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George C. Wolfe

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American playwright (born 1954)

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George Costello Wolfe is an American stage and screen director, playwright and producer. His accolades include two Tony Awards for directing the play Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and the musical Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk. He served as Artistic Director of The Public Theater from 1993 until 2004.

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George C. Wolfe
said · 2016
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Smashing things together. Because, culturally, that’s America at its most interesting. It’s things connected, awkwardly, that produce the brilliance.

On how he explores the revue as a playwriting form in “GEORGE C. WOLFE” in Interview Magazine (2016 May 9)

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George C. Wolfe
said · 2016
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Every play is rhythmic control. If you want an audience to go on a journey, it’s rhythmic control.

On a dramatic work having its own energy in “GEORGE C. WOLFE” in Interview Magazine (2016 May 9)

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George C. Wolfe
said · 2016
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I think it’s that a musical must maintain buoyance. Most musicals are informed by very rigid archetypes.

On what’s needed to make a musical successful in “GEORGE C. WOLFE” in Interview Magazine (2016 May 9)

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Awards 6

2004Drama League Award
1996Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
1996Paul Robeson Award
1996Drama League Award
1993Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
Directors Guild of America Award

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United States
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Born 1954 · age 72
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