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2. John Patrick Shanley (born October 13, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Moonstruck. [1] [2] [3] His play, Doubt: A Parable, won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play; he wrote and directed the film adaptation ...
John Patrick Shanley is an award-winning playwright and filmmaker, born in The Bronx, New York. He is known for Moonstruck, Doubt, Congo and other works. See his biography, credits, photos, videos and trivia on IMDb.
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John Patrick Shanley has written some two dozen off-Broadway plays since the 1970s, but New York theater critics were rarely kind in their assessments. That changed when he made an impressive Broadway debut in 2005 with Doubt, a parable, which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in drama as well as the Best Play honors at the season-ending Tony ...
Feb 23, 2024 · The playwright of "Doubt" and "Moonstruck" talks about his Catholic upbringing, his respect for nuns, and his ambivalence toward God and Pope Francis. He also discusses his latest plays, "Brooklyn Laundry" and "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea".
Feb 26, 2024 · In a life of feeling things incredibly deeply, John Patrick Shanley has experienced some thrilling highs: the rapturous audience response in 1984 to “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,” his first ...
Mar 11, 2024 · It’s been a good few months for catching up on the work of the playwright John Patrick Shanley. Last fall, the Lucille Lortel Theatre put on a revival of Shanley’s seedy, stormy, aggressive ...
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John Patrick Shanley was born on October 3, 1950, in The Bronx, New York City, to a tight-knit Irish-American family. His upbringing in a working-class neighborhood provided him with a strong foundation for understanding the struggles and aspirations of everyday people, which would later become a central theme in many of his works.
