Maxwell Anderson
Date of Death: February 28, 1959 (70)
Birth Place: Atlantic, PA, USA
Latest News on Maxwell Anderson:
Ari Axelrod to Release A PLACE FOR US: A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY Album (Dec 6, 2024)
Connecticut Theatre Exchange Hosts Winter Interchange 2024 (Dec 5, 2024)
N. Richard Nash's THE RAINMAKER to be Presented at Burning Coal Theatre Company (Nov 5, 2024)
Ari Axelrod to Release A PLACE FOR US: A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY Album (Dec 6, 2024)
Connecticut Theatre Exchange Hosts Winter Interchange 2024 (Dec 5, 2024)
N. Richard Nash's THE RAINMAKER to be Presented at Burning Coal Theatre Company (Nov 5, 2024)
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Movies
What Price Glory
[ 1926 ] writer
[ 1926 ] writer
Saturday's Children
[ 1929 ] writer
[ 1929 ] writer
The Cock-Eyed World
[ 1929 ] writer
[ 1929 ] writer
Women of All Nations
[ 1931 ] writer
[ 1931 ] writer
Rain
[ 1932 ] writer
[ 1932 ] writer
Washington Merry-Go-Round
[ 1932 ] writer
[ 1932 ] writer
We Live Again
[ 1934 ] writer
[ 1934 ] writer
Death Takes a Holiday
[ 1934 ] writer
[ 1934 ] writer
So Red the Rose
[ 1935 ] writer
[ 1935 ] writer
Winterset
[ 1936 ] writer
[ 1936 ] writer
Journey to Jerusalem
[ 1941 ] writer
[ 1941 ] writer
Knickerbocker Holiday
[ 1944 ] lyrics by
[ 1944 ] lyrics by
A la sombra del puente
[ 1948 ] writer
[ 1948 ] writer
Joan of Arc
[ 1948 ] writer
[ 1948 ] writer
The Bad Seed
[ 1956 ] writer
[ 1956 ] writer
The Wrong Man
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Never Steal Anything Small
[ 1959 ] writer
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Lost in the Stars
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Awards and Nominations
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New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1937 - Best American Play
Maxwell Anderson, High Tor
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New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1936 - Best American Play
Maxwell Anderson, Winterset
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New York Drama Critics Circle Awards - 1936 - Best American Play
Maxwell Anderson, Winterset
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The Pulitzer Prize - 1933 - The Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Maxwell Anderson, Both Your Houses
Videos
TV: Watch Audra McDonald Sing Sondheim and Weill in Sneak Peek of City Center Gala
by Nicole Rosky - Dec 8, 2020
STAGE TUBE: Columbia University MFA Students Talk JOAN OF ARC: VOICES IN THE FIRE Thesis Production
by Stage Tube - Nov 6, 2012
News
Ari Axelrod to Release A PLACE FOR US: A CELEBRATION OF JEWISH BROADWAY Album
PS CLASSICS will release a new album from award-winning musical storyteller Ari Axelrod. A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway will be available on CD and digital formats. Learn more!
PS CLASSICS will release a new album from award-winning musical storyteller Ari Axelrod. A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway will be available on CD and digital formats. Learn more!
Connecticut Theatre Exchange Hosts Winter Interchange 2024
Join the Connecticut Theater Exchange (CTX) for a magical evening of live music, delicious food, and theatrical entertainment at the Winter Interchange 2024.
Join the Connecticut Theater Exchange (CTX) for a magical evening of live music, delicious food, and theatrical entertainment at the Winter Interchange 2024.
N. Richard Nash's THE RAINMAKER to be Presented at Burning Coal Theatre Company
Burning Coal Theatre Company announced its production of THE RAINMAKER, offering audiences a compelling theatrical experience. Discover the story and performances that bring this classic to life.
Burning Coal Theatre Company announced its production of THE RAINMAKER, offering audiences a compelling theatrical experience. Discover the story and performances that bring this classic to life.
Review: HEATHER HEADLEY with the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center
When summer ends many people get depressed. Let’s face it, you can’t go to the beach or your private summer home for another year. However, you can look on the bright side of things knowing that the end of summer brings a new season of audible brilliance from the mighty National Symphony Orchestra (NSO). This past Saturday evening, the NSO Pops season opened with a bang as Tony Award winning performer Heather Headley made her Kennedy Center Concert Hall debut. The evening featured lots of show tunes, a choir, a TV vocal competition winner, and most importantly, YOUR NSO under the baton of Maestro Steven Reineke.
