William F. Brown, whose libretto for Broadway’s The Wiz earned him a Tony Award nomination, died yesterday in Westport, Ct, according to his wife and collaborator Tina Tippit. Brown was 91.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 16, 1928, Brown attended Princeton University, wrote for Look Magazine, served a year in the U.S. Army, and, from 1952-54 was a TV producer for the advertising agency Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne (Bbdo), all before launching the freelance writing career that would include contributing comedy sketches and lyrics to nine of cabaret producer Julius Monk’s revues in New York and Chicago through the 1950s and ’60s.
Brown’s Broadway debut came when his play The Girl in the Freudian Slip opened at the Booth Theatre on May 18, 1967. The contemporary comedy about a married psychiatrist who finds himself attracted to a patient ran only four performances but is remembered as the first...
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 16, 1928, Brown attended Princeton University, wrote for Look Magazine, served a year in the U.S. Army, and, from 1952-54 was a TV producer for the advertising agency Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborne (Bbdo), all before launching the freelance writing career that would include contributing comedy sketches and lyrics to nine of cabaret producer Julius Monk’s revues in New York and Chicago through the 1950s and ’60s.
Brown’s Broadway debut came when his play The Girl in the Freudian Slip opened at the Booth Theatre on May 18, 1967. The contemporary comedy about a married psychiatrist who finds himself attracted to a patient ran only four performances but is remembered as the first...
- 6/24/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
William F. Brown, who earned a Tony Award nomination for his book for the long-running smash Broadway musical The Wiz, has died. He was 91.
Brown died Sunday in Westport, Connecticut, according to his wife and longtime collaborator Tina Tippit.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1928, Brown moved to New York City after attending Princeton University and landed his first job as a writer for Look Magazine in 1950. After a year in the Army, he worked as an ad agency television producer and started freelancing as an author, illustrator, cartoonist and TV writer. He began his move into ...
Brown died Sunday in Westport, Connecticut, according to his wife and longtime collaborator Tina Tippit.
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1928, Brown moved to New York City after attending Princeton University and landed his first job as a writer for Look Magazine in 1950. After a year in the Army, he worked as an ad agency television producer and started freelancing as an author, illustrator, cartoonist and TV writer. He began his move into ...
- 6/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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