Birth Place: St. Petersburg, FL, USA
McNally has had a remarkably far-ranging career spanning six decades. In 2018 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a recipient of the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award and the Lucille Lortel Lifetime Achievement Award. He has won four Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class and his musical books for Kiss of the Spider Woman and Ragtime.
From: Photos: On the Red Carpet for A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE Opening Night
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Terrence McNally, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, Anastasia
Terrence McNally, Anastasia
Terrence McNally, It's Only a Play
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, The Visit
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, Mothers and Sons
Terrence McNally, Some Me
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, A Man of No Importance
Terrence McNally, The Full Monty
Terrence McNally, The Full Monty
Terrence McNally, Ragtime
Terrence McNally, Ragtime
Terrence McNally, Ragtime
Terrence McNally, Master Class
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, Love! Valour! Compassion!
Terrence McNally, A Perfect Ganesh
Terrence McNally, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Terrence McNally, Kiss of the Spider Woman
Terrence McNally, Lips Together, Teeth Apart
Terrence McNally
Terrence McNally, The Ritz
Terrence McNally, Bad Habits
Terrence McNally has written 41 shows including The Lady of the Carnellias (Playwright), Maggie May (Playwright), And Things That Go Bump in the Night (Playwright), Here's Where I Belong (Bookwriter), Sweet Eros/ Witness (Playwright), Adaptation/ Next (Playwright), Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (Playwright), Broadway, Broadway (Bookwriter), The Rink (Bookwriter), It's Only a Play (Playwright), Urban Blight (Bookwriter), The Lisbon Traviata (Playwright), Bad Habits (Playwright), Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Playwright), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Bookwriter), A Perfect Ganesh (Playwright), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Playwright), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Playwright), Master Class (Playwright), By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea (Playwright), Ragtime (Bookwriter), Corpus Christi (Playwright), The Visit (Bookwriter), The Full Monty (Bookwriter), A Man of No Importance (Bookwriter), Frankie And Johnny In The Clair De Lune (Playwright), Short Talks on the Universe (Playwright), The Stendhal Syndrome (Playwright), Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams (Playwright), Catch Me If You Can (Bookwriter), Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Bookwriter), The 24 Hour Plays 2006 (Playwright), Some Men (Playwright), Deuce (Playwright), The Ritz (Playwright), Golden Age (Playwright), Mothers and Sons (Playwright), In Your Arms (Story), Anastasia (Book Writer), Fire and Air (Playwright), Pride Plays (Author).
Terrence McNally has been nominated for various awards throughout his career, including Best Revival of a Play at the Tony Awards for "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for "Anastasia," Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play at the Drama League Awards for "It's Only a Play," and a Lifetime Achievement Award at The Lortels. He has also received nominations for Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "The Visit," Best Play at the Tony Awards for "Mothers and Sons," and Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Some Me." Additionally, McNally has been recognized with various other honors and nominations, including The Helen Hayes Tribute at the Helen Hayes Awards, Legend of Off Broadway Honoree, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for "A Perfect Ganesh." His works have also received accolades such as Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "Ragtime" and "Kiss of the Spider Woman," as well as Outstanding New Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Lips Together, Teeth Apart." Furthermore, McNally has been acknowledged for his Outstanding Body of Work at The Lortels, Outstanding New American Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Ritz," and Distinguished Plays at the Obie Awards for "Bad Habits."
Terrence McNally has won numerous awards throughout his career, including Special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, Lifetime Achievement Award at The Lortels, Legend of Off Broadway Honoree recognition, The Helen Hayes Tribute for Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for A Man of No Importance and The Full Monty, Best Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Ragtime, and Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Ragtime. He also won Best Play at the Tony Awards for Master Class, Outstanding Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Love! Valour! Compassion!, and Best American Play at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Love! Valour! Compassion! Additionally, he received the Playwriting award at the Obie Awards for Love! Valour! Compassion!, Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman, Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Outstanding New Play at the Drama Desk Awards for Lips Together, Teeth Apart. McNally's accolades also include Outstanding Body of Work at The Lortels and Distinguished Plays at the Obie Awards for Bad Habits.
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