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Jack O'Brien

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Jack O'Brien

Born June 18, 1939 · Saginaw, Michigan, USA (age 87)

Jack O'Brien (born June 18, 1939) is an American director, producer, writer and lyricist. He has won three Tony Awards and been nominated for seven more, and won five Drama Desk Awards. O'Brien has directed and produced musicals, including The Full Monty and Hairspray, contemporary dramas such as The Piano Lesson, The Invention of Love and The Coast of Utopia, Shakespeare classics, including Haml…

Known For

The Invention of LoveThe Invention of Love · 2001
The Invention of Love
2001
Movie
An esoteric play portraying the life of poet A. E. Housman focusing specifically on his personal life and love for a college classmate.
The Skin of Our TeethThe Skin of Our Teeth · 1983
The Skin of Our Teeth
★ 10.01983
MovieDrama
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).
The NanceThe Nance · 2014
The Nance
★ 10.02014
Movie
Nathan Lane portrays a comic from the 1930s who plays gay men for laughs. Originally Episode 2 from Season 40 of Live From Lincoln Center on PBS.
All My SonsAll My Sons · 1987
All My Sons
★ 9.01987
MovieDramaTV Movie
Two families, related by friendship and love, face up to the consequences of greed and avarice in the post-war years. Love and death play equal roles in determining the outcome of events.
I Never Sang for My FatherI Never Sang for My Father · 1988
I Never Sang for My Father
★ 7.01988
MovieDrama
A man who wants to move on with his life by moving to California and marry his girlfriend, finds it difficult as he still lives in the towering shadow of his aging father.
The Good DoctorThe Good Doctor · 1978
The Good Doctor
★ 0.51978
MovieDrama
A writer (made to resemble Russian playwright Anton Chekhov) narrates a collection of his stories, all of which are written in the style of Chekhov.
ShuckedShucked · 2023
Shucked
2023
MovieMusicComedy
Film adaptation of Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Robert Horn's Tony Award-winning stage musical, set in fictional Cob County, whose residents search for a solution to the problem of their dying corn.
American PlayhouseAmerican Playhouse · 1982
American Playhouse
★ 6.61982
SeriesDramaComedy
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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