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Herb Gardner

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Herb Gardner · Arts & Literature

What

Tony Award — Best Play

When

1934, New York City, United States — 2003, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Prizes and awards
Biography

Herb Gardner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Tony Award — Best Play

How & why

Gardner was an American playwright and cartoonist whose comedy-dramas of urban misfits, including A Thousand Clowns and I'm Not Rappaport, won him the Tony Award for Best Play. His work frequently drew on Jewish New York life, and his Jewish background is documented.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Play

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Tony Award — Best Play

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Play