John Patrick Shanley
Birth Place: Bronx, NY, USA
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BIO
Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. He won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Moonstruck. 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 and earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Productions
Writing
Playwright
Awards and Nominations
John Patrick Shanley, Outside Mullingar
John Patrick Shanley, Outside Mullingar
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John Patrick Shanley
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John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
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John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
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John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
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John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
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John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
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John Patrick, The Teahouse of the August Moon
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John Patrick, The Teahouse of the August Moon
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
John Patrick Shanley has written 21 shows including Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Playwright), Women of Manhattan (Playwright), the dreamer examines his pillow (Playwright), Italian American Reconciliation (Playwright), The Big Funk (Playwright), Beggars in a House of Plenty (Playwright), Four Dogs and a Bone (Playwright), Missing/Kissing: Missing Marisa/Kissing Christine (Playwright), Psychopathia Sexualis (Playwright), Cellini (Playwright), Where's My Money? (Author), Sailor's Song (Playwright), Doubt (Playwright), Doubt (Playwright), Defiance (Playwright), Romantic Poetry (Bookwriter), Storefront Church (Playwright), Outside Mullingar (Playwright), Prodigal Son (Author), Brooklyn Laundry (Playwright), The Pushover (Writer).
Outstanding Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Outside Mullingar, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Outside Mullingar, Playwrights’ Sidewalk Inductee (The Lortels), Best Play (BroadwayWorld Awards) for Doubt, Outstanding New Play (Drama Desk Awards) for Doubt, Best Play (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Doubt, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for Doubt, Best Play (Tony Awards) for Doubt, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama (The Pulitzer Prize) for The Teahouse of the August Moon and Best Play (Tony Awards) for The Teahouse of the August Moon.
John Patrick Shanley has received numerous awards throughout his career. He was inducted into the Playwrights’ Sidewalk by The Lortels. He won Best Play at the BroadwayWorld Awards for Doubt, as well as Outstanding New Play at the Drama Desk Awards and Best Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for the same work. Doubt also earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Best Play at the Tony Awards. Additionally, Shanley received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Best Play at the Tony Awards for The Teahouse of the August Moon.
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