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Jean-Marie Besset Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2016 - Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical

Southern Comfort, Southern Comfort

The Lortels - 2016 - Outstanding Musical

Southern Comfort

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Adam Guettel, Austin Pendleton and More Will Be Honored with Dramatists Guild Awards


The Dramatists Guild previously announced that playwright Christopher Durang will receive a Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s ceremony. He will be joined by two additional recipients, George C. Wolfe and Emily Mann.

Nancy Redman's A SEANCE WITH MOM to Return to Chain Studio Theatre Beginning Next Month


Eighteen séances in April, May and June did not do the trick, so award-winning actress/playwright/comedian Nancy Redman will join forces with iconic director Austin Pendleton for 18 more sessions of 'A  Séance With Mom' from August 21 to September 3 at Chain Studio Theatre.

A SEANCE WITH MOM Returns Next Month


 Eighteen séances in April, May and June did not do the trick, so award-winning actress/playwright/comedian Nancy Redman will join forces with iconic director Austin Pendleton for 18 more sessions of 'A Séance With Mom' from August 21 to September 3 at Chain Studio Theatre.

Austin Pendleton, Jeff Perry & More to Star in NO MAN'S LAND at Steppenwolf Theatre


Steppenwolf Theatre Company will conclude its 47th season with Harold Pinter’s celebrated masterwork No Man’s Land directed by Les Waters. Learn how to purchase tickets!

A SEANCE WITH MOM Adds Performances At Chain Studio Theatre


Four April seances did not do the trick, so Award winning actress/playwright/comedian NANCY REDMAN joins forces with iconic director AUSTIN PENDLETON for more sessions of 'A SEANCE WITH MOM'.

Austin Pendleton, Jeff Perry, and More to Star in Steppenwolf Theatre's NO MAN'S LAND


Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the nation's premier ensemble theater company, will conclude its 47th season with Harold Pinter's celebrated masterwork No Man's Land directed by Les Waters (In the Next Room..(or the vibrator play), Dana H., Middletown), playing July 13 – August 20, 2023 in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theater.

Nancy Redman Stars In A SEANCE WITH MOM At Chain Studio Theatre, April 20-23


Award winning actress/playwright/comedian Nancy Redman  joins forces with iconic director Austin Pendleton for their fourth collaboration, 'A SEANCE WITH MOM'.

DESCRIBE THE NIGHT Chicago Premiere to be Presented at Steppenwolf Theatre in March


Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 47th season with ensemble member Rajiv Joseph’s Chicago premiere of Describe the Night, directed by ensemble member Austin Pendleton.

Cast Announced for DESCRIBE THE NIGHT Chicago Premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre


Steppenwolf Theatre Company will continue its 47th season with ensemble member Rajiv Joseph’s Chicago premiere of Describe the Night, directed by ensemble member Austin Pendleton. See who is starring in the production!

Theresa Rebeck Joins Broadway-Aimed Musical WORKING GIRL as New Book Writer


Award-winning Broadway playwright Theresa Rebeck will write the book for the Broadway-aimed Working Girl. While she's had more plays produced on Broadway than any female playwright of our time, Working Girl would mark Rebeck's Broadway debut as a book writer for a musical.

Mark O'Donnell Memorial Set for November 12 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre


Family, friends, and colleagues will gather to celebrate the life and voice of Broadway librettist Mark O'Donnell on Monday, November 12 at 3pm at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. Doors will open at 2:30pm and the event is open to the public.

Pisier Stars as de Beauvoir in Liaison Transatlantique, Sept. 30-Oct. 2


Marie-France Pisier will star as the feminist novelist and philosopher in the one-woman show Liaison Transatlantique: Letters of Simone de Beauvoir to Nelson Algren from September 30th through October 2nd as part of the Act French festival

Jean-Marie Besset FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Jean-Marie Besset written?

Jean-Marie Besset has written 2 shows including A Flea in Her Ear (Adaptation), What You Get and What You Expect (Playwright).

What awards has Jean-Marie Besset been nominated for?

Jean-Marie Besset has been nominated for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Southern Comfort" and Outstanding Musical at The Lortels for another production.

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