{{Short description|American playwright and television writer (1958–2025)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{other people}} {{Infobox writer | name = Richard Greenberg | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Richard_Greenberg.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1958|2|22}} | birth_place = East Meadow, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|7|4|1958|2|22}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = {{Hlist|Playwright|television writer}} | education = East Meadow High School | alma_mater = Princeton University {{small|(BA)}}<br>Harvard University<br>Yale University {{small|(MFA)}} | notableworks = ''Eastern Standard'' (1988)<br>''Three Days of Rain'' (1998)<br>''Take Me Out'' (2003) | awards = Tony Award for Best Play<br>New York Drama Critics Circle Award<br>Drama Desk Award<br>Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Drama<br>Oppenheimer Award | period = 1984–2022 }}
'''Richard Greenberg''' (February 22, 1958 – July 4, 2025) was an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life. He had more than 25 plays premiere on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off-Broadway in New York City and eight at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa, California, including ''The Violet Hour'', ''Everett Beekin'', and ''Hurrah at Last.''<ref name=doollee>{{cite web|title=Richard Greenberg (1958–)|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/greenberg-richard.html|work=Doollee's Complete Guide to the Playwright, Plays, Theatres, and Agents|access-date=May 10, 2012|year=2003|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019050459/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsG/greenberg-richard.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=injured/> Greenberg is perhaps best known for his 2002 play ''Take Me Out.''
==Early life and education== Greenberg was born on February 22, 1958, in East Meadow, New York, on Long Island.<ref>{{IBDB name | id= richard-greenberg-8306 | name= Richard Greenberg|accessdate = July 5, 2025}}</ref> The younger of two children, his father, Leon Greenberg, was an executive for New York's Century Theaters movie chain, and his mother Shirley was a homemaker.<ref name = Soller>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/t-magazine/richard-greenberg-playwright.html|title = The Bard of Privilege|last = Soller|first = Kurt|date = March 8, 2020|accessdate = July 5, 2025|work = T: The New York Times Style Magazine|page = 50}}</ref><ref name=Contemporary>{{cite web|title=Richard Greenberg.|url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CH1000039309&mode=view&userGroupName=iuclassb&jsid=56aafbc1a40570cb4c277837a6c158c8|work=Contemporary Authors Online. Gale Biography In Context|publisher=Detroit: Gale|access-date=May 5, 2012|year=2006}}</ref> Greenberg graduated from East Meadow High School in 1976 and went on to attend Princeton University, where he graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in English.<ref name=Witchel>{{cite news|last=Witchel|first=Alex|title=A Dramatic Shut-In|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/magazine/326greenberg.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|newspaper=The New York Times Magazine|date=March 26, 2006|page=47|access-date=May 5, 2012}}</ref> As part of his degree, Greenberg completed a 438-page senior thesis titled "A Romantic Career – A Novel".<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Greenberg |first=Richard |publisher=Princeton University. Department of English |title=A Romantic Career – A Novel |url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01b2773x15r |language=en}} </ref> At Princeton, Greenberg studied creative writing under Joyce Carol Oates and roomed with future Harvard economics professor Greg Mankiw. Later, he attended Harvard for graduate work in English and American literature, but dropped out of the program when he was accepted to the Yale School of Drama's playwriting program in 1985.<ref name="Witchel"/>
==Career== Greenberg received the George Oppenheimer Award presented by ''Newsday'' in 1985 for ''The Bloodletters'', produced off-off-Broadway while he was at Yale.<ref>Bryer, Jackson R. and Hartig, Mary C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=A4grSoWwXSwC&dq=Greenberg+%22George+Oppenheimer+Award%22&pg=PA207 "Richard Greenberg"] ''The Facts on File Companion to American Drama'', Infobase Publishing, 2010, {{ISBN|1438129661}}, p.207</ref><ref>Rich, Frank. [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/07/arts/stage-the-bloodletters-a-comedy.html?pagewanted= "Stage: 'The Bloodletters,' a Comedy"] ''The New York Times'', December 7, 1984</ref><ref>Guernsey, Otis L. and Sweet, Jeffrey. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LoMrnezE8D8C&dq=%22Richard+Greenberg%22+%22The+Bloodletters%22&pg=PA172 "Eastern Standard"] ''The Best Plays of 1988–1989: The Complete Broadway and Off-Broadway Sourcebook'' Hal Leonard Corporation, 1989, {{ISBN|1557830568}}, p. 172</ref> In 1998, he was the first winner of the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award for a playwright in mid-career.<ref name="ibdb">{{cite web |year=2012 |title=Richard Greenberg |url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=8306 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |work=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Lawrence Van Gelder |date=May 9, 1998 |title=Arthur Miller Gets Award From PEN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/specials/miller-penaward.html?_r=1 |access-date=March 6, 2016 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
Greenberg's play ''Take Me Out'', about the conflicts that arise after a Major League Baseball player nonchalantly announces to the media that he is gay, premiered in 2002. The play premiered in London and ran in New York as the first collaboration between England's Donmar Warehouse and New York's Public Theater.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=February 28, 2003 |title=Theatre Review: Love Affair With Baseball And a Lot of Big Ideas |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9c04e3d9123cf93ba15751c0a9659c8b63 |access-date=May 10, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> After it transferred to Broadway in early 2003, ''Take Me Out'' won widespread critical acclaim for Greenberg and many prestigious awards including the Tony Award for Best Play.{{cn|date=July 2025}}
Along with ''Take Me Out'', Greenberg's plays include ''The Dazzle'', ''The American Plan'', ''Life Under Water'', and ''The Author's Voice''. His adaptation of August Strindberg's ''Dance of Death'' ran on Broadway in 2002, starring Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, and David Strathairn.{{cn|date=July 2025}}
In 2013, Greenberg worked on three shows: on Broadway, ''The Assembled Parties'' and an adaptation of ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'',<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/176933-Broadways-Breakfast-at-Tiffanys-Sets-Closing-Date "Broadway's ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' Sets Closing Date"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102091931/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/176933-Broadways-Breakfast-at-Tiffanys-Sets-Closing-Date |date=November 2, 2013}} Playbill.com, April 15, 2013</ref> and the book for the musical ''Far From Heaven'', which opened in June 2013 at Playwrights Horizons.<ref>McNulty, Charles. [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-richard-greenberg-breakfast-tiffanys-20130428,0,412060.story "A rich season for playwright Richard Greenberg"], ''Los Angeles Times'', April 27, 2013</ref>
His play ''Our Mother's Brief Affair'' premiered at the South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa in April 2009. Directed by Pam MacKinnon, the cast featured Jenny O'Hara, Matthew Arkin, Arye Gross and Marin Hinkle. This was a commission from the SCRT.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/richard-greenbergs-our-mothers-brief-affair-opens-april-10-at-south-coast-r-159789# "Richard Greenberg's Our Mother's Brief Affair Opens April 10 at South Coast Rep"] Playbill.com, April 10, 2009</ref><ref>McNulty, Charles. [https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/04/review-our-mothers-brief-affair-at-south-coast-rep.html "Review. 'Our Mother's Brief Affair'"] ''Los Angeles Times'', April 12, 2009</ref> The play opened on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club, on December 28, 2015 (previews), and officially on January 20, 2016, starring Linda Lavin.<ref>Clement, Olivia. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/our-mothers-brief-affair-with-linda-lavin-begins-previews-on-broadway-tonight-376583# "'Our Mother's Brief Affair', with Linda Lavin, Begins Previews on Broadway Tonight"] Playbill.com, December 28, 2015</ref><ref>Viagas, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/verdict-how-were-the-reviews-for-our-mothers-brief-affair-381095# "Verdict: How Were the Reviews for 'Our Mother's Brief Affair'?] Playbill.com, January 20, 2016</ref>
His play ''The Babylon Line'' premiered off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater on November 10, 2016, in previews, and officially on December 5.<ref>[https://www.lct.org/shows/babylon-line/ ''The Babylon Line''] lct.org, accessed November 21, 2016</ref> Directed by Terry Kinney, the cast features Josh Radnor as a writing teacher and Elizabeth Reaser as his student.<ref>Gordon, David. [http://theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/the-babylon-line-casting-radnor-reaser_77854.html?cid=homepage_news "Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Reaser to Lead Richard Greenberg's 'The Babylon Line'"] TheaterMania, July 21, 2016.</ref> The play was first performed at New York Stage and Film & Vassar College's Powerhouse Theater in June and July 2014, starring Radnor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/entertainment/2014/05/22/powerhouse-theater-vassar-college/9462281/ |title=Powerhouse Season attracts theater, TV stars |date=May 22, 2014 |website=Poughkeepsie Journal |access-date=May 30, 2021}}</ref>
===Style=== ''The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights'' describes Greenberg's "most prominent" interest as history "and (also) the past". He has a strong "tendency to draw on historical characters or events——the Lost Generation, the Collyer Brothers, the New York Yankees" as sources for his material. He is said to have a "witty use of language."<ref>Innes, Christopher (and others) editor, [https://books.google.com/books?id=OcQBAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Life+Under+Water%22+%22Richard+Greenberg%22&pg=PT54 "Richard Greenberg"] ''The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights'' (no page number), A&C Black, 2013, {{ISBN|1408134810}}</ref>
==Personal life and death== Greenberg lived in Chelsea, Manhattan.<ref name = Soller/>
Greenberg died from cancer at a nursing home in Manhattan, on July 4, 2025, at the age of 67; he previously had Hodgkin lymphoma when he was in his thirties.<ref name="wapo">{{cite news|title=Richard Greenberg, whose plays probed love and baseball, dies at 67|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/07/07/richard-greenberg-dead-playwright/|last=Smith|first=Harrison|date=July 7, 2025|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/richard-greenberg-dead-take-me-out-playwright-tony-winner-1236307352/|title = Richard Greenberg, Tony-Winning Playwright of 'Take Me Out,' Dies at 67|last = Franklin|first = McKinley|date = July 5, 2025|accessdate = July 5, 2025|work = The Hollywood Reporter|quote = Greenberg’s death was announced Friday}}</ref> Actor Denis O'Hare paid tribute to him on Instagram, saying "He gave me the greatest gift ever – a beautiful character to inhabit in a beautiful play. He also gave me 2 of my best friends – Lisa Peterson and Linda Emond. We all met and worked on Rich's one act – ''The Author's Voice'' at Remains Theatre in 1987 in a festival of one acts called 'Sneaky Feelings.' I have a sneaky feeling of grief mixed with gratitude for this man."<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/TAKE-ME-OUT-Playwright-Richard-Greenberg-Has-Passed-Away-20250705|title = TAKE ME OUT Playwright Richard Greenberg Has Passed Away|last = Rabinowitz|first = Chloe|date = July 5, 2025|accessdate = July 5, 2025|work = BroadwayWorld}}</ref> Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson also paid tribute, writing "Rest in peace Richard, you gave the world so much." Theater director Robert Falls wrote "For over 30 years, it's been one of life's great pleasures to know Rich and his writing. Dazzling, humane, wildly funny. ... He was also one of the smartest people I've ever met. But he wore that brilliance lightly—often cloaked in hilarity, or tossed off in the driest, most devastating line at dinner. His kindness was real. His loss is enormous."<ref>{{cite news|url = https://deadline.com/2025/07/richard-greenberg-dies-67-1236450482/|title = Richard Greenberg Dies: Tony-Winning 'Take Me Out' Playwright Was 67|last = Garner|first = Glenn|date = July 5, 2025|accessdate = July 5, 2025|work = Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref name="wapo" />
==Works== {{div col}} * 1984: ''The Bloodletters'', Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY, 1984. * 1985: ''Life Under Water'', Marathon '85 Series. Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY, 1985. * 1986: ''Vanishing Act'', Marathon '86 Series. Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY, 1986. * 1987: ''The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad'', Greenwich House, New York, NY, 1999. * 1987: ''The Hunger Artist'' (based on stories and letters by Franz Kafka), St. Clement's, New York, NY<ref>Rich, Frank. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/27/theater/stage-hunger-artist-kafka-in-life-and-work.html?pagewanted= "Theater Review. 'Hunger Artist, Kafka in Life and Work"] ''The New York Times'', February 27, 1987</ref> * 1987: ''The Maderati'', Playwrights Horizons, February 19, 1987.<ref>Rich, Frank. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/20/theater/theater-the-maderati-by-richard-greenberg.html?pagewanted= "Theater review. 'The maderati' by Richard Greenberg"] ''The New York Times'', February 20, 1987</ref> * 1988: ''Eastern Standard'', Manhattan Theatre Club. New York City Center Stage I. October 1988; John Golden Theatre, Broadway, January 5, 1989. * 1988: ''Neptune's Hips'', Marathon '88 Series. Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY, 1988.<ref>Goodman, Walter. [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/16/theater/review-theater-of-baseball-the-infinite-and-various-kinds-of-curves.html?pagewanted= "Theater Review. Of Baseball, the Infinite and Various Kinds of Curves"] ''The New York Times'', June 16, 1988</ref> * 1990: ''The American Plan'', Manhattan Theatre Club. New York City Center-Stage I. December 4, 1990; Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway, 2009. * 1992: ''The Extra Man'', Manhattan Theatre Club. New York City Center-Stage II. April 28, 1992.<ref>Rich, Frank. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/20/theater/review-theater-stylish-and-affluent-extra-man-with-dark-views-and-dark-plot.html?pagewanted= "Review/Theater; Stylish and Affluent Extra Man With Dark Views and Dark Plot"] ''The New York Times'', May 20, 1992</ref> * 1992: ''Jenny Keeps Talking'', Manhattan Theatre Club. New York City Center-Stage II, New York, NY. March 22, 1993. * 1992: ''Pal Joey'' (based on the musical by John O'Hara, revised book), Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, 1992–1993; Studio 54, Broadway, 2008 * 1994: ''Night And Her Stars'', Manhattan Theatre Club. New York City Center-Stage II, March 29, 1995; South Coast Repertory, March 1994<ref>Brantley, Ben. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/27/theater/theater-review-night-and-her-stars-a-different-take-on-quiz-scandals.html?pagewanted= "Theater Review. 'Night and Her Stars', A Different Take On Quiz Scandals"] ''The New York Times'', April 27, 1995</ref><ref>Richards, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/16/theater/review-theater-white-knights-and-villains-in-the-quiz-show-scandals.html?pagewanted= "Review/Theater; White Knights and Villains In the Quiz-Show Scandals"] ''The New York Times'', March 16, 1994</ref> * 1998: ''Three Days of Rain'', Manhattan Theatre Club. New York City Center-Stage II, November 12, 1997; Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, Broadway, 2006 * 1998: ''Hurrah at Last'', Roundabout Theatre Company. Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY, June 3, 1999. * 2000: ''Everett Beekin'', South Coast Repertory, September 2000<ref>Oxman, Steve. [https://variety.com/2000/legit/reviews/everett-beekin-1200464174/ "Review. ''Everett Beekin''] ''Variety'', September 20, 2000</ref>; Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, November 14, 2001<ref>[https://www.lct.org/shows/everett-beekin/ ''Everett Beekin''] lct.org, accessed December 28, 2015</ref> * 2001: ''Dance of Death'' (adaptation), Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/Production/View/12939 ''The Dance of Death''] ibdb.com, accessed January 21, 2016</ref><ref>Simonson, Robert. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/death-where-is-thy-closing-jan.-13-mckellen-and-mirren-dance-away-103336# Death, Where Is Thy Closing? Jan. 13, McKellen and Mirren Dance Away"] playbill.com, January 13, 2002</ref> * 2002: ''The Dazzle'', Gramercy Theatre, New York, NY, March 5, 2002.<ref>Brantley, Ben. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/06/theater/theater-review-at-home-with-the-collyer-brothers.html?pagewanted= "Theater Review. At Home With the Collyer Brothers"] ''The New York Times'', March 6, 2002</ref> * 2002: ''Take Me Out'', Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York, NY, September 5, 2002; Walter Kerr Theatre, Broadway, 2003; Hayes Theater/Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway, 2022 * 2003: ''The Violet Hour'', Steppenwolf Theater Company, Chicago, IL, 2003; Biltmore Theatre, New York, NY, 2003. * 2005: ''A Naked Girl on the Appian Way'', South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, CA; American Airlines Theatre, Broadway * 2006: ''Bal Masque'', Theatre J, Washington, D.C.<ref>Jones, Kenneth. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/richard-greenberg-crashes-capotes-ball-in-world-premiere-bal-masque-in-busy-126959# "Richard Greenberg Crashes Capote's Ball in World Premiere, 'Bal Masque', in Busy Season for D.C.'s Theater J"] playbill.com, July 13, 2005</ref> * 2006: ''The Well-Appointed Room'', Steppenwolf Theater Company, Chicago<ref>Abarbanel, Jonathan. [http://www.backstage.com/news/review-the-well-appointed-room/?