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Whitty Jeff Biography

American playwright, actor and screenwriter, who won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for the stage musical Avenue Q. For the film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), he was nominated for BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, along with Nicole Holofcener. In 2012 for a 25-performance run he played the title role in his own The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler in a production by New York company Exit, Pursued by a Bear, with Billy Porter playing the co-leading role of Mammy. Both roles had been created for and played by women until this production. Whitty wrote the libretto to the musical version of Armistead Maupins Tales of the City, with music by Jake Shears and John Garden of the musical group Scissor Sisters. Whitty won the 2011 Bay Area Critics Circle award for his work. Whitty wrote the libretto for Bring It On: The Musical, a "free adaptation" of the popular film series with an original story by Whitty, which was nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Musical. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less