Terrence McNally (1938–2020)

Author of Master Class

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About the Author

Terrence McNally, a very popular American playwright of the 1990's, was born in 1939. His play "Love! Valour? Compassion!," a commentary on AIDS, received a Tony Award as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. show more Another play, "Master Class," also earned a Tony, as did the book he wrote for the musical adaptation of "Kiss of the Spider Woman." McNally's other plays include "Corpus Christi" and "Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?" In addition, McNally has written several television scripts; one of them, "Andre's Mother," brought him an Emmy Award. Terrence McNally died on March 24, 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) Terrence McNally, a very popular American playwright of the 1990s, was born in 1939. His play Love! Valour? Compassion!, a commentary on AIDS, received a Tony Award as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Another play, Master Class, also earned a Tony, as did the book he wrote for the musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman. McNally's other plays include Corpus Christi and Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? In addition, McNally has written several television scripts; one of them, Andre's Mother, brought him an Emmy Award. Terrence McNally died on March 24, 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Terrence McNally

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Master Class (1995) 159 copies, 1 review

Corpus Christi (1998) 153 copies, 1 review

Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1992) 145 copies, 2 reviews

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1987) 133 copies, 3 reviews

Love! Valor! Compassion! and A Perfect Ganesh: Two Plays (1995) 108 copies

Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995) 107 copies

A Perfect Ganesh (1993) 68 copies, 1 review

Terrence McNally, Vol. 1: 15 Short Plays (1994) 66 copies, 1 review

It's Only a Play (1985) 65 copies, 1 review

The Lisbon Traviata. (1992) 64 copies, 1 review

Bad Habits (1974) 50 copies

Three Plays by Terrence McNally (1990) 48 copies

The Ritz (1976) 46 copies, 1 review

The Full Monty - The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Hit Broadway Musical (2001) 39 copies, 1 review

Apple Pie: Three Short Plays. (1968) 25 copies

Kiss of the Spider Woman (French's Musical Library) (1997) 24 copies, 1 review

The Ritz and other plays (1976) 21 copies

Mothers and Sons (2014) 19 copies

Morning, Noon & Night: Three One-Act Plays (1996) 17 copies

By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea. (1997) — Playwright — 16 copies

A man of no importance: A new musical (2003) 15 copies

Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?. (1972) 14 copies

Andre's Mother and Other Short Plays (1995) 13 copies

The Stendhal Syndrome: Two Plays: Full Frontal Nudity and Prelude and Liebestod (2004) 12 copies

The Ritz [1976 film] (1976) — Playwright — 12 copies

Anastasia: Original 2017 Broadway Cast Recording (2017) — Librettist — 11 copies

Selected Works: A Memoir in Plays (2015) 11 copies

Some Men and Deuce: Two Plays (2009) 11 copies

¡Cuba Si! / Bringing It All Back Home / Last Gasps (1970) 11 copies

Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams: A New Play (2006) 9 copies, 1 review

The Rink: A New Musical (French's Musical Library) (1985) 7 copies

Sweet Eros and Witness. (1969) 7 copies

Some Men - Acting Edition (2008) 6 copies

And Things That Go Bump in the Night. (1969) 6 copies

Faith, Hope and Charity. (1989) 6 copies

Sweet Eros, Next, and other plays (1969) 5 copies

Terrence McNally, Vol. 2: Collected Works (Contemporary Playwrights) (1996) 5 copies

Kava: Nature's Answer to Stress, Anxiety, and Insomnia (1998) 5 copies

And Away We Go (2014) 5 copies

Anastasia: The Musical (2020) 4 copies

Whiskey. (1973) 4 copies

Prelude and Liebestod 3 copies

Ragtime : the musical (performance of Jan. 1998) 3 copies

Deuce - Acting Edition (2009) 3 copies

Love! Valour! Compassion! - Acting Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) 2 copies

Golden Age (2014) 2 copies

Sweet Eros 2 copies

Witness 2 copies

Bringing It All Back Home 2 copies

The Full monty (performance of Sept. 2005) 2 copies

Master class : Maria Callas, la leçon de chant (1996) 2 copies

¡Cuba Si! 2 copies

Love! Valour! Compassion! and a Perfect Ganesh: Two Plays (Plume Drama) by Terrence McNally (1995-09-26) 2 copies

