[Playscript]: Wiseguys

New York: John Weidman, August 30, 1999.

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Softcover. Prong-bound, photo-mechanically generated leaves in printed cardstock covers. 81 leaves printed rectos only. About fine. Script for the Sondheim and Weidman musical about the lives of the outrageous brothers Addison and Wilson Mizner. The play had a checkered history. Originally directed by Sam Mendes in New York with Nathan Lane and Victor Garber in November, 1999, the production was halted by a legal challenge. It was re-written and re-produced as *Bounce* in Chicago, with direction by Harold Prince; and finally as *Road Show* in 2008 Off-Broadway where it won Obie and Drama Desk Awards for Sondheim. Sondheim and Weidman have collaborated on several shows, most notably *Pacific Overtures*. *OCLC* locates no copies.

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Item #372999 [Playscript]: Wiseguys. Stephen SONDHEIM, John Weidman.

Stephen Sondheim
birth name: Stephen Joshua Sondheim
born: 3/22/1930

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Acclaimed composer and lyricist. As a child he befriended famed lyricist Oscar Hammerstein. After graduating from Williams College he studied music on a fellowship, then moved to Hollywood and began writing scripts for the television series Topper. After returning to New York he first achieved fame with the lyrics for West Side Story (1957). He expanded to both music and lyrics with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962). Many other successful musicals followed, including what some call his masterpiece, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George (1984).more