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Sybille Pearson (born January 25, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia)〔(Biography ) filmreference.com, accessed February 18, 2011〕 is a playwright, musical theatre lyricist and librettist