Peter Masterson

On stage 5 productions, 13 years

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Worked with more than once2 names

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Also credited on2 works

The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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In the literature8 passages

• In William Goldman’s landmark work The Season —about the 1967–1968 semester—he devoted an entire chapter to struggling actor Peter Masterson.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• But as much of a boon as it was to Hall, it was a career changer for Peter Masterson. He’d later direct ten feature films, including The Trip to Bountiful, which won Geraldine Page an Oscar.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Book writers Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, along with songwriter Carol Hall, worked hard to normalize the Chicken Ranch as “a green Texas glade where the trees were as coolin’ as fresh lemonade.”ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
• In early December, 1978, my client, writer/director/actor Peter Masterson — creator of the hit Broadway musical THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, and husband to Tony Award® -winning actress Carlin Glynn — called to say he was optioning fugitive Abbie Hoffman’s autobiography for development into a film or TV movie. The rights to Abbie’s…ebooks/Schulman, Susan L_/Backstage Pass to Broadway_ True Tales from a Theatre Press Agent - Susan L. Schulman.txt
• When Peter Masterson directed THE LAST OF THE KNUCKLEMEN off-Broadway, we came up with what we thought was a brilliant stunt to promote the play. The drama featured tough, realistic, carefully choreographed fight scenes performed by hunky young male actors. We decided to stage a mock fight alongside the TKTS booth in Times Square, where t…ebooks/Schulman, Susan L_/Backstage Pass to Broadway_ True Tales from a Theatre Press Agent - Susan L. Schulman.txt
• Other original Broadway book musical: The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, book by Larry King and Peter Masterson, music and lyrics by Carol Hall.ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt

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