Sweet Eros and Noon: Direct Theatre (April-May, 1976) Playbill 1 copy

RAGTIME, The Musical, Showbill : Playbill for The Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Vol. 99, No. 3, April 1999 (1999) 1 copy

Last Gasps 1 copy

adaptation 1 copy

The Ritz Longacre Theatre (January 1975) Playbill 1 copy

The Cape : A collection of photographs of the Cape Peninsula and its Environs (1968) 1 copy

Anastasia: The New Broadway Musical 1 copy

Hidden Agendas 1 copy

Anastasia: The Musical (2020) 1 copy

Kiss of the Spiderman Woman [CD] 1 copy

The Lisbon Traviata: Three Plays by Terrence McNally 1 copy

Noon 1 copy

Botticelli 1 copy

Next 1 copy

Andre's Mother (2000) 1 copy

The Wibbly, Wobbly, Wiggly Dance That Cleopatterer Did 1 copy

Street Talk 1 copy

Kiss of the spider woman : the musical (performance of May 1994) 1 copy

The Importance of Being Earnest: And Other Plays (Modern Library Classics) 1 copy

Ragtime : the musical (performance of Nov. 1997) 1 copy

Some Men BINDER 1 copy

Kiss of the spider woman : the woman (performance of Mar. 1995) 1 copy

Corpus Christi: Manhattan Theatre Club (October 1, 1998-November 29, 1998) Playbill 1 copy

Lips Together Teeth Apart: Lucille Lortell Theatre New York (January 9 - June 17, 1992) Playbill 1 copy

9 Things Every Aspiring Playwright Should Know 1 copy

Corpus Christi - Acting Edition by Terrence McNally (1999-01-01) (1656) 1 copy

Every Act of Life 1 copy

Tony Presentation Program for "Mothers and Sons": A Play About Now. 1 copy

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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 958 copies, 7 reviews

The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves (2012) — Contributor — 274 copies, 5 reviews

The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights (1987) — Contributor — 182 copies

Telling Tales and Other New One-Act Plays (1993) — Contributor — 120 copies, 2 reviews

Out Front: Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Plays (1988) — Contributor — 99 copies

Man of My Dreams: Provocative Writing on Men Loving Men (1996) — Contributor — 79 copies

Moving Parts: Monologues from Contemporary Plays (1992) — Contributor — 60 copies

Twenty One-Act Plays: An Anthology for Amateur Performing Groups (1978) — Contributor — 37 copies, 1 review

Love! Valour! Compassion! [1997 film] (1997) — Original play — 35 copies, 2 reviews

Frankie and Johnny [1991 film] (1991) — Writer — 34 copies

The Obie Winners: The Best of Off-Broadway (1980) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review

Best American Plays: Ninth Series, 1983-1992 (1993) — Contributor — 19 copies

Best American Plays: 8th Series, 1974-1982 (1983) — Contributor — 19 copies

Ragtime: Original 1998 Broadway Cast Recording (1998) — Book — 14 copies

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Legal name: McNally, Michael Terrence
Birthdate: 1938-11-03
Date of death: 2020-03-24
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Place of death: Sarasota, Florida, USA
Cause of death: COVID-19
Places of residence: Port Chester, New York, USA
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
New York, New York, USA
Education: Columbia University (BA - English)
W.B. Ray High School
Occupations: playwright
Relationships: Kirdahy, Tom (spouse)
Awards and honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Emmy (1990)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1975)
Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement (2019)

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The kiss of the spider woman (French's musical… by John Kander

One of my favorite musicals. A beautiful story about love and the lengths we will go to for that love.

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caseybp | Mar 6, 2020 |

The Ritz: A New Comedy by Terrence McNally

This was a solid, dark, and mysteriously revealing play set within the throes of degeneracy and different classes all thrown in together. The plot-line weaves and expands until it throttles the reader with its final developments in the last sections of the play. This is a setting study as much as a character one, and both move dependent with each other.

Much liked- 3.5 star.

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DanielSTJ | Jul 25, 2019 |