Jeffrey Hatcher is a much-produced American playwright and screenwriter . He wrote the stage play Compleat Female Stage Beauty , which he later adapted into a screenplay , shortened to just Stage Beauty (2004). He also co-wrote the stage adaptation of Tuesdays with Morrie with author Mitch Albom , and Three Viewings , a comedy consisting of three monologues - each of which takes place in a funeral home. He wrote the screenplay Casanova for director Lasse Hallström , as well as the screenplay for The Duchess (2008). He has also written for the Peter Falk TV series Columbo and E! Entertainment Television.
8-603: His many award-winning original plays have been performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally across the US and abroad. In 2023, American Theatre magazine noted that the prolific Hatcher ties for the fifth most-produced playwright in America, with 13 plays in production. Furthermore, his 2022 play DIAL M FOR MURDER is the fifth most produced play in 2023, with 9 productions. Previously, Hatcher adapted Robert Louis Stevenson 's novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , into
16-523: A Storm , Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright (with Eric Simonson ), and Lucky Duck (with Bill Russell and Henry Kreiger). Hatcher wrote the book for the Broadway musical Never Gonna Dance and the musical, ELLA. Hatcher is a member and/or alumnus of The Playwrights' Center, The Dramatists Guild of America, Writers Guild of America and New Dramatists. Film TV American Theatre Magazine Theatre Communications Group ( TCG )
24-513: A play in which actors play multiple roles, and Mr. Hyde is played by four actors, one of whom is female. The adaptation, which has been called "hipper, more erotic, and theatrically intense...definitely not your grandfather's 'Jekyll and Hyde'", was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award for Best Play. Some of his other plays include Three Viewings , Scotland Road , A Picasso , Neddy , Korczak's Children , Mercy of
32-697: Is a non-profit service organization headquartered in New York City that promotes professional non-profit theatre in the United States. The organization also publishes American Theatre magazine and ARTSEARCH , a theatrical employment bulletin, as well as trade editions of theatrical scripts. Theatre Communications Group was established in 1961 with a grant from the Ford Foundation in response to their then arts and humanities director W. McNeil Lowry 's desire to foster communication and cooperation among
40-642: The International Theater Institute in 1999 and Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre in 2005. As of 2014 , TCG has over 700 member theatres located in 47 states; 12,000 individual members; and 150 University, Trustee and other business affiliates. Teresa Eyring was appointed Executive Director in 2007. Founded in 1984, TCG Books is considered the largest independent publisher of dramatic literature in North America. As of 2014, it has published
48-459: The growing community of regional theatres throughout the country. Though initially run as a Ford Foundation administered program, TCG independently incorporated in 1964. The organization began with a membership of 15 regional and community theatres, and nine university drama departments under the leadership of Pat Brown. In its first decade of operation, other leaders included Michael Mabry, Joseph Zeigler and Hartney Arthur. In 1972, Peter Zeisler
56-510: The work of 235 playwrights and theatre professionals in over 1,600 titles, including 16 winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama , one winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature , as well as numerous Tony Award , Drama Desk , and Obie Award winners. Theatre Communications Group publishes American Theatre magazine, a periodical focused on the non-profit professional theatre, and ARTSEARCH,
64-481: Was named Executive Director, a position he would hold for 23 years. Under Zeisler’s leadership, TCG created many of its longest-running programs, including annual National Conference, American Theatre magazine and TCG Books. After Zeisler retired in 1995, the organization was led by John Sullivan, (1993–1997) Ben Cameron (1996–2006), and Joan Channick (1999–2006). TCG was named the United States Center for
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