Name William Hauptman Role Writer | Plays Big River, Comanche Cafe | |
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Education Yale School of Drama (1973) Books The Storm Season, Comanche Cafe Or Domino Courts, Good rockin' tonight, Heat, Hodler, Ingres, Gillette Awards Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Similar People Roger Miller, Daniel H Jenkins, Steve Margoshes, Des McAnuff, John Goodman | ||
River In The Rain - BIG RIVER
William Hauptman (born November 26, 1942 in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States) is an American writer and Tony Award-winning playwright, best known for the book for the Broadway musical Big River, and various other plays and short stories.
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Work
In 1985, Hauptman won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for writing the Book of Big River. The work was the first play Hauptman had written in seven years. Hauptman joined the project after being approached by former Yale classmate Rocco Landesman.
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Personal life
As of 2003, Hauptman lived in Brooklyn with his wife Marjorie and their son Max.
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