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John Glines (born October 11, 1933 in Santa Maria, California) is an American playwright and producer. ==Playwright and producer== Glines graduated from Yale in 1955 with a BA in drama.〔(The Pink and the Blue ) Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale〕 As a writer in children’s television, he worked for seven years on Captain Kangaroo and for four years on Sesame Street.〔 1965 through 1971〕〔 Shows #1316-1445, 1979-80〕 His play ''In The Desert Of My Soul'' was anthologized in ''Best Short Plays Of 1976''.〔John Glines (In the Desert of My Soul ) Dramatists Play Service〕〔Bruce Mason (Hurry, dinner theatre is being served ) ''Gabriola Sounder'', British Columbia Community Newspaper website, October 23, 2006〕 His musical ''Gulp!'', written with Stephen Greco and Robin Jones,〔(Review from GPU News (Milwaukee), September 1977 )〕 had a lengthy off-off-Broadway run in 1977. His plays written for, and originally produced by The Glines, the non-profit organization for gay arts which he co-founded in 1976 with Barry Laine and Jerry Tobin, include ''On Tina Tuna Walk''〔 (On Tina Tuna Walk ) Aran Press, 1993〕 , ''In Her Own Words (A Biography of Jane Chambers)'',〔Stephen Holden (Review/Theater; Comedy of Self-Acceptance And a Portrait of Its Writer ) ''The New York Times'', August 17, 1989.〕 ''Men Of Manhattan'' (also made into a film directed by Anthony Marsellis〔()〕), ''Chicken Delight''〔Theater (Fowl Play ) ''New York Blade'', December 10, 2004〕〔Martin Denton (''Chicken Delight'' ) nytheatre.com website〕 , ''Body And Soul''〔Bruckner, D.J.R. (July 10, 1991), (Review/Theater Bygone Love's Shocks and Sorrows ) ''The New York Times''. Retrieved, March 4, 2007.〕 ''Murder In Disguise'', ''Key West'', and ''Heavenly Days''. His last play, ''Butterflies And Tigers'', based on stories of the Chinese people during the Cultural Revolution, had an extended run in New York City in 1998.〔Marshall Yaeger (Lamentations. Butterflies and Tigers ) oobr, March 12, 1998.〕〔Lipfert, David, (A CurtainUp Review:Butterflies and Tigers ), Curtainup.com. Retrieved February 28, 2007.〕 Glines won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award in 1983 as producer of ''Torch Song Trilogy''. In his acceptance speech for the Tony, he was the first person ever to acknowledge his same-sex lover on a major awards show〔David Mermelstein (GLAAD leads, Oscar and Tonys follow ) Award Central (Variety.com) website〕〔Ron Stokes (From Hair to Hairspray, A Broadway Timeline ) ''New York Magazine'', web exclusive.〕 . He won the Drama Desk Award and a Tony nomination in 1985 as producer of ''As Is'', and won the Drama Desk Award in 1994 for ''Whoop-Dee-Doo!'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Glines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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