
Terrence McNally
Known for WritingBorn 1938-11-03Died 2020-03-24St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter. Described as "the bard of American theatre" and "one of the greatest contemporary playwrights the theatre world has yet produced," McNally was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1996. He received the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, and the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the highest recognition of artistic merit in the United States. He received the Tony Award for Best Play for Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class, as well as the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime. His other accolades included an Emmy Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, a Rockefeller Grant, four Drama Desk Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Obie Awards, and three Hull-Warriner Awards. His career spanned six decades, and his plays, musicals, and operas were routinely performed all over the world. He also wrote screenplays, teleplays, and a memoir. Active in the regional and off-Broadway theatre movements as well as on Broadway, he was one of the few playwrights of his generation to have successfully passed from the avant-garde to mainstream acclaim. His work centred on the difficulties of and urgent need for human connection. He was vice-president of the Council of the Dramatists Guild from 1981 to 2001. He died of complications from COVID-19 on March 24, 2020, at a hospital in Florida.Read more
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The Five Forty-Eight
1979 · Movie
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 · Movie
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Anastasia
2021 · Movie
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The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
2023 · Movie
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Frankie and Johnny
1991 · Movie
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Every Act of Life
2018 · Movie
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American Playhouse
1982 · Series
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Series
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025 · Movie
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Love! Valour! Compassion!
1997 · Movie
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Charlie Rose
1991 · Series
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The State of Marriage
2015 · Movie
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Concrete Beat
1984 · Movie
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The Ritz
1976 · Movie
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Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption
2013 · Movie
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Common Ground
2000 · Movie
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30 Years from Here
2011 · Movie

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Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion Concert
2024 · Movie
Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert
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Ragtime: The Symphonic Concert
2023 · Movie

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It's Only a Play
2021 · Movie

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Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020 · Movie

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Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015 · Movie

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Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
2011 · Movie

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Ragtime
2002 · Movie

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Creating Ragtime
1998 · Movie

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Andre's Mother
1990 · Movie