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Joanne Sydney Lessner

JOANNE SYDNEY LESSNER

  
Nationality:    USA
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Joanne Sydney Lessner's plays including biography, theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates

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

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below is a list of Joanne Sydney Lessner's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Critical Mass         Einstein's Dreams         Fermat's Last Tango         Garbo And Me

Critical Mass

Synopsis:
In this hilarious revenge comedy, a pair of married opera critics are forced to reexamine their priorities when the tenor whose career they ruined moves in with them. Carrie Greenlea is an opera critic who enjoys skewering singers for everything from bad high notes to bad nose jobs. Her husband and fellow critic, Norman, prefers to equivocate rather than hurt anyone's feelings. When Stefano Donato, a mediocre Italian tenor whose career they have jointly ruined, moves in with them, he proceeds to exact revenge. events reach critical mass when their household is further invaded by their Bette Davis-impersonating editor; a marginally talented, but resourceful soprano; and Stefano's desperate wife. For Critical Mass, playwright Joanne Sydney Lessner drew on her own experience reviewing recordings and performances for Opera News over the past decade.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Lion theatre
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036    22 Oct 2010

Organisations:
Heiress Productions

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Einstein's Dreams

Synopsis:
the young einstein in a loveless marriage and dead end job. He dreams and in his dreams he is with Josette. Time stands still or moves backwards. He is discovering the nature of time and the meaning of love. When he wakes up he begins to write his theory of time and relativity

Notes:
Music by Joshua Rosenblum; lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum; Joanne Sydney Lesner; book Joanne Sydney Lessner. Based on the novel by Alan Lightman

1st Produced:
Teatro Di Trindade, Lisbon, Portugal    2006

Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Fermat's Last Tango

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Joshua Rosenblum; lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum; Joanne Sydney Lesner; book Joanne Sydney Lessner

1st Produced:
York Theatre Company    Nov 2000

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Garbo And Me

Synopsis:
the story of Greta Garbo from Swedish schoolgirl to Hollywood Superstar to New York recluse

Notes:
Music by Joshua Rosenblum; lyrics by Joshua Rosenblum; Joanne Sydney Lesner; book Joanne Sydney Lessner

1st Produced:
Paramount Theatre, Rutland, Vt    Aug 2010

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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