On Monday November 20, many playwrights sat in front of their televisions laughing with inspiration as they watched the PBS telecast of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
24 Nov 2006 12:00
Howard Emanuel
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Writing and Publishing
On Monday November 20, many playwrights sat in front of their televisions laughing with inspiration as they watched the PBS telecast of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The honoree was the prolific Neil Simon, the only playwright to have four Broadway productions running simultaneously. However, more than one unknown writer might be wondering how, in 2006, he or she might ever achieve such great success.
The recipient of three Tony Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Lost in Yonkers, Simon holds the distinction of possessing more Tony Award and Academy Award nominations than any other writer in history.
As an actor, Howard Emanuel has appeared across the USA in regional theatres ranging from The Paper Mill Playhouse and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey to the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and Houston's Theatre Under The Stars. As a playwright, he has recently completed his first full-length work, Last Supper. As a novelist, his urban fiction manuscript, Naked Angels, is currently being shopped to various publishing houses. He is currently hard at work on his second and third plays. He holds a B.F.A. in Acting from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.
