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Martin Sherman

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Book Writer b. 1938

Martin Gerald Sherman (born December 22, 1938) is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20-stage plays which have been produced in over 60 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his play Bent, which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust. Bent was a Tony nominee for Best Play in 1980 and won the Dramatists Guild's Hull-Warriner Award. It was adapted by Sherman for a major motion picture in 1997 and later by independent sources as a ballet in Brazil. Sherman is Jewish and openly gay, and many of his works dramatize "outsiders," dealing with the discrimination and marginalization of minorities whether "gay, female, foreign, disabled,…

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The Boy from Oz

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  • them Martin Sherman whose Bent (1979), a drama dealing with the Nazi persecution of homosexuals, opened first in London's West End and later on Broadway. Robert Patrick, in addition to his effectivetheatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 1 (A-C).txt
  • PASSING BY by Martin Sherman; Director, Joseph Cali; Lighting, Karen DeFrancis; Stage Manager, David Rosenberg. CAST: Tom Cuff (Toby), Donald Snell (Simon)theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • RIO GRANDE by Martin Sherman; Director, Leland Moss; Sets and Lights, Jeffrey Schissler; Costumes, Michael J. Cesario; Stage Manager, Judy Mauer. CAST: Bill Conway, Irene Dailey, Lynn Lobban, Joan Lowell, Michael Morin, David Rasche, Kathnn King Segal.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • BENT By Martin Sherman; Director, Robert Allan Ackerman; Settings, Santo Loquasto; Lighting, Arden Fingerhut; Costumes, Robert Wojewodski; Music, Stanley Silverman; Co-Producers, Lee Minskoff, Patty Grubman; Special Effects, Randy McAndrews; Production Associate, Gilbert A. Wang; Wardrobe, Clarence Sims; Production Assistants, Karen Gromi…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt
  • PAINTING by Tina Howe. CAST: Susan Willis. Larry Swansen, Cordis Heard BENT by Martin Sherman CAST: Tom Lawson, Anthony Newfield, John Bjostad, Ronald Wendschuh, Miller Lide. Geoff Edholm. Lawrence Tobin, Jeffrey Blair Cornell,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1984-85 Season, v. 41 (Willis).txt
  • THE BOY FROM 0Z Musical with Book by Martin Sherman, Original Book by Nick Enright; Book and Lyrics by Peter Allen and others. Produced by Ben Gannon and Robert Fox; Director, Philip Wm. McKinley; Choreography, Joey McKneely; Scenery, Robin Wagner; Costumes, William Ivey Long; Lighting, Donald Holder; Sound, Acme Sound Partners; Wig and H…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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