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James Kirkwood Jr. (August 22, 1924 – April 21, 1989) was an American playwright, author and actor. In 1976 he received the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the Broadway hit A Chorus Line .
James Kirkwood Jr. was born on 22 August 1924 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for A Chorus Line (1985), Some Kind of Hero (1982) and P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002). He died on 21 April 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- August 22, 1924
- James Kirkwood Jr.
- April 21, 1989
A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line.
James Kirkwood, Jr. was an American playwright and author born in Los Angeles, California. His father, James Kirkwood, Sr. was an actor and director in silent films and his mother was actress Lila Lee. He died in 1989 of spinal cancer.
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James Kirkwood Jr. has 15 books on Goodreads with 8721 ratings. James Kirkwood Jr.’s most popular book is P.S. Your Cat Is Dead.
Mar 13, 2012 · The book is a comprehensive retelling of the life of the late James Kirkwood Jr., a former longtime East Hampton resident who wore many creative hats—playwright, author, actor, and Tony Award and...
This coming-of-age novel by young author James Kirkwood tells the tragic and charming story of Peter Kilburn: a young man facing accusations of murdering the headmaster of his New England prep school—the same man with a sexual fixation on Peter.
