Terrence McNally
Known for
Writing
Born
November 3, 1938
Birthplace
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Died
March 24, 2020 (aged 81)
Biography
Terrence McNally (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter.
Described as "the bard of American theatre" and "one of the greatest contemporary playwrights the theatre world has yet produced," McNally was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1996. He received the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, and the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2018, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the highest recognition of artistic merit in the United States.
He received the Tony Award for Best Play for Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Cla...
Best known work
Frankie and Johnny
1991
Kiss of the Spider Woman
2025
Love! Valour! Compassion!
1997
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Ritz
1976
Common Ground
2000
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
Charlie Rose
1991
Every Act of Life
2018
The State of Marriage
2015Filmography
2025
Kiss of the Spider WomanMusical, Book
2024
2023
2023
2021
2021
It's Only a PlayWriter
2021
AnastasiaAuthor
2020
2018
Every Act of Lifeas Self
2015
2015
The State of Marriageas Himself
2013
2011
30 Years from Hereas Himself
2011
2002
RagtimeBook
2000
Common GroundWriter
1998
Creating Ragtimeas Self
1997
Love! Valour! Compassion!Theatre Play, Screenplay
1992
The Last MileWriter
1991
Frankie and JohnnyScreenplay, Theatre Play
1991
1990
Andre's MotherTheatre Play, Writer
1984
Concrete Beatas Single Man of the Month
1983
1982