Amanda Green | |
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| Born | December 29, 1963 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Brown University Circle in the Square Theatre School |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, songwriter |
| Spouse | Jeffrey Kaplan |
| Parent(s) | Phyllis Newman Adolph Green |
Amanda Green (born December 29, 1963) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. In 2021, she was elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America, the first woman to hold the role in the Guild's 100-year history. [1]
Born in New York City, Green was raised on the Upper West Side with her brother Adam by their parents Phyllis Newman, an actress and singer, and Adolph Green, a lyricist and playwright. [2] [3]
From an early age, she was exposed to major talents of musical theatre, including Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, and Cy Coleman, all of whom were regular guests in her home.
After graduating from Brown University in Rhode Island, [2] Green attended an actors' training program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City and then spent two seasons at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She began writing songs and performing in Manhattan cabarets, like Joe's Pub. [3]
In the mid-1990s, inspired by Lyle Lovett's writing, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to write country music. [2]
In Los Angeles, Green wrote the lyrics for the musicals Once Upon a Primetime (2002) [4] and Up the Week Without a Paddle (2000), [5] which earned her a nomination from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.
In New York City, a concert of Green's original revue Put a Little Love in Your Mouth!, was performed at Second Stage Theatre in March 2003, and featured Jessica Molaskey, Mario Cantone and Billy Stritch. [6] A recording of a live performance was released on compact disc. [3]
She wrote the lyrics for and co-starred with Nancy Opel in For the Love of Tiffany: A Wifetime Original Musical, which had a sold-out run at The Wings Theater as part of the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2003. [7]
In July 2004, Green and her mother co-hosted a concert titled Bernstein, Comden and Green: A Musical Celebration at the Venetian Theatre at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah, New York, with performers Sylvia McNair, Judy Kaye, Jason Graae and Hugh Russell. [8]
In 2009, Green appeared in concert at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency, in New York City, with performers Jenn Colella, Ann Harada and Norm Lewis. [9]
Green enrolled in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, where she met Tom Kitt, who suggested the two collaborate on a musical stage adaptation of the comedy-drama film High Fidelity (2000). The show had a one-month run at Boston's Colonial Theatre, then went to New York City. The production opened on December 7, 2006, at the Imperial Theatre in New York City where, hampered by poor reviews, [10] it closed after 14 performances.
The musical Bring It On: The Musical , with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Green and book by Jeff Whitty, premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia on January 16, 2011. [11] [12] [13] Green has written a number of songs with Phish leader Trey Anastasio, one of which ("Burn That Bridge") was performed live by Anastasio in May 2010.
Green and Anastasio wrote the music, with lyrics by Green and the book by Doug Wright, for Hands on a Hardbody , which is a stage musical version of the documentary film Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary (1997). The musical had its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, California in April 2012, and it ran on Broadway in April 2013. [14] Green and Anastasio received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Original Score.
Green is the recipient of a 2004 Jonathan Larson Award and grant for excellence in songwriting, and is a contributing writer to Playboy magazine. [15] [16]
In 2021, Green became the first woman president of the Dramatists Guild of America. [17]
In 2022, Green wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Mr. Saturday Night , starring Billy Crystal. She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Score, [18] with composer Jason Robert Brown. She also was nominated for the 2022 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics for the show.
Green and her husband, Jeffrey Kaplan, who is an orthopedic surgeon, reside in Manhattan. [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1991 | The Refrigerator | Secretary #2 | |
| 2021 | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Aspiring Composer and Lyricist |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | Great Performances | Mrs. Newsome | episode: "Our Town" |
| 2014 | Peter Pan Live! | television film; soundtrack | |
Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood. Although they were not a romantic couple, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six-decade-long partnership. They received numerous accolades including four Tony Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. Green was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980 and American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. Comden and Green received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1991.
Betty Comden was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green spanned six decades: "the longest running creative partnership in theatre history." The musical-comedy duo of Comden and Green collaborated most notably with composers Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein, as well enjoyed success with Singin' in the Rain, as part of the famed "Freed unit" at MGM.
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Lynn Ahrens is an American songwriter, and librettist for the musical theatre, television and film. She has collaborated with Stephen Flaherty for many years. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for the Broadway musical Ragtime. Together with Flaherty, she has written many musicals, including Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Ragtime, Seussical, A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose, The Glorious Ones, Rocky, Little Dancer and, recently on Broadway, Anastasia and Once on This Island.
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