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Jonathan Leaf

JONATHAN LEAF

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  represented by Michael Finkle

One of the country's most praised new playwrights, Jonathan Leaf was the subject of a feature in Time Out New York which compared him to a young Saul Bellow. Following this, he was nominated in the Innovative Theater (IT) Awards for Best Play of the Year for his play "The Caterers". He has received rave reviews for his plays in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Daily News, The New Criterion, BroadwayWorld.com, Show Business Weekly, NYTheatre.com and many other publications. In 2007, his play "The Germans In Paris" was the highest-rated play by audience-survey on the Theatermania website of all the plays in New York during the course of its run. An independent survey also showed his 2010 play "Sexual Healing" was one of the highest-rated among New York audiences during its run. As a journalist and critic, his work has appeared in The Weekly Standard, The American, The New York Sun, The New York Post, New York Press and National Review.

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below is a list of Jonathan Leaf's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Caterers, The         Germans In Paris, The         Sexual Healing

Caterers, The

Synopsis:
the play is loosely based on actual terrorist incident which took place in 1977 in which a group of Islamic radicals seized hostages to prevent the showing of a movie about the life of Mohammed

Notes:
nominated for Best Play of the Year in the Innovative theater (IT) Awards - As well As for Best Production And Best Male Lead Actor (Brian Wallace).

1st Produced:
Altered Stages In New York    2005

Organisations:
Immediate Theater Company

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-caterers   -

Music:
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Genre:
political thriller Thriller

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Germans In Paris, The

Synopsis:
It concerns the poet Heinrich Heine, the composer Richard Wagner, and the revolutionary Karl Marx, as they make their way through the salons, jails and dueling grounds of 1840s Paris. This play inaugurates Verse theater Manhattan's Plays about Poets series.
nytheatre.com

Notes:
When produced At the Arclight in January 2007, the play had the highest-audience ratings of Any play listed on the theatermania wesbite then running in New York on or off-Broadway - in Addition to receiving its many, many rave reviews

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Immediate Theater Company

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-germans-in-paris   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama 110 min

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Sexual Healing

Synopsis:
Sexual Healing details the taboo experimentation and practices of a renowned sex researcher who conducted scientific research into human sexuality and oversaw the filming of hundreds of couples having intercourse thousands of times. Intellectually explicit, Sexual Healing spotlights the role sex played in divorce and the disintegration of the family unit. It tells the story of the development of various techniques for sexual aroUSAl, the employment of surrogate wives, impotence, and the "reprogramming" of homosexual men, prior to the American Psychological association's decision to re-classify homosexuality from being a mental disorder. the play includes nudity and adult themes concerning the treating of male sexual dysfunction.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Rattapallax, Inc. & Ram Devineni

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/sexual-healing   -

Music:
-

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If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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