Jeffrey Lane
Jeffrey Lane is an author, television scriptwriter, film producer and actor. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University.[1]
Career
Broadway
Lane wrote the book for the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which ran on Broadway in 2005 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical.[2] He has written the book for the musical adaptation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which was nominated for three Tony Awards and numerous Drama Desk Awards. Laura Benanti won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.[3]
Television
Lane wrote and produced for many television series and shows, including Mad About You, Ryan's Hope, Lou Grant, and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.[4][5]
- Writer
- Lou Grant (1977) TV Series
- Ryan's Hope (hired by Claire Labine)
- The Mississippi (1983) TV Series
- Partners in Crime (1984) TV Series... a.k.a. 50/50 (Europe)
- The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985) (TV) ... a.k.a. The Best of Gene Kelly (UK: video box title)
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987) TV Series
- The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) (TV)
- Sunday Times
- Same Time Next Week
- Mad About You
- Bette
- Loco por ti
- Producer
- The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck (1989) (TV) (co-producer)
- Mad About You (1992) TV Series (executive producer)
- Bette (2000) TV Series (executive producer)
- Miscellaneous
- Ryan's Hope (1975) TV Series (production assistant)
- The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985) (TV) (production associate) ... a.k.a. The Best of Gene Kelly (UK: video box title)
- Actor
- Forever Evil (1987) .... Jay
Awards
- The AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2005 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (nominee)[2]
- Five Emmy Awards [6]
- Three Writers Guild of America Awards
- Two Peabodys
- Golden Globe
- The Christopher Award
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References
- https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983035.html?categoryId=2870&cs=1
- Internet Broadway Database listing, 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'" ibdb.com, accessed July 28, 2010
- "Patti LuPone Brian Stokes Mitchell Sherie Rene Scott Cast in Broadways 'Women on the Verge' " Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, July 26, 2010
- Biography Lincoln Center, accessed July 28, 2010
- Internet Movie database Listing imdb.com, accessed July 28, 2010
- Emmy Awards listing imdb.com, accessed July 28, 2010
External links
- Production: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2005
- Jeffrey Lane at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jeffrey Lane on IMDb
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