When summer ends many people get depressed. Let’s face it, you can’t go to the beach or your private summer home for another year. However, you can look on the bright side of things knowing that the end of summer brings a new season of audible brilliance from the mighty National Symphony Orchestra (NSO). This past Saturday evening, the NSO Pops season opened with a bang as Tony Award winning performer Heather Headley made her Kennedy Center Concert Hall debut. The evening featured lots of show tunes, a choir, a TV vocal competition winner, and most importantly, YOUR NSO under the baton of Maestro Steven Reineke.
TONGS AND BONES SHAKESPEARE Opens Tonight at Theater For The New City
Tongs and Bones, Shakespeare: Tempestuous Amusements, Interludes, Noises, and Drollery, written by Bob Shuman and directed by Frank Farrell will run as part of the Dream Up Festival from August 25-September 15, 2024.
Tongs and Bones, Shakespeare: Tempestuous Amusements, Interludes, Noises, and Drollery, written by Bob Shuman and directed by Frank Farrell will run as part of the Dream Up Festival from August 25-September 15, 2024.
THE SILVER CORD Comes to the Finborough Theatre
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the first London production since 1927 of Sidney Howard’s The Silver Cord will open at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 3 September 2024.
In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the first London production since 1927 of Sidney Howard’s The Silver Cord will open at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 3 September 2024.
HAMLET ON THE RUN Comes to The Tank Theater in August
FFP will present a one-hour version of William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark re-titled Hamlet on the Run adapted by Frank Farrell, Mitch Webb and Thomas J. Donohoe II for four performances at 7pm, Thursday through Sunday, August 22 – 25, 2024 at the Tank Theater.
FFP will present a one-hour version of William Shakespeare's tragic play Hamlet, Prince of Denmark re-titled Hamlet on the Run adapted by Frank Farrell, Mitch Webb and Thomas J. Donohoe II for four performances at 7pm, Thursday through Sunday, August 22 – 25, 2024 at the Tank Theater.
Casts of HELL'S KITCHEN, THE NOTEBOOK & More to Perform at New Dramatists Spring Luncheon
New Dramatists will host its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14 at the New York Marriott Marquis. See who is taking part and learn how to purchase tickets.
New Dramatists will host its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14 at the New York Marriott Marquis. See who is taking part and learn how to purchase tickets.
Frank Farrell Productions to Present Walt Kelly's SONGS OF THE POGO at NYC Fringe
Ben Masterton and Frank Farrell Productions will present Walt Kelly's Songs of the Pogo written by Walt Kelly and Norman Monath and directed by Frank Farrell.
Ben Masterton and Frank Farrell Productions will present Walt Kelly's Songs of the Pogo written by Walt Kelly and Norman Monath and directed by Frank Farrell.
New Dramatists Will Honor Michael Greif At Annual Spring Luncheon This May
New Dramatists will honor Michael Greif, the acclaimed director of this season's Days of Wine and Roses, The Notebook and Hell's Kitchen at its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14.
New Dramatists will honor Michael Greif, the acclaimed director of this season's Days of Wine and Roses, The Notebook and Hell's Kitchen at its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14.
Amnon Kabatchnik Releases 'Courtroom Dramas On The Stage, Volume II'
Legendary drama professor, esteemed historian, celebrated director, and award-winning writer Amnon Kabatchnik has penned a new volume in his critically-acclaimed award-winning reference series.
Legendary drama professor, esteemed historian, celebrated director, and award-winning writer Amnon Kabatchnik has penned a new volume in his critically-acclaimed award-winning reference series.
First Flight Theatre Company to Present MINA Beginning Next Month
First Flight Theatre Company will present MINA, adapted by Richard Width from Bram Stoker's DRACULA. Directed by Karen Eterovich, this production is part of the 2023 Days of the Dead Festival. Get ticket and event information here!
First Flight Theatre Company will present MINA, adapted by Richard Width from Bram Stoker's DRACULA. Directed by Karen Eterovich, this production is part of the 2023 Days of the Dead Festival. Get ticket and event information here!
First Flight Theatre Company's MINA to Play 2023 Days of the Dead Festival at UNDER St. Marks
First Flight Theatre Company will present Mina adapted by Richard Width from Bram Stoker’s Dracula directed by Karen Eterovich. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets!
First Flight Theatre Company will present Mina adapted by Richard Width from Bram Stoker’s Dracula directed by Karen Eterovich. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets!
THE RAINMAKER Comes to Laguna Playhouse in September
Laguna Playhouse will present the second show of its 2023-2024 season, THE RAINMAKER, written by N. Richard Nash and directed by Andrew Barnicle.
Laguna Playhouse will present the second show of its 2023-2024 season, THE RAINMAKER, written by N. Richard Nash and directed by Andrew Barnicle.
