Martin Sherman
Playwright, Author
1938 –
Who is Martin Sherman?
Martin Gerald Sherman is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 55 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his Pulitzer Prize-nominated play Bent, which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust. Bent was a Tony nominee for Best Play in 1980 and won the Dramatists Guild's Hull-Warriner Award. It has been produced in 35 countries and was adapted first by Sherman for a major motion picture in 1997 and later by independent sources as a ballet in Brazil. Sherman is an openly gay Jew, and many of his works dramatize "outsiders," dealing with the discrimination and marginalisation of minorities whether "gay, female, foreign, disabled, different in religion, class or color." He has lived and worked in London since 1980.
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- Born
- Dec 22, 1938
Philadelphia - Also known as
- Martin Gerald Sherman
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Actors Studio
- Boston University College of Fine Arts
- Boston University
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on July 23, 2013
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