In 1987 Delaplaine moved to South Beach Miami and, with his sister Renee, opened Scratch, one of a handful of white tablecloth restaurants in what was then a slum area of Miami. Behind Scratch, he launched an Equity theater as well as a black box nightclub called Backscratch.[1]
In 1989 Delaplaine (along with his sister Renee) opened the Warsaw Ballroom, which quickly became one of the most outlandish gay nightclubs in the United States.[1][2]
In 1991 he launched Wire, a weekly newspaper modeled on Andy Warhol's Interview. He edited and published Wire for 10 years before selling the magazine to focus on his other writing. It is still the longest-running weekly editorial published on South Beach.[1]
In 1994, since no one else had filed to run against incumbent Mayor Seymour Gelber, thus insuring a situation where issues would never be debated, Delaplaine ran for mayor, but lost.[1] Delaplaine was involved with the early development of A Wonderful World, a new musical based on the life of Louis Armstrong. The show will premiere on Broadway in 2024.[3]
Delaplaine died from stomach cancer on May 1, 2023, at the age of 73.[4]
andrew, delaplaine, november, 1949, 2023, american, novelist, screenwriter, director, producer, contents, biography, films, references, external, linksbiography, editin, 1987, delaplaine, moved, south, beach, miami, with, sister, renee, opened, scratch, handfu. Andrew Delaplaine November 16 1949 May 1 2023 was an American novelist screenwriter director and producer Contents 1 Biography 2 Films 3 References 4 External linksBiography editIn 1987 Delaplaine moved to South Beach Miami and with his sister Renee opened Scratch one of a handful of white tablecloth restaurants in what was then a slum area of Miami Behind Scratch he launched an Equity theater as well as a black box nightclub called Backscratch 1 In 1989 Delaplaine along with his sister Renee opened the Warsaw Ballroom which quickly became one of the most outlandish gay nightclubs in the United States 1 2 In 1991 he launched Wire a weekly newspaper modeled on Andy Warhol s Interview He edited and published Wire for 10 years before selling the magazine to focus on his other writing It is still the longest running weekly editorial published on South Beach 1 In 1994 since no one else had filed to run against incumbent Mayor Seymour Gelber thus insuring a situation where issues would never be debated Delaplaine ran for mayor but lost 1 Delaplaine was involved with the early development of A Wonderful World a new musical based on the life of Louis Armstrong The show will premiere on Broadway in 2024 3 Delaplaine died from stomach cancer on May 1 2023 at the age of 73 4 Films editDelaplaine produced wrote and or directed several shorts and feature films Among these pictures is the Malcolm Mowbray directed film Meeting Spencer 5 for which he and his co writers won Best Screenwriting award at the 2014 Milan International Film Festival 6 7 Meeting Spencer stars Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jeffrey Tambor References edit a b c d Attitude Dancing Miami New Times 2 November 1995 Retrieved 25 August 2016 Leaving Unfriendly South Beach Miami New Times MNT Retrieved 25 August 2016 1 Andrew Delaplaine a walking cocktail party in South Beach s wild club scene dies at 73 Genzlinger Neil 8 April 2011 NY TIMES ARTICLE The New York Times Retrieved 31 August 2016 A Deplaine A Kole S Kasdin Nominees 2014 MIFF Film Festival Retrieved 24 August 2016 Meeting Spencer 2014 Nominees MIFF Film Festival Retrieved 24 August 2016 External links editAndrew Delaplaine at IMDb Berkeley Video amp Film Fest website MIFF Film Festival website nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American screenwriter born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Andrew Delaplaine amp oldid 1220453220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