SHAKESPEARE'S LADIES AT TEA and SHAKESPEARE'S DEATHS Will Be Performed at the 2023 Little Shakespeare Festival at UNDER St. Marks
First Flight Theatre Company will present Shakespeare’s Ladies at Tea or I Thought You’d Never Asp written by Kathleen Kirk and Shakespeare’s Deaths written by the Free Shakespeare Theatre Company of Chicago, both directed by Frank Farrell.
First Flight Theatre Company will present Shakespeare’s Ladies at Tea or I Thought You’d Never Asp written by Kathleen Kirk and Shakespeare’s Deaths written by the Free Shakespeare Theatre Company of Chicago, both directed by Frank Farrell.
Photos: First Look at New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE
Get a first look at photos of New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE.
Get a first look at photos of New York Euripides Summer Festival's BACCHAE.
Listen: PASTICHENYC Presents A New Musical Comedy Podcast GRACE UNDER PRESSURE
From the acclaimed PASTICHENYC, who recently brought audiences Jane Austen's Persuasion Song Cycle and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Song Cycle comes the World Premiere of sparkling 8-part comedic, musical, radio drama series, original and unique, GRACE UNDER PRESSURE follows the simple story of a woman alone in New York in the '90s, an age of diminished expectations.
From the acclaimed PASTICHENYC, who recently brought audiences Jane Austen's Persuasion Song Cycle and Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Song Cycle comes the World Premiere of sparkling 8-part comedic, musical, radio drama series, original and unique, GRACE UNDER PRESSURE follows the simple story of a woman alone in New York in the '90s, an age of diminished expectations.
BACCHAE to be Presented at New York Euripides Summer Festival This Month
Aiming to produce all of Euripides' extant plays chronologically, New York Euripides Summer Festival will present what many consider to be Euripides' magnum opus, BACCHAE beginning June 26 at three different Manhattan venues.
Aiming to produce all of Euripides' extant plays chronologically, New York Euripides Summer Festival will present what many consider to be Euripides' magnum opus, BACCHAE beginning June 26 at three different Manhattan venues.
PasticheNYC and The Mount to Live Stream THE HOUSE OF MIRTH Song Cycle This Month
PASTICHENYC and The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, will present a special event which includes the complete series of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Song Cycle, written and directed by Emily King plus a talkback 'Wharton, Rosedale, and Anti-Semitism' with King and Wharton Scholar Lev Raphael.
PASTICHENYC and The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, will present a special event which includes the complete series of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth Song Cycle, written and directed by Emily King plus a talkback 'Wharton, Rosedale, and Anti-Semitism' with King and Wharton Scholar Lev Raphael.
Video: Who Will Win the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama? Watch Live at 3pm!
The Pulitzer Prize Board will present the 2023 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!
The Pulitzer Prize Board will present the 2023 award winners for Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music. Who will win this year? Tune in right here at 3pm to watch the announcement live!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many shows has Maxwell Anderson written?
Maxwell Anderson has written 37 shows including White Desert (Playwright), What Price Glory (Playwright), Outside Looking In (Playwright), First Flight (Playwright), The Buccaneer (Playwright), Saturday's Children (Playwright), Gods of the Lightning (Playwright), Gypsy (Playwright), Elizabeth the Queen (Playwright), Night Over Taos (Playwright), Both Your Houses (Playwright), Mary of Scotland (Playwright), Valley Forge (Playwright), Winterset (Playwright), The Wingless Victory (Playwright), High Tor (Playwright), The Star-Wagon (Playwright), Knickerbocker Holiday (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Key Largo (Playwright), Journey to Jerusalem (Playwright), Candle in the Wind (Playwright), The Eve of St. Mark (Playwright), Storm Operation (Playwright), Truckline Cafe (Playwright), Joan of Lorraine (Playwright), Anne Of The Thousand Days (Playwright), Lost in the Stars (Bookwriter), Barefoot in Athens (Playwright), The Bad Seed (Playwright), The Day the Money Stopped (Playwright), Gods of the Lightning (Playwright), Elizabeth the Queen (Playwright), Winterset (Playwright), Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill (Lyricist), A Kurt Weill Cabaret (Lyricist), Elizabeth and Essex (Source Material), LoveMusik (Lyricist).
What awards has Maxwell Anderson been nominated for?
Maxwell Anderson has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He was nominated for the Best American Play award by the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for his plays "High Tor" and "Winterset." Additionally, he received a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "Both Your Houses." These nominations recognize Anderson's talent and contributions to the theater industry.
What awards has Maxwell Anderson won?
Maxwell Anderson has won several awards throughout his career. He received the Best American Play award from the New York Drama Critics Circle for his plays "High Tor" and "Winterset." Additionally, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "Both Your Houses." These accolades recognize his talent and contribution to the world of theater.
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