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Daniel Goldfarb

DANIEL GOLDFARB

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency NY  

DaNIeL GOLDFaRB: Plays: Cradle and all (Manhattan Theatre Club); the Retributionists (Playwrights Horizons); Modern Orthodox (Dodger Stages, Longwharf, Gable Stage, etc); Sarah, Sarah (Manhattan Theater Club, etc); Adam Baum and the Jew Movie (Blue Light, Canadian Stage, Hayworth, empty Space, etc) (Oppenheimer award, Canadian authors association award - Best Play, Hull-Warriner award Finalist). Musicals: Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (Broadway, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto); Radio Girl (Goodspeed); Party Come Here (Williamstown Theatre Festival, NYMF, NaMT); Piece Of My Heart (New York Stage & Film -workshop, currently in development). Daniel's plays have been developed at Theatres across the country and are published by DPS. He's received commissions from Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, and South Coast Repertory Theatre, and won grants from aT&T Onstage, the Nash Foundation, Lincoln Center's Lecomte du Nouy Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and the NeA. Film and TV includes the electric Company (PBS); pilots for Showtime and CBS; and screenplays for Maven Films, HBO, Chicago Films, etc.. He's a graduate of NYU (BFa, MFA - now on faculty) and Juilliard, where he also served as literary manager for two years.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Adam Baum And the Jew Movie         Cradle And All         Jerry Christmas         Legacy         Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me         Modern Orthodox         Party Come Here         Piece of my Heart         Retributionists, The         Sarah, Sarah

Adam Baum And the Jew Movie

Synopsis:
Hollywood, 1946. Jewish movie mogul Sam Baum prepares to give notes to Gentile screenwriter Garfield Hampson on his screenplay about anti-Semitism. Time is of the essence. Zanuck at Fox has his own Jew Movie, Gentleman's agreement, and America can only take one. Gar arrives, excited and optimistic. Sam chats him up, but then gets to the point: the script is too Jewish; Gar has written it as a Jew, and not as a Gentile. the men argue about the script, about what it means to be American, what it means to be Jewish. Sam invites Gar to his son adam's Bar Mitzvah, so he can see what Jews are really like. Late Saturday night, the Bar Mitzvah is winding down, and Sam slips into his study. adam appears, in his plaid suit and yarmulke. Sam takes the yarmulke from him. adam asks if he can sing him his portion. Sam refuses, gives his son a shake hand lesson instead. Gar appears, a little drunk, with a present for adam: tools. adam leaves. Sam asks Gar what he's learned from the Bar Mitzvah. Gar is appalled by it. Sam calls him a communist. adam appears. Sam asks him to drop his pants to show Gar what makes him Jewish. adam runs off. all is lost. Sam and Gar cannot get on the same page. Gar asks if Sam's fear is about money. Sam calls Gar a Jew hater, and finally understands the genius of Zanuck, hiring Moss Hart, a Jew, to write Gentleman's agreement. Only a Jew could write a Jew and not think of writing a Jew. the movie is off. Gar leaves, devastated. adam returns. Sam apologizes to him, and asks him to sing his portion. adam sings as Sam weeps.

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1st Produced:
Mcginn Cazale Theatre, NY    2000

Organisations:
Blue Light Theatre Company

1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  -            Other:  1b

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Cradle And All

Synopsis:
Relationships aren't baby-proof. annie and Nate have a baby who won't sleep. Claire and Luke are losing sleep over the decision to start a family. In adjacent Brooklyn Heights apartments, Daniel Goldfarb's fresh and witty look at love, sex, commitment and parenthood unfolds, and no one will rest until the truth between each of these couples is spoken

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1st Produced:
Manhattan Theatre Club Stage I
131 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019    2011

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    978-0822225560

Music:
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comedy/Drama

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Jerry Christmas

Synopsis:
Former comic star of the silver screen - Jerry Baron now has a live television programme. His tv bosses want a Christmas Special - but Jerry is Jewish.

Notes:
Lyrics And music by Andrew Lippa

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Legacy

Synopsis:
Tony Award-nominee Jessica Hecht and Drama Desk Award-winner Eric Bogosian couple up for the world premiere of Daniel Goldfarb's funny and turbulent Legacy. When renowned novelist Neil Abrams (Bogosian) is panned by The New York Times, he reopens the conversation with his wife Suzanne (Hecht) about starting a family. As Neil copes with feeling increasingly antiquated and culturally irrelevant, and Suzanne begins a relationship with one of Neil's brilliant grad students (Feiffer), the equilibrium of their marriage is threatened. Directed by Obie Award-winner Oliver Butler, this thoughtful drama exposes the cost of trying to will our own legacy.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Nikos Stage    01 Jul 2015

Organisations:
Williamstown Theatre Festival

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Conceived by Martin Short And Scott Wittman; Book by Martin Short And Daniel Goldfarb; Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Scott Wittman And Marc Shaiman; Additional Material by Alan Zweibel

1st Produced:
Bernard B Jacobs Theater, New York    2006

Organisations:
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1st Published:
SH-K-Boom records, 2007   -

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Modern Orthodox

Synopsis:
In a Manhattan coffee shop, Ben, an Upper West Side financial consultant, meets Hershel, an Orthodox jewel merchant, to buy an engagement ring. although both men are Jewish, it is their shared religion that instantly divides them. Tension mounts in the midst of the deal when Ben suggests Hershel remove his yarmulke. Desperate to make the sale, Hershel obliges. In the apartment they share, Ben proposes to his girlfriend, Hannah, a sensitive yet stong-minded doctor. Hannah accepts, but the moment is muddled by mixed emotions for each of them and the sudden and unexpected arrival of Hershel on their doorstep! Frantic and frenzied, Hershel recounts that since he removed his yarmulke, his life has fallen apart. Hershel moves in with Ben and Hannah and they begin the task of putting his life back together-by finding him a bride. a modern couple, they turn to the Internet for matchmaker. On Shabbat, Hannah arrives home from a long day at the hospital, upset. although Hershel has never been alone with a woman before, he offers Hannah comfort and support, which leads to a kiss. Hershel goes out on his first date with Rachel, the online suitor. as Hershel discovers his love for Rachel, Ben and Hannah rediscover their love. Three months later, Ben and Hershel meet again, as changed men, no longer divided by their faith. they have learned something from each other, and each couple is ready to embark on married life; one beginning as Orthodox virgins, the other as modern parents-to-be.

Notes:
ran in New York off-Broadway from November 11 2004- May 6 2005 At New World Stages

1st Produced:
Longwharf Theatre In New Haven, Connecticutt    2002

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 2005   -

Music:
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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Party Come Here

Synopsis:
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Notes:
by Daniel Goldfarb; Music And lyrics by David Kirshenbaum

1st Produced:
Williamstown Theatre Festival    2007

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  plus 4 ensemble (2 men, 2 women).

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Piece of my Heart

Synopsis:
ahis legend, and music that would live on forever. Piece of My Heart tells Bert's triumphant and tragic story through the eyes of Jessie, the daughter he never knew. Experience what Rolling Stone calls "one of the great untold stories of rock and roll." This world premiere musical pulls you into a journey of discovery told through his chart-topping hits (and some rare gems) including "Twist and Shout," "I Want Candy," "Hang on Sloopy," and the immortal title song, "Piece of My Heart." Meet the man you never knew through the music you've loved for years.

Notes:
Music and lyrics by Bert Berns. Written by Daniel Goldfarb

1st Produced:
Signature Theatre (New York)    24 Jun 2014

Organisations:
Merged Work Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  8            Other:  -

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Retributionists, The

Synopsis:
Set in spring 1946, the Retributionists concerns a simple plan-a German for every Jew. Its execution would be swift, clean, its impact undeniable. In this daring, new romantic thriller inspired by actual events, a band of young Jewish freedom fighters attempts to avenge a society's wrongs-if only they can keep from tearing each other apart in the process
- press release

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Genre:
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Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Sarah, Sarah

Synopsis:
In Toronto, 1961, Sarah Grosberg prepares tea she will serve to her future daughter-in-law, eighteen-year-old Rochelle Bloom. Vincent, her Polish housekeeper arrives, puts on his dress (he cleans in drag), and gets to work. Rochelle arrives, and Sarah begins questioning her. Sarah does not think she is good enough for her son, artie. Rochelle is poor, her family has terrible genes, but worst of all, they live in a house but can't afford to pay for the wedding. Rochelle stands up for her family and for her love for artie, whom she will support while he is finishing his philosophy degree. Philosophy? Sarah thinks her son is studying dentistry. Just then, artie arrives. Sarah confronts him and demands that Rochelle give him his ring back. at this, Vincent interferes and confronts Sarah about her own past. She does not come from a rich, educated family in the old country but is an abandoned orphan. Sarah, broken and ashamed, begs artie not to ever tell anyone her terrible secret. act Two jumps forward forty years to the industrial city of Hefei, China, where Jeannie Grosberg, Sarah's single granddaughter has come with her Father arthur (artie, all grown up) to adopt a baby, whom she will name Sarah, after her grandmother. after she gets the baby, she calls her mother and worriedly tells her that Sarah is sick and weak. another couple, Miles and Maggie, goes to the orphanage and brings back information about Sarah. But arthur will have nothing of it. He thinks that Jeannie should give the baby back. Late at night, Jeannie stands up to him, and arthur finally accepts the baby as his granddaughter. On the Great Wall of China, arthur speaks to Sarah about the woman she is named for. Sarah, from act One, appears. arthur tells his mother not to be ashamed. Sarah holds Sarah.

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1st Produced:
Manhattan Theatre Club    2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY,    -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy/Drama Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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