John Weidman is an American librettist. He is the son of librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman. A libretto is the complete body of words used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. ... Jerome Weidman (April 4, 1913, Lower East Side, NYC - October 6, 1998, Upper East Side, NYC) was an American playwright. ...

Since 1986, John Weidman has been a staff writer for Sesame Street, for which he has won numerous Emmy Awards. He is president of the Dramatists Guild of America. Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market. ...

Libretti

• Pacific Overtures - 1976
• Anything Goes - 1987 (revised original book with Timothy Crouse)
• Assassins - 1991 (revived on Broadway in 2004)
• Big - 1996
• Contact - 2000
• Bounce - 2003

Pacific Overtures was an ambitious 1976 musical by Stephen Sondheim, with a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. ... For the song by Guns N Roses, see Anything Goes (song) Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. ... Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman and was based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. ... This article is about the 1988 film. ... Contact: The Musical is a musical that was developed by Susan Stroman and John Weidman. ... The term Bounce has several meanings: Look up bounce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External Links

• John Weidman at the Internet Broadway Database