Although The Wiz and A Broadway Musical are written for black casts using black street slang, Brown himself was white. He was married to writer Tina Tippit and had two children.
Worksedit
The Girl in the Freudian Slipedit
The Girl in the Freudian Slip was first copyrighted in 1964 under the title Linda Stone Is Brutal, which is the title of a play written by the main character, psychiatrist Dr. Dewey Maugham, who was played by Alan Young when the play was performed at the Booth Theatre in 1967. The play is narrated by Leslie Maugham, Dewey's 17-year-old daughter, an only child who appears to be more mature than her parents. She discovers the play while cleaning Dewey's desk and reads it, then sends it to family friend, Dr. Alec Rice, a womanizing psychiatrist who is a family friend, who passes it along to the agent who got his book published, Barbara Leonard. Barbara is patient Dewey had two years earlier and about whom he wrote the play, much to the chagrin of his wife, Pat, who still has not read the play. Complications come about when Barbara visits Dewey in his home while his family is out, and all return in time to catch Barbara with her blouse off and in Dewey's hands. We see only one of Dewey's patients, a young man named Wellman, who is unlucky in love, until he realizes in the play's finale that the girl he spotted and has been trying to find ever since is actually Leslie.[3]
A Single Thing in Common is set in an apartment known as "the playpen" by swinging seventies types Richard Sloan, Linda Schneider, and Mike Jarvis. When Mike, a pilot, gets hired to work in Abu Dhabi, the others look for a roommate who will find their lifestyle acceptable. Soon, Richard's old friend George Caulfield shows up at the door. His wife, Joyce, has had an affair and granted him a divorce. He asks to stay until he can find somewhere else. Richard leaves with George still there, and when Linda finds him, she attacks him with a judo move, causing him to have amnesia. Although his amnesia doesn't last long once he looks through his wallet, he feigns amnesia and allows Linda, who has agreed to allow him to room there when she finds out how much money he will make in the divorce, to make him into a new person. Eventually Joyce comes back and causes him to unravel the entire plot, but for this romantic comedy, he and Linda have fallen in love and he decides he doesn't want Joyce back, even though she wants him. The published play makes no indication that it was ever performed professionally.[7]
A Broadway Musical deals with a sleazy white theatre producer's attempt to adapt an African American writer's serious play for a commercial stage musical. The show was inspired by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse's real-life experiences with their 1964 Broadway production of Golden Boy. The show closed after 14 previews and one performance.
^Hischak, Thomas S. (2009). Broadway Plays and Musicals. McFarland. p. 513. ISBN9780786453092.
^Staff writer(s) (January 23, 1988). "Ken Harper; Produced 'The Wiz' on Broadway". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^A Single Thing in Common. New York: Samuel French, 1978. ISBN0-573-61619-1
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William Ferdinand Brown April 16 1928 June 23 2019 1 was an American playwright best known for writing the book of the musical The Wiz 1974 an adaptation of L Frank Baum s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls for which he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2 1 The Girl in the Freudian Slip 2 2 How to Steal an Election 2 3 The Wiz 2 4 A Single Thing in Common 2 5 A Broadway Musical 3 Published books 4 References 5 External linksBiography editHis other works include The Girl in the Freudian Slip 1967 based on his 1959 novel which played on Broadway for three days in May after a tour How to Steal an Election 1968 A Single Thing in Common 1978 and A Broadway Musical with Lee Adams and Charles Strouse which had only one non preview performance on December 21 1978 Other plays include Damon s Song Twist The Nutley Papers and numerous revues His work for television includes episodes of That Was The Week That Was Love American Style As the World Turns and Jackie Gleason s American Scene Magazine He was also a cartoonist who wrote and drew the syndicated comic strip Boomer 2 Although The Wiz and A Broadway Musical are written for black casts using black street slang Brown himself was white He was married to writer Tina Tippit and had two children Works editThe Girl in the Freudian Slip edit The Girl in the Freudian Slip was first copyrighted in 1964 under the title Linda Stone Is Brutal which is the title of a play written by the main character psychiatrist Dr Dewey Maugham who was played by Alan Young when the play was performed at the Booth Theatre in 1967 The play is narrated by Leslie Maugham Dewey s 17 year old daughter an only child who appears to be more mature than her parents She discovers the play while cleaning Dewey s desk and reads it then sends it to family friend Dr Alec Rice a womanizing psychiatrist who is a family friend who passes it along to the agent who got his book published Barbara Leonard Barbara is patient Dewey had two years earlier and about whom he wrote the play much to the chagrin of his wife Pat who still has not read the play Complications come about when Barbara visits Dewey in his home while his family is out and all return in time to catch Barbara with her blouse off and in Dewey s hands We see only one of Dewey s patients a young man named Wellman who is unlucky in love until he realizes in the play s finale that the girl he spotted and has been trying to find ever since is actually Leslie 3 How to Steal an Election edit How to Steal an Election was first performed off Broadway at the Pocket Theatre in October 1968 4 The young leads were Carole Demas and Clifton Davis The Wiz edit Main article The Wiz Brown was commissioned by producer Ken Harper to adapt L Frank Baum s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into African American street slang Incorporating the music of Charlie Smalls The Wiz opened on Broadway in January 1975 with the starring performers Stephanie Mills and Andre De Shields directed by Geoffrey Holder The play was highly successful running for over 1 600 performances and winning seven Tony awards and was later adapted as a 1978 film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson 5 6 A Single Thing in Common edit A Single Thing in Common is set in an apartment known as the playpen by swinging seventies types Richard Sloan Linda Schneider and Mike Jarvis When Mike a pilot gets hired to work in Abu Dhabi the others look for a roommate who will find their lifestyle acceptable Soon Richard s old friend George Caulfield shows up at the door His wife Joyce has had an affair and granted him a divorce He asks to stay until he can find somewhere else Richard leaves with George still there and when Linda finds him she attacks him with a judo move causing him to have amnesia Although his amnesia doesn t last long once he looks through his wallet he feigns amnesia and allows Linda who has agreed to allow him to room there when she finds out how much money he will make in the divorce to make him into a new person Eventually Joyce comes back and causes him to unravel the entire plot but for this romantic comedy he and Linda have fallen in love and he decides he doesn t want Joyce back even though she wants him The published play makes no indication that it was ever performed professionally 7 A Broadway Musical edit Main article A Broadway Musical A Broadway Musical deals with a sleazy white theatre producer s attempt to adapt an African American writer s serious play for a commercial stage musical The show was inspired by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse s real life experiences with their 1964 Broadway production of Golden Boy The show closed after 14 previews and one performance Published books editTiger Tiger Princeton in Caricature Coward McCann 1950 Beat Beat Beat 1959 The Girl in the Freudian Slip 1959 The Abominable Showmen 1960 The World Is My Yo Yo 1963 References edit William F Brown Tony Nominated Book Writer of The Wiz Dies at 91 The Hollywood Reporter 24 June 2019 William F Brown The Girl in the Freudian Slip New York Samuel French 1968 BroadwayWorld International Theatre DB Hischak Thomas S 2009 Broadway Plays and Musicals McFarland p 513 ISBN 9780786453092 Staff writer s January 23 1988 Ken Harper Produced The Wiz on Broadway The Los Angeles Times Retrieved December 8 2016 A Single Thing in Common New York Samuel French 1978 ISBN 0 573 61619 1External links editWilliam F Brown on Filmreference com William F Brown on Doollee com Billy Ireland Cartoon Library amp Museum Art Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William F Brown writer amp oldid 1135035565, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
