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Jack Weinstock

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Jack Weinstock · Arts & Literature

What

Tony Award — Best Musical

When

1905, New York City, United States — 1969, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Jack Weinstock is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Tony Award — Best Musical

How & why

A practicing physician and surgeon as well as a writer, Weinstock co-wrote with Willie Gilbert the book of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), which won the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He was born in New York to Russian immigrant parents; sources indicate a Jewish family background.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical

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Tony Award — Best Musical

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Tony Award for Best Musical