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American playwright, lyricist, television writer and theatre director. Eyen is best known for works at opposite ends of the theatrical spectrum. Mainstream theatergoers became acquainted with him in 1981 when he partnered with composer Henry Krieger and director Michael Bennett to write the book and lyrics for "Dreamgirls," the hit Broadway musical about an African American female singing trio. Eyens career started, however, with avant garde plays and musicals that he wrote and directed off-off Broadway in the early 1960s, which eventually led to off-Broadway success in the 1970s with the controversial nudity-filled performance-art play "The Dirtiest Show in Town" and "Women Behind Bars," a camp parody of womens prison exploitation films. Eyen died of AIDS-related complications in Palm Beach, Florida on 26 May 1991 at the age of 50. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less