Joe DiPietro
Joe DiPietro (* 1961 ) is an American playwright who works primarily in the areas of off-Broadway and musicals .
Life
Joe DiPietro wrote, among other things, the off-Broadway -Stück Over the River and Through the Woods , which was played in over a hundred productions. His comic thriller The Art of Murder won the 2000 Edgar Award (a kind of "Oscar" for crime writers) for best play. Joe DiPietro also wrote the book for the "new" Gershwin musical They all laughed! , and a new libretto from Rodgers & Hammerstein 's Allegro . In 2003 his musical Can't help falling in love came on stage with songs by Elvis Presley . Together with the composer Jimmy Roberts he wrote the piece The Thing about Men based on the film Men by Doris Dörrie .
In 1996, both her big hit that landed off-Broadway - Musical I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change . The play has been running in New York since then and has also been staged in numerous other locations, initially in the Wuppertal TiC and Vienna in the German-speaking region .
Web links
- I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
- Joe DiPietro
- Downstage Center interview at
- American Theater Wing
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | DiPietro, Joe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |