# Warren Manzi

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'''Warren Michael Manzi'''  (July 1, 1955 – February 11, 2016) was an American playwright and actor, who was best known for the play ''[Perfect Crime](/source/Perfect_Crime_(play))'', the longest running play in New York City's history.

==Early life==
Manzi was born in [Manchester, New Hampshire](/source/Manchester%2C_New_Hampshire), to a single mother of Italian descent. His family later moved to [Lawrence, Massachusetts](/source/Lawrence%2C_Massachusetts), where he attended Holy Rosary School and [Central Catholic High School](/source/Central_Catholic_High_School_(Massachusetts)).<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Marquard|first1=Bryan|title=Warren Manzi, at 60; wrote N.Y.'s longest-running play|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2016/02/17/warren-manzi-whose-perfect-crime-new-york-longest-running-play-dies/gaV1HGbJLBMwyO8wpZH2xI/story.html|accessdate=February 19, 2016|work=Boston Globe|date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> He graduated from the [College of the Holy Cross](/source/College_of_the_Holy_Cross) and obtained a master's degree from the [Yale School of Drama](/source/Yale_School_of_Drama).<ref name="nytobit" />

== Career ==
Manzi wrote ''[Perfect Crime](/source/Perfect_Crime_(play))'' in 1980 at age 25, while an understudy for a role in ''[Amadeus](/source/Amadeus_(play))'' on Broadway.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warren Manzi |url=https://www.concordtheatricals.com/a/1876/warren-manzi |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Concord Theatricals |language=en}}</ref> Early reviews of ''Perfect Crime'' described it as confusing, and Manzi continually rewrote the play throughout the rest of his life.<ref name=":0" /> ''Perfect Crime'' opened in New York City on April 18, 1987 and was performed over 11,800 times throughout Manzi's lifetime, becoming the longest running play in city theatre history.<ref name=":0" /> Manzi also wrote ''One for the Money'' and ''The Queen of the Parting Shot''.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite news|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit|title=Warren Manzi, Whose 'Perfect Crime' Is New York's Longest-Running Play, Dies at 60|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/15/theater/warren-manzi-whose-perfect-crime-is-new-yorks-longest-running-play-dies-at-60.html?_r=1|accessdate=February 15, 2016|work=New York Times|date=February 14, 2016}}</ref>

As an actor, Manzi appeared in the films ''[The Manhattan Project](/source/The_Manhattan_Project_(film))'' (1986) and ''[Nuts](/source/Nuts_(1987_film))'' (1987).<ref name="nytobit"/>

== Personal life ==
He was married to Ellen Margaret Michelin from 1995 to 1996, when she died of kidney failure.<ref name=":0" /> 

Manzi died of pneumonia aged 60 in 2016, in [Lawrence, Massachusetts](/source/Lawrence%2C_Massachusetts).<ref name="nytobit" />

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Category:1955 births
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Category:20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
Category:Writers from Manchester, New Hampshire
Category:College of the Holy Cross alumni
Category:David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Massachusetts
Category:American writers of Italian descent
Category:Writers from Lawrence, Massachusetts
Category:Male actors from Manchester, New Hampshire

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