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David Ives is probably best known for his evenings of one-act comedies called All in the Timing and Time Flies. All in the Timing won the Outer Critics Circle Playwriting Award, ran for two years Off-Broadway, and in the 1995-96 season was the most performed play in the country after Shakespeare productions. His full-length plays include The School For Lies (adapted from Moliere's The Misanthrope and a major hit at New York's Classic Stage Company last spring); The Heir Apparent (an adaptation of J-F Regnard's comedy that was an audience and critical hit at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. this past fall); New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza, which won the prestigious Hull-Warriner Award; Is He Dead? (adapted from Mark Twain); White Christmas; Polish Joke; and Ancient History. He has translated Feydeau's classic farce A Flea in Her Ear, Yazmina Reza's drama A Spanish Play, and Pierre Corneille's 1643 comedy The Liar (also an enormous hit at the Shakespeare Theatre Company two years ago). David Ives is the author of three young-adult novels: Monsieur Eek, Scrib, andVoss, and he has adapted 32 American musicals for New York City's beloved Encores! series. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama and a former Guggenheim Fellow in playwriting, he lives in New York City.
David Ives, The Liar
David IvesHeir Apparent
David Ives, Venus in Fur
David IvesThe Liar
David Ives, All in the Timing
David Ives, All in the Timing
David Ives has written 18 shows including Maggie May (Book Adaptation), Five Very Live (Playwright), All in the Timing (Playwright), Don Juan in Chicago (Playwright), Ancient History/English Made Simple (Playwright), The Red Address (Playwright), Mere Mortals and Others (Playwright), Dance of the Vampires (Bookwriter), Polish Joke (Playwright), Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Bookwriter), The 24 Hour Plays 2006 (Playwright), Is He Dead? (Playwright), New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza at Talmud Torah Congregation: Amsterdam, July 27, 1656 (Playwright), Venus in Fur (Playwright), The School for Lies (Playwright), The Liar (Writer), The Metromaniacs (Author), Here We Are (Book).
David Ives has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. Some of his notable nominations include Outstanding Adaptation for The Liar at the Drama Desk Awards, the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical for Heir Apparent at the Helen Hayes Awards, Best Play for Venus in Fur at the Tony Awards, the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical for The Liar at the Helen Hayes Awards, the John Gassner Playwriting Award for All in the Timing at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Outstanding Play for All in the Timing at the Drama Desk Awards.
David Ives has won several awards for his work in the theater industry. He received the Outstanding Adaptation award at the Drama Desk Awards for his play "The Liar." Additionally, he was honored with the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical at the Helen Hayes Awards, also for "The Liar." Furthermore, Ives received the John Gassner Playwriting Award at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for his play "All in the Timing." These accolades recognize his talent and contributions to the world of Broadway.
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