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Winnie Holzman (born August 18, 1954 in Manhattan) is an American dramatist, screenwriter and poet. She is known for having created the ABC television series My So-Called Life, which led to a nomination for a scriptwriting Emmy Award in 1995, as well as her work writing for thirtysomething and Once and Again.
Winnie Holzman, Stephen Schwartz, and Wicked. Wicked' s Composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz chose Winnie Holzman to collaborate with him on Wicked. It had been Schwartz's idea to convert Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked into a musical, and they agreed that Holzman would write the script while Schwartz wrote music and lyrics.
Winnie Holzman is an American screenwriter, playwright, and poet. She grew up in Long Island, New York and attended the Circle in the Square Theatre School as a teenager. After graduating from Princeton University with a degree in English, she then gained a master’s degree in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University where she was ...
Jun 18, 2010 · Winnie Holzman, right, and Savannah Dooley on the set of the show, which they have developed. J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times. The writing partnership, they both say, is a natural one ...
Jun 4, 2024 · 4 June 2024 · 4-min read. Making life-altering decisions is no small matter, especially for the characters in “Choice,” Winnie Holzman’s provocative but imperfect play, which just completed a run at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center. At the center of “Choice” is Zipporah “Zippy” Zunder (Ilana Levine), a journalist in her late ...
Schwartz had already decided to ask Winnie Holzman to write the book. He had loved her television series My So-Called Life, which included convincing young female characters. With Wicked dominated by Elphaba and Galinda, this was crucial. Schwartz had met Holzman years before when she was a student in the New York University musical theatre ...
A charming and witty play about aging and human connection from Winnie Holzman, writer of the hit Broadway musical Wicked and TV's My So-Called Life, and Second City alum Paul Dooley. Comedy/Drama. |. 85 - 90 minutes. 1 W, 1 M, (2-4 actors possible: 1-2 W, 1-2 M) Content Notes: Adult language.
