‘Depraved’ Screenwriter Winnie Holzman to Be Commemorated by way of NYU Tisch Faculty

Winnie Holzman, very best recognized for her paintings on Depraved and My So-Referred to as Lifestyles, might be venerated by way of her alma mater, New York College’s Tisch Faculty of the Arts, at its annual gala on April 7 at Cipriani South Side road.

Holzman wrote the e book for the blockbuster degree musical Depraved, with tune and lyrics by way of Stephen Schwartz. She may be the co-writer (with Dana Fox) of the screenplay for each Depraved and the drawing close Depraved: For Excellent.

Holzman attended Princeton College and used to be a part of the inaugural elegance of the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. “My revel in on the NYU Musical Theatre Program used to be a turning level in my lifestyles, so this honor holds deep which means for me,” Holzman stated in a observation. 

Holzman won a Primetime Emmy nomination in 1995 for exceptional particular person success in writing in a drama collection for ABC’s My So-Referred to as Lifestyles, which she created. Claire Danes and Jared Leto had been a number of the solid contributors of the display, which ran for only one season, however has transform a cult favourite. She won a Tony nomination in 2004 for very best e book (musical) for Depraved.

Along with her paintings in tv, movie and musical theater, Holzman has written  a number of performs, together with Publish-Its: Notes on a Marriage and Assisted Dwelling, each together with her husband, actor Paul Dooley.

Since its founding in 1965, the NYU Tisch Faculty of the Arts has established itself as one of the vital main arts colleges within the nation. Holzman used to be within the elegance of 1983.