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Tom Wilson Weinberg

TOM WILSON WEINBERG  

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Broadway Play Publishing Inc  

Tom started out as a singer-songwriter in PhiladelphiA. He recorded his first album "Gay Name Game" in 1979, which was one of the first gay-themed records. He sang at bars, coffeehouses and gay pride rallies, releasing a second album "All-American Boy" in 1982. At the time he and his lover John Whyte were living in Minneapolis and Tom adopted his grandfather's name Weinberg, becoming Tom Wilson Weinberg. In Minneapolis he staged musical revues based on his material, including songs from his two albums. In 1984 Tom and John moved to Boston where Tom wrote "Ten Percent Revue" which was staged by actor/singer Joey Brandon. It was an immediate hit and has appeared all over the States and in BarcelonA. Tom's song "Lesbian Seagull" was featured in the film "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" sung by Englebert Humperdinck. the the soundtrack went platinum and was in the Billboard chArts for 21 weeks. Other musicals include "Get Used To It," "the Teachings of Chairman Rick," "the Marriage of Bruhs and Gean," and "Sunrise At Hyde Park," currently in development with Peggy Stafford (book) and Darren Katz (director). Tom's honors include the Bessie Smith Award (Boston), two Los Angeles Drama-logue Awards. the Golden Gull (Provincetown) and OUTmusic Heritage Award (New York).

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         After Guantanamo         Bruhs and Gean         Eleanor And Hick         Foot Locker         Get Used To it         Keith, Melissa and Tom Show, The         Sunrise At Hyde Park         Teachings of Chairman Rick, The         Ten Percent Revue

After Guantanamo

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Bruhs and Gean

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Bruhs (pronounced Bruce) Mero met Gean Harwood in 1929. He was 18 and Gean 20. they were together until 1995 when Bruhs died - 66 years an inspiration to us all!

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Based on the book "the Oldest Gay Couple in America" by Gean Harwood. Published by Birch Lane

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Play/Drama. - - Gay/Lesbian, historical characters

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Eleanor And Hick

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the relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok

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Musical. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Foot Locker

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Get Used To it

Get Used To it
A humorous look at serious gay issues
Bob Harrington, New York Post

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Grove Street Theatre New York    1993

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Broadway Play Publishing,    -

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Original cast recording: Aboveground (106) 1992

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Musical/revue, 75 min. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Keith, Melissa and Tom Show, The

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the lives of lesbian and gay composers including Noel Coward, Stephen Sondheim, Lesley Gore and Laura Nyro

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William Way LGBT Center, Philadelphia    16 Jan 2009

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Gay/Lesbian play with music

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Sunrise At Hyde Park

Sunrise At Hyde Park
Lorena Hickok reporter for Associated Press is sent in 1932 to interview Eleanor Roosevelt wife of the governor of New York State. Neither women wanted to do it. They instantly become friends and possibly lovers. Over the following years they have a passionate correspondence with each other. 1962 and a young curator, Ray Corry, at the Roosevelt Museum puts pressure on the aged Lorena Hickok to donate the letters. Reading the letters changes Ray's life

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Music and lyrics by Tom Wilson Weinberg; book by Peggy Stafford. Based on the musical "Eleanor and Hick" by Tom Wilson Weinberg

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William Way Community Center, Philadelphia    25 Oct 2013

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Original cast recording: Aboveground Records

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Gay/Lesbian musical

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Teachings of Chairman Rick, The

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Ten Percent Revue

Ten Percent Revue
Satire on life in the closet, gay marriage and AIDS

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Arlington Street Church Boston USA    1985

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New Musical Theatre Library,    -

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Cast recording: Aboveground (105) 1987

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Musical/revue, 90 min. - - Gay/Lesbian, musical

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Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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