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Peter Parnell

Peter Parnell (/pɑːrˈnɛl/; born 1953) is an American Broadway and Off-Broadway playwright, television writer, and children's book author. Parnell is also Vice-President of the Dramatists Guild of America, the professional association of playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists.[1]

Not to be confused with Peter Parnall.

Personal life[edit]

Parnell is gay and is married to the psychiatrist Justin Richardson. They live in Manhattan with their daughter.[2]

- Disney Theatricals - music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

- St. James Theater, Broadway - 2011 - starring Harry Connick Jr., Jessie Mueller, and David Turner[3]

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Trumpery - - 2007[4][5][6] Trumpery received its European and British premiere in Oxford, UK during June 2014.[7]

Atlantic Theatre Company

- Lincoln Center Theater - starring Alan Alda - 2001[8]

QED

The Cider House Rules, Part One, adapted from John Irving's novel - , Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Rep

Atlantic Theatre Company

The Cider House Rules, Part Two, , Seattle Rep

Mark Taper Forum

Flaubert's Latest - - 1992[9]

Playwrights Horizons

Hyde in Hollywood - - 1989[10]

Playwrights Horizons

An Imaginary Life - - 1993[11]

Playwrights Horizons

Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket - starring Thomas Hulce - [12]

Playwrights Horizons

Romance Language - - 1985[13]

Playwrights Horizons

Scooter Thomas Makes It to the Top of the World - National Playwrights Conference at the , 1977; Alley Theater, Boston, 1981[14]

Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

- The Public Theater - 1979[15]

Sorrows of Stephen

, Season One - Executive Story Editor - 1999–2000[16]

The West Wing

The West Wing, Season Two - Co-Producer - 2000–2001

[16]

, Season One - Producer - 2001–2002[16]

The Guardian

, Season One - Producer - 2005[16]

Inconceivable

, Season One - Consulting Producer - 2006–2007[16]

Six Degrees

- Producer - 2017[16]

BrainDead

with Justin Richardson. The book tells the true story of two male penguins living in the Central Park Zoo who pair-bonded and together hatched a chick named Tango. The book has received numerous awards and was the single most challenged or banned book in the United States in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010. It remains one of the ten most banned books in several countries.

And Tango Makes Three

Christian, the Hugging Lion, a children's book about the true story of .

Christian the lion

- 2006

American Library Association Notable Children's Book

's Henry Bergh Award - 2005[18]

ASPCA

Gustavus Myer Outstanding Book Award- 2006

[19]

Family Magazine Best Book of the Year - 2006

Nick Jr.

Best Book of the Year - 2006

Bank Street

Choice, and CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book - 2006

Cooperative Children's Book Council

finalist - 2006

Lambda Literary Award

Sheffield Children's Book Award - shortlisted - 2008

[20]

NEA, Guggenheim, Ingram Merrill and Lecomte de Nouy foundations; the Fund for New American Plays, Kennedy Center, American Theatre Critics' Association and Ovation awards for Best Play (for The Cider House Rules).[17] For ["And Tango Makes Three"]:

Interview in . Candlewick Press, 2021, a young adult non-fiction book about book censorship, edited by young adult author and literary critic Leonard S. Marcus. ISBN 9780763690366

You Can’t Say That! Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell