Birth Place: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
McNally has had a remarkably far-ranging career spanning six decades. In 2018 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a recipient of the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award. He has won four Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class and his musical books for Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime.
Terrence McNally, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, Anastasia
Terrence McNally, Anastasia
Terrence McNally, It's Only a Play
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, The Visit
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, Mothers and Sons
Terrence McNally, Some Me
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, A Man of No Importance
Terrence McNally, The Full Monty
Terrence McNally, The Full Monty
Terrence McNally, Ragtime
Terrence McNally, Ragtime
Terrence McNally, Ragtime
Terrence McNally, Master Class
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, A Perfect Ganesh
Terrence McNally, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Terrence McNally, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Terrence McNally, Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, The Ritz
Terrence McNally, Bad Habits
Terrence McNally has written 41 shows including The Lady of the Carnellias (Playwright), Maggie May (Playwright), And Things That Go Bump in the Night (Playwright), Here's Where I Belong (Bookwriter), Sweet Eros/ Witness (Playwright), Adaptation/ Next (Playwright), Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (Playwright), Broadway, Broadway (Bookwriter), The Rink (Bookwriter), It's Only a Play (Playwright), Urban Blight (Bookwriter), The Lisbon Traviata (Playwright), Bad Habits (Playwright), Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Playwright), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Bookwriter), A Perfect Ganesh (Playwright), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Playwright), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Playwright), Master Class (Playwright), By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea (Playwright), Ragtime (Bookwriter), Corpus Christi (Playwright), The Visit (Bookwriter), The Full Monty (Bookwriter), A Man of No Importance (Bookwriter), Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune (Playwright), Short Talks on the Universe (Playwright), The Stendhal Syndrome (Playwright), Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams (Playwright), Catch Me If You Can (Bookwriter), Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Bookwriter), The 24 Hour Plays 2006 (Playwright), Some Men (Playwright), Deuce (Playwright), The Ritz (Playwright), Golden Age (Playwright), Mothers and Sons (Playwright), In Your Arms (Story), Anastasia (Book Writer), Fire and Air (Playwright), Pride Plays (Author).
Terrence McNally has received numerous nominations and awards throughout his career. His nominations include: - Best Revival of a Play (Tony Awards) for Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune - Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre (Tony Awards) - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Anastasia - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Anastasia - Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play (Drama League Awards) for It's Only a Play - Lifetime Achievement Award (The Lortels) - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Visit - Legend of Off Broadway Honorees - Best Play (Tony Awards) for Mothers and Sons - Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Some Me - The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee and Gilbert Mead (Helen Hayes Awards) - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for A Man of No Importance - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for The Full Monty - Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Full Monty - Best Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Ragtime - Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Ragtime - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Ragtime - Best Play (Tony Awards) for Master Class - Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion! - Best American Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion! - Playwriting (Obie Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion! - Best Play (Tony Awards) for Love! Valour! Compassion! - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for A Perfect Ganesh - Best Musical (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Kiss of the Spider Woman - Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Kiss of the Spider Woman - Outstanding New Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Lips Together, Teeth Apart - Outstanding Body of Work (The Lortels) - Outstanding New American Play (Drama Desk Awards) for The Ritz - Distinguished Plays (Obie Awards) for Bad Habits.
Terrence McNally has received numerous prestigious awards throughout his career. These include the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Lortels, and recognition as a Legend of Off Broadway Honoree. He was honored with The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee and Gilbert Mead, and has won several Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Book of a Musical for A Man of No Importance, The Full Monty, and Ragtime. He also received the Best Book of a Musical Tony Award for Ragtime, as well as the Tony Award for Best Play for Master Class. His play Love! Valour! Compassion! earned him Outstanding Play and Best Play awards from both the Drama Desk and Tony Awards, along with the Best American Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Playwriting award from the Obie Awards. Additionally, he received the Best Musical award from the New York Drama Critics Circle for Kiss of the Spider Woman and the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for the same show. He was recognized with the Outstanding New Play award from the Drama Desk for Lips Together, Teeth Apart, the Outstanding Body of Work award from The Lortels, and the Distinguished Plays award from the Obie Awards for Bad Habits.
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