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Warren Leight

  • Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
  • Birthday: November 30, 1955

After a circuitous route that included stints as a teacher in China, a scriptwriter at a low-budget exploitation production company and a journalist, Warren Leight found critical acclaim and popular success with his autobiographical drama "Side Man", produced on the New York stage in 1998. The New York native crafted a memory play that explored the familial relationships among a jazz trumpeter, his alcoholic wife and their son caught in the middle. Originally produced in a small theater off-off-Broadway, the show transferred to off-Br…more

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  • 2001

    Premiered revised version of "The Glimmer Brothers", now called "Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine", at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A.

  • 2000

    Signed to write screenplay for sequel to "The Commitments"

  • 1999

    New play "The Glimmer Brothers" premiered at Williamstown Theater Festival

  • 1998

    "Side Man" opened Off-Off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company (CSC) then transferred Off-Broadway to Roundabout Theater and later to Broadway (with Christian Slater in a leading role); play was finalist for 1999 Pulitzer Prize; also received Tony nomination as Best Play

  • 1996

    First prodcution of his autobiographical play "Side Man" at Manhattan's West Bank Cafe

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Awards

  • 1999

    Tony: Best Play

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