Ken Waissman
Kenneth Waissman (born January 1940)[1] is an American theatre producer.
Ken Waissman | |
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| Born | Kenneth Jay Waissman January 24, 1940 |
| Occupation | theatre producer |
Waissman's first Broadway credit was the 1971 Paul Zindel play And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little with Estelle Parsons and Julie Harris. The following year, while he and partner Maxine Fox were in Chicago, they attended Grease, a popular local play about high school life in the 1950s being performed at the Kingston Mines Theater in the Old Town section of the city.[2][1] The two thought it would work better as a musical and encouraged its writers, Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, to relocate to New York City and embellish it with a score. The result was Grease, which Waissman and Fox mounted off-Broadway before transferring it uptown. It garnered him his first Tony nomination. He was nominated again for Over Here!; the third time proved to be the charm when he won not only a Tony but a Drama Desk Award as well for Torch Song Trilogy.[citation needed]
Other Broadway credits edit
- Agnes of God (1982)
- The Octette Bridge Club (1985)
- Asinamali! (1987)
- Carrie - The Musical (1988)
- Street Corner Symphony (1997)
References edit
- ^ a b Rousuck, J. Wynn (November 24, 1997). . The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 22, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
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- ^ Cox, Gordon (May 10, 2016). "Producer Kenneth Waissman Greasing Broadway Wheels for 'Josephine' Musical". Variety. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
External links edit
- Kenneth Waissman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Kenneth Waissman at Playbill Vault
- Kenneth Waissman at IMDb