{{short description|American dramatist}}

'''Allan Praigrod Albert''' (June 29, 1945, New York City - June 10, 1994, New York City) was a director, producer, and playwright. He attended Amherst College and the Yale School of Drama. He has served as artistic director at the Charles Playhouse in Boston and the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. In 1972 he started Allan Albert Productions. He also created the National Educational Television series ''How Can I Tell You?''.<ref name="Contemporary Authors Online 2003">Contemporary Authors Online 2003</ref>

Albert died from lymphoma on June 10, 1994, in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title= Allan Albert, 48, Documentary Maker obituary |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/14/obituaries/allan-albert-48-documentary-maker.html |newspaper= The New York Times |date= June 14, 1994 |access-date= September 15, 2015}}</ref>

==Bibliography== * ''Corral'' (1975) * ''The Wanted Wagon'' (1975) * ''The Whale Show'' (1975) * ''The Boston Tea Party'' (1976)

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==Further reading== * {{citation|year=2003|title=Contemporary Authors Online|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale|isbn= 0-670-88515-0}}. *{{cite encyclopedia | title = ALBERT, Allan | encyclopedia = Who's Who in the Theatre | volume = 1 | pages = 6&ndash;7 | publisher = Gale Research Company | year = 1981 | issn = 0083-9833 | editor = Ian Herbert}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0016465|name=Allan Albert}}

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