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==Playwright — Producer== |
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Glines graduated from [[Yale]] in 1955 with a BA in drama. As a writer in children’s television, Glines worked for seven years on [[Captain Kangaroo]] and for four years on [[Sesame Street]], for which he was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. His play ''In The Desert Of My Soul'' was anthologized in ''Best Short Plays Of 1976''. It is his only published play. [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/GlinesJohn.htm] His musical ''Gulp!'' |
Glines graduated from [[Yale]] in 1955 with a BA in drama. As a writer in children’s television, Glines worked for seven years on [[Captain Kangaroo]] and for four years on [[Sesame Street]], for which he was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. His play ''In The Desert Of My Soul'' was anthologized in ''Best Short Plays Of 1976''. It is his only published play. [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/GlinesJohn.htm] His musical ''Gulp!'' also had a lengthy off-off-Broadway run in 1977. |
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His plays written for, and originally produced by, The Glines include ''On Tina Tuna Walk'', ''In Her Own Words (A Biography of Jane Chambers)'', ''Men Of Manhattan'', ''Chicken Delight'', ''Body And Soul''<ref>Bruckner, D.J.R. (July 10,1991), [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D0CE6D7133AF933A25754C0A967958260http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D0CE6D7133AF933A25754C0A967958260,The Review/Theater Bygone Love's Shocks and Sorrows] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved, March 4, 2007.</ref> ''Murder In Disguise'', ''Key West'', and ''Heavenly Days''. For Glines' efforts on ''On Tina Tuna Walk'', one critic commented, "Though the playwright's quips can't touch those of Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward in astuteness, they create a mood of frantic buoyancy that is at least superficially diverting."<ref>Holden, Stephen (December 18, 1988), [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=940DEED9113FF93BA25751C1A96E948260&oref=slogin Reviews/Theater; Fire Island Philosophizing On a Midsummer's Eve], ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 28, 2007.</ref> His last play, ''Butterflies And Tigers'', based on stories of the Chinese people during the [[Cultural Revolution]], had an extended run in New York City in 1998.<ref> Marshall Yaeger |
His plays written for, and originally produced by, The Glines include ''On Tina Tuna Walk'', ''In Her Own Words (A Biography of Jane Chambers)'', ''Men Of Manhattan'', ''Chicken Delight'', ''Body And Soul''<ref>Bruckner, D.J.R. (July 10,1991), [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D0CE6D7133AF933A25754C0A967958260http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9D0CE6D7133AF933A25754C0A967958260,The Review/Theater Bygone Love's Shocks and Sorrows] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved, March 4, 2007.</ref> ''Murder In Disguise'', ''Key West'', and ''Heavenly Days''. For Glines' efforts on ''On Tina Tuna Walk'', one critic commented, "Though the playwright's quips can't touch those of Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward in astuteness, they create a mood of frantic buoyancy that is at least superficially diverting."<ref>Holden, Stephen (December 18, 1988), [http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?_r=1&res=940DEED9113FF93BA25751C1A96E948260&oref=slogin Reviews/Theater; Fire Island Philosophizing On a Midsummer's Eve], ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 28, 2007.</ref> His last play, ''Butterflies And Tigers'', based on stories of the Chinese people during the [[Cultural Revolution]], had an extended run in New York City in 1998.<ref> Marshall Yaeger |
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John Glines (born October 11, 1933 in Santa Maria, California) is an American playwright and producer. As artistic director and co-founder of The Glines, the oldest gay theatre production company in the world, he has been a major force in the acceptance of the gay experience as valid material for creative expression. Glines currently resides in Bangkok, Thailand, where he works as a tour guide.
Playwright — Producer
Glines graduated from Yale in 1955 with a BA in drama. As a writer in children’s television, Glines worked for seven years on Captain Kangaroo and for four years on Sesame Street, for which he was twice nominated for an Emmy Award. His play In The Desert Of My Soul was anthologized in Best Short Plays Of 1976. It is his only published play. [1] His musical Gulp! also had a lengthy off-off-Broadway run in 1977.
His plays written for, and originally produced by, The Glines include On Tina Tuna Walk, In Her Own Words (A Biography of Jane Chambers), Men Of Manhattan, Chicken Delight, Body And Soul[1] Murder In Disguise, Key West, and Heavenly Days. For Glines' efforts on On Tina Tuna Walk, one critic commented, "Though the playwright's quips can't touch those of Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward in astuteness, they create a mood of frantic buoyancy that is at least superficially diverting."[2] His last play, Butterflies And Tigers, based on stories of the Chinese people during the Cultural Revolution, had an extended run in New York City in 1998.[3] [4]
Glines won the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award in 1983 as producer of Torch Song Trilogy. In his acceptance speech for the Tony, he was the first person ever to acknowledge his same-sex lover on a major awards show [5] . He won the Drama Desk Award and a Tony nomination in 1985 as producer of As Is, and won the Drama Desk Award in 1994 for Whoop-Dee-Doo!
Activism
Concurrently with his theatre work, Glines was a founding trustee of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which grew out of Stamp Out AIDS, the non-profit organization he founded in 1985 as a result of his work on As Is.
Glines has been honored by numerous organizations, including the the Empire State Pride Agenda (Artistic Vision Award), Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) (Oscar Wilde Award), the Allied Gay and Lesbian Association of Los Angeles, and Off-Off-Broadway Review (Lifetime Achievement Award). And he's delighted that his birthday, October 11, is National Coming Out Day.
He's presently a member of the Bangkok Pride executive committee, which organizes the annual celebration of gay pride in Thailand.
References
- ^ Bruckner, D.J.R. (July 10,1991), Review/Theater Bygone Love's Shocks and Sorrows The New York Times. Retrieved, March 4, 2007.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (December 18, 1988), Reviews/Theater; Fire Island Philosophizing On a Midsummer's Eve, The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2007.
- ^ Marshall Yaeger Lamentations. Butterflies and Tigers oobr, March 12, 1998.
- ^ Lipfert, David, A CurtainUp Review:Butterflies and Tigers, Curtainup.com. Retrieved February 28, 2007.
- ^ Ron Stokes From Hair to Hairspray, A Broadway Timeline New York Magazine, web exclusive.
External links
- FROM LYCEUM’S STAGE, A DISCUSSION ON AIDS The New York Times, October 13, 1985
- John Glines at the Internet Broadway Database
- Personal photo galleries