__hstc=43953530.7e90e67cc24e293db4a2de53ddac6944.1451309246336.1451309246336.1451309246336.1&__hssc=43953530.2.1451309246336&__hsfp=2383677779 "Review: 'The Well-Appointed Room'] backstage.com, February 8, 2006</ref><ref name=step>Columbus, Curt; Murray, Thomas; Nedved, William. [http://www.steppenwolf.org/watchlisten/program-articles/detail.aspx?id=118 "Richard Greenberg: The Mind Lighting 'The Well-Appointed Room'"] steppenwolf.org, 2005–2006, Vol. 2</ref> * 2006: ''The House in Town'', Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater<ref>[https://www.lct.org/shows/the-house-in-town/ ''The House in Town''] lct.org, accessed December 30, 2015</ref> * 2008: ''The Injured Party'', South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, CA.<ref name=injured>{{cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Ernio |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/south-coast-rep-nabs-another-greenberg-world-premiere-comedy-the-injured-pa-145877# |title=South Coast Rep Nabs Another Greenberg World-Premiere Comedy, 'The Injured Party' |date=December 5, 2007 |website=Playbill |access-date=May 30, 2021}}</ref> * 2009: ''Our Mother's Brief Affair'', South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, CA; Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway, 2015 * 2013: ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', Cort Theatre, Broadway<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/breakfast-at-tiffanys-493872 ''Breakfast at Tiffany's''] ibdb.com, accessed December 15, 2016</ref> * 2013: ''The Assembled Parties'', Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway * 2013: ''Far from Heaven'' (book), Playwrights Horizons, Off-Broadway * 2016: ''The Babylon Line'', Lincoln Center<sub>,</sub> Off-Broadway * 2020: ''The Perplexed'', Manhattan Theatre Club, Off-Broadway * 2021: ''A Shot Rang Out'', South Coast Repertory Theater, Costa Mesa, CA. * 2026: ''Holiday'' (adaptation), Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holiday |url=https://www.goodmantheatre.org/show/holiday/ |access-date=February 23, 2026 |website=Goodman Theatre |language=en-US}}</ref> {{div col end}}
===Television=== * 1989: "Ask Me Again" (based on "An Old-Fashioned Story" by Laurie Colwin), ''American Playhouse'', PBS. * 1989: "Life Under Water" (based on his one-act play), ''American Playhouse'', PBS. * 1989: "The Sad Professor," ''Trying Times'', PBS. * 1991: "Georgie Through the Looking Glass," ''Sisters,'' NBC. * 1993: "Mirror, Mirror," ''Sisters,'' NBC. * 1999: "The Time the Millennium Approached," ''Time of Your Life,'' Fox.
==Awards and nominations== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * Tony Award, Best Play :: ''Take Me Out'', 2003 – winner :: ''The Assembled Parties'', 2013 – nominee
* New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Best American Play :: ''Three Days of Rain'', 1998 – Runner up :: ''Take Me Out'', 2003
* Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play :: ''Take Me Out'', 2003 – winner :: ''The Assembled Parties'', 2013 – nominee
* Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play :: ''The Dazzle'', 2002 – nominee :: ''Take Me Out'', 2003 – winner {{col-break}} * Drama League Award, Best Play, ''Take Me Out'', 2003 * Outer Critics Circle Award<ref>Portantiere, Michael. [http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/04-2002/the-2001-2002-outer-critics-circle-award-winners_2118.html "The 2001–2002 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners"] theatermania.com, April 29, 2002</ref> :: ''The Dazzle'', 2002 Outstanding Off-Broadway Play – winner :: ''The Dazzle'', 2002 John Gassner Award – nominee
* Oppenheimer Award, Best New Playwright (''The Bloodletters'', 1985) * Molly Kazan Playwriting Award * PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award for an American Playwright in Mid-Career (1998)<ref>[https://www.pen.org/literature/1998-literary-award-winners "1998 Literary Award Winners"] pen.org, accessed March 6, 2016</ref> * Pulitzer Prize for Drama :: ''Three Days of Rain'', 1998 – Finalist :: ''Take Me Out'', 2003 – Finalist {{col-end}}
==See also== * LGBT culture in New York City * List of LGBT people from New York City
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [https://soundcloud.com/american-theatre-wing/episode102 Richard Greenberg] – ''Downstage Center'' interview at American Theatre Wing * [http://www.scr.org/season/00-01season/Beekin.asp ''Everett Beekin''] at South Coast Repertory * [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/81557.html Playbill.com on The Violet Hour] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071007171826/http://www.theoldglobe.org/pdf/TakeMeOut.pdf The Old Globe, San Diego] * [http://www.culturevulture.net/Theater4/TakeMeOut.htm Culturevulture.net], review of ''Take Me Out'' * {{IBDB name|8306}} * {{IOBDB name|151}} * {{imdb name|0338574}}
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