Mel Shapiro
Mel Shapiro · Arts & Literature
Tony Award — Best Book of a Musical
1935, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 2024, Los Angeles, California, USA
United States
Mel Shapiro is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Tony Award — Best Book of a Musical
Shapiro was a stage director and educator who, with John Guare, directed and co-wrote the 1971 musical Two Gentlemen of Verona, winning the 1972 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical; he later headed the drama schools at Carnegie Mellon and UCLA. His Jewish background is not detailed in mainstream biographies; he appears in Jinfo's index of Jewish Tony recipients.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Book of a Musical
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Tony Award — Best Book of a Musical
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Book of a Musical
