Terrence McNally

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Terrence McNally (born November 3, 1938 in Saint Petersburg , Florida , † March 24, 2020 in Sarasota , Florida) was an American playwright . He is considered one of the great American playwrights and has been honored with the most important theater awards in his country.

Life

Terrence McNally's sometimes operatic and grotesque pieces deal with social problems (Corpus Christi) ; Emphasis will be dealing with gay lifestyles (The Lisbon Traviata) and with the life of Maria Callas ' (Master Class) . Often they also deal with the failure and success of interpersonal communication. For his pieces Love! Valor! Compassion! and Master Class , he received the Tony Award for Best Play in 1995 and 1996 , and for his work on the musicals Kuss der Spinnenfrau and Ragtime he was also awarded two Tony Awards for Best Musical Libretto . In 2019 he received another Tony Award for his life's work.

His plays are also successful in Germany . Similar to the US provinces, his play Corpus Christi caused a sensation in Germany due to protests from some church circles who see the play as a blasphemous confrontation with Jesus Christ .

After entering into a civil union with Tom Kirdahy, 25 years his junior lawyer and Broadway producer, in Vermont in 2001 , he married him in Washington, DC in 2010 in front of a United Church of Christ pastor . Tyne Daly acted as maid of honor and Kirdahy read a scene from the play Corpus Christi , in which the Christ-like figure named Joshua marries two apostles. According to McNally, the reason for the new ceremony was the desired equality : “ We want the 'M' word. We don't like separate but equal. We want equal. "(German:" We wanted the 'M' word. [Marriage = marriage] We don't love to be separate but the same. We want equality. ")

In 2018 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters . McNally, who previously survived lung cancer and suffered from COPD , died in March 2020 at the age of 81 from complications from a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Others

In October 2012, MPs from Chrysí Avgí and their supporters, along with conservative religious leaders, tried to storm a theater performance of Corpus Christi at the Hytirio Theater in Athens . Bearded priests in black robes were seen tearing up posters promoting the event.

Works

  • Next (1969)
  • Botticelli (1968)
  • Witness (1968)
  • Sweet Eros (1969)
  • Bringing It All Home (1969)
  • Whiskey (1973)
  • Bad Habits (1974)
  • The Ritz (1975)
  • Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune (1987)
  • Andre's Mother (1988)
  • The Lisbon Traviata (1989)
  • Lips Together, Teeth Apart (1991)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (Musical, 1992)
  • Love! Valor! Compassion! (1994)
  • Master Class (1995)
  • Ragtime (musical, 1996)
  • Corpus Christi (1997)
  • The Stendhal Syndrome (2004)
  • Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams (2005)
  • Some Men (2006)
  • Deuce (2007)
  • Unusual Acts of Devotion (2008)
  • Golden Age (2009)
  • Anastasia (Musical, 2016)

Prizes and awards (selection)

Terrence McNally (2009)

Drama Desk Award

  • 1975: Nomination, Outstanding New American Play (The Ritz)
  • 1992: Nomination, Outstanding New Play (The Lisbon Traviata)
  • 1992: Winner, Outstanding New Play (Lips Together, Teeth Apart)
  • 1995: Winner, Outstanding Play (Love! Valor! Compassion!)
  • 1996: Winner, Outstanding Play (Master Class)
  • 1998: Winner, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Ragtime)
  • 2001: Nomination, Outstanding Book of a Musical (The Full Monty)
  • 2003: Nomination, Outstanding Book of a Musical (A Man of No Importance)
  • 2006: Nomination, Outstanding Play (Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams)
  • 2007: Nomination, Outstanding Play (Some Men)

Tony Award

Further awards

literature

  • John M. Clum: Terrence McNally and fifty years of American gay drama , Amherst, New York: Cambria Press, [2016], ISBN 978-1-60497-922-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Associated Press: Multiple Tony-Winning Playwright Terrence McNally Dies at 81 . In: The New York Times . March 24, 2020, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed March 25, 2020]).
  2. ^ The Associated Press: Multiple Tony-Winning Playwright Terrence McNally Dies at 81 . In: The New York Times . March 24, 2020, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed March 25, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Ryan McPhee: Tony Award-Winning Playwright Terrence McNally Dies at 81. March 24, 2020, accessed on March 25, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Brett Zongker (AP): Terrence McNally's gay drama takes stage in DC, with his own marriage as a bonus , Winnipeg Free Press , April 6, 2010, at ca.msn.com
  5. ↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Terrence McNally, Tony-Winning Scribe of Love! Valor! Compassion !, Ragtime & More, Dies at 81.Broadway.com , accessed March 24, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Mike Boehm: Playwright Terrence McNally, 81, dies of coronavirus-related complications , latimes.com, published and accessed March 24, 2020.
  8. ^ Caitlin Huston: Playwright Terrence McNally dies at age 81. In: Broadway News. March 24, 2020, accessed March 25, 2020 (American English).
  9. ↑ During A Violent Incident At A Greek Theater, An Elected Official Went On An Unimaginably Vile Rant businessinsider.com of October 11, 2012
  10. ^ Protest by Golden Dawn, religious groups cancels theater premiere ekathimerini.com from October 14, 2012
  11. ↑ Blasphemy charges filed over Greek gay Jesus play rte.ie from November 16, 2012
personal data
SURNAME McNally, Terrence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright, musical and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Petersburg , Florida, United States
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2020
Place of death Sarasota , Florida, United States