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playwright

[pley-rahyt] / ˈpleɪˌraɪt /


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US composer Sondheim and playwright James Lapine created the original musical, which debuted on Broadway in 1984.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

“I don’t know if I had grown up in New York City that I would be a playwright today, because I think I would have been way too intimidated,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

It is an adaptation of a play by British playwright James Graham, which ran in the West End and Broadway between 2017 and 2019.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

It was translated into English for the first time by playwright George Chapman in the early 17th Century.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Allan Larson, the father of the late playwright Jonathan Larson, made the trip to Levittown and sat in the same unimproved auditorium and on the same wood-plank seats as Mackintosh had.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

She wants to allow Nolan creative freedom, knowing that the Greek playwrights rebooted figures like Odysseus and Medea just like Marvel treats Spider-Man.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Soon after, wannabe authoritarians attack the comedians, essayists, playwrights and poets.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

Lucy Kirkwood, Penelope Skinner, Timberlake Wertenbaker and Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti are also among more than 70 UK-based playwrights taking part.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

The playwrights of Athens dramatized the tragic tales of kings, including Xerxes of Persia, whose overweening ambitions led the rulers to ruin.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Poets, philosophers and playwrights gushed and paid homage to him, including T. S. Eliot, James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, whose sinister Dorian Gray was an early Wagnerite.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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