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Allan Knee

ALLAN KNEE

  
Nationality:    USA
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Allan Knee is the author of the New York hit play SCHMULNIKS WALTZ, as well as SHOLOM ALEICHEM LIVES, LATE NITE COMIC, SECOND AVENUE RAG and the book to the Broadway musical, LITTLE WOMEN. SYNCOPATION has been produced by regional theatres around the USA and won an American Theatre Critics Best New Play award. His most recent play, THE JAZZ AGE, about Hemingway, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald has been produced at 5 E. 55th Street Theatre in New York and at The Blank Theatre in LA to excellent reviews, with a Broadway production planned. His play, THE MAN WHO WAS PETER PAN, became the basis of the award-winning movie FINDING NEVERLAND. Allan is now writing the book for the upcoming Broadway musical of the movie for the The Weinstein Company. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, he won a Richard Rodgers Musical Theater Award as well as a Cine Eagle Award from the Washington Film Festival. His plays have been produced at Jewish Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Long Wharf Theater, Manhattan Punchline, Theatreworks/USA among many others. (As of 1974)

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

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         Around the World In Eighty Days         Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit         Blue Boys         Christmas Eve On Orchard Street         Cook and The Soldier, The         Dazy         Finding Neverland         Jazz Age, The         Late Nite Comic         Little Women         Man Who Was Peter Pan, The         Minister's Black Veil         New York! New York!         Santa Anita '42         Schmulnik's Waltz         Second Avenue Rag         Sholom Acleichem Lives         St Valentine's Day Massacre         Syncopation

Around the World In Eighty Days

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Based on the book by Jules Verne

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Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit

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Twelve years after "A Christmas Carol" Timothy Crachitt now 19 leaves the home of his benefactor Ebenezer Scrooge to find his own way in the world. After encountering many eccentric people he meets Grimaldi the Clown joining his troop he knows that he has found what he was looking for

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Music and lyrics by Andre Catrini; book by Allan Knee

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Workshop Theater, New York     03 Dec 2015

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Blue Boys

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Martinque Theatre, New York     1972

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Christmas Eve On Orchard Street

Christmas Eve On Orchard Street
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Contained in "Best American Short Plays 1990" published by Applause Theatre Publishers 1991   978-1578830852

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Cook and The Soldier, The

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an encounter in the Port Authority Bus Terminal between Molly, a 16 year old high schooler and part time bellydancer who yearns to be a cook for the rock band Pussy Riot, meets Tom, an emotionally damaged, AWOL soldier. As their odd relationship develops, both learn that they need to grow up. Molly's home life is awful, with a mother who cares more about The Real Housewives than her own daughter, and a father who peddles cheap costume jewelry. Tom has switched identities with a dead soldier and has decided to live off the grid by living under the grid of the bus station. - nytheatre.com

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part of A la Carte: A Feast of New Plays

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Dazy

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Music by Lowell e Mark; lyrics by Norman Simon; book by Allan Knee

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Amass Repertory Theatre

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Finding Neverland

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escape to a wonderful world of enchantment with this musical tale of the life of playwright J.M. Barrie, and the inspiration behind his classic book, the adventures of Peter Pan. With his last play a failure, James Barrie is crippled by writer's block and success seems like a far-away land. But then a chance encounter with widow Sylvia Liewellyn Davies and her four young sons sends his heart and imagination soaring, and their friendship gives birth to a magical tale that will live forever.

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the project is inspired by the 2004 Oscar-nominated film, "Finding Neverland," itself inspired by Knee's 1990 play, the Man Who Was Peter Pan. Book by Allan Knee, music And lyrics by Michael Korie And Scott Frankel

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Jazz Age, The

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Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Sayre and ernest Hemingway set out to invent a new world-and almost did. Playwright allan Knee has created a snapshot of three members of the literary elite. Set in the cosmopolitan hub of Paris, the Jazz age travels through the artistically vibrant 1920s, examining the complex and stormy relationship between these compelling figures. Inspired by Hemingway's a Moveable Feast, Knee went on to read several biographies about Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Sayre to bring their unique relationships-which were artistically fruitful but tinged with jealousy and betrayal-to the stage. the Jazz age traces the decade where passion and optimism about creating a brand new world reigned until the onset of the Great Depression threatened to dash their hope and inspiration
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Late Nite Comic

Late Nite Comic
David ackerman, a young pianist working at a piano bar in New York City, wants nothing more than to stand on a stage and make people laugh. He meets Gabrielle, an attractive and slightly eccentric young woman who yearns to be a professional ballerina. these two hungry dreamers climb the shaky ladder of success from seedy bars to comedy clubs to the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, their on-again, off-again romance propelling them along in heartfelt pursuit of love, fame and laughter. This engaging musical features a contemporary pop score and great casting flexibility.

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Book by Allan Knee. Music And Lyrics by Brian Gari

1st Produced:
Ritz Theatre, NY     15 Oct 1987

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Original cast recording: Original Cast Records (OC-8843) 1988

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  principals plus 6 or more to play var, roles

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Little Women

Little Women
Based on Louisa May alcott's own family experiences (and novel), Little Women follows the adventures of Jo, Meg, Beth and amy March as they grow up in Civil War America. the beloved story of the March sisters is timeless and deals with issues as relevant today as when they were written. Now, this wonderful narrative has been brought to life as an exhilarating musical filled with glorious music, dancing and heart. Little Women embodies the complete theatrical experience, guaranteeing a night filled with laughter, tears and a lifting of the spirit. This powerful score soars with the sounds of personal discovery, heartache and hope - the sounds of a young America finding its voice.
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Music by Jason Howland; lyrics by Mindi Dickstein; book by Allan Knee. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott

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Virginia Theatre, New York     23 Jan 2005

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Original cast recording: Ghostlight (4405-2) 2005

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Man Who Was Peter Pan, The

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Minister's Black Veil

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19th Century New England - why has the minister started wearing a black veil?

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Based on the story "The Minister's Black Veil" by Natihnel Hawthorne

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Playwrights Horizon, New York    

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New York! New York!

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Written by Dennis Andersen; Ann Burr; Allan Knee; Kenneth Pressman; Philip Magdalany; Jeremiah Murray; Steven Shea; Marsha Sheiness; Martin Sherman and David Epstein

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Playwrights Horizon, New York     1974

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Santa Anita '42

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Schmulnik's Waltz

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big hearted penniless schlemiel falls in love with woman but after pursuit finds that her tender love letters were actually written by her elder sister

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music by David Shire

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Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York    

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Samuel French, London, 1992   -

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Second Avenue Rag

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Shlomo in a Jewish immigrant family in New York at the start of the last century. He works making ladies dresses but is not very good at it. A star of Yiddish theatre chooses him to have a dalliance with

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Proscenium Press, 1980   978-0912262710

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Sholom Acleichem Lives

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St Valentine's Day Massacre

St Valentine's Day Massacre
St Valentine's Day - a day for true love. But a couple decide to change that

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Contained in: "Best American Short Plays 1995 - 1996" published by Applause 1997   978-1557832559

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Syncopation

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John Harms Theatre, Englewood, New Jersey     1998

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