with Book by Jeff Whitty; Music andtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt
  • THE HIDING PLACE by Jeff Whitty; Director, Christian Parker; January 19, 2004; Cast: Kate Blumbergtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt
  • BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL: Jeff Whitty, Avenue 0 Nominees: Tony Kushner, Caroline, Or Change; Martin Sherman/Nick Enright, The Boy From Oz, Winnie Holzman, Wicked BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (music and/or lyrics): Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, Avenue Q Nominees: Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner, Caroline, or Change; Boy George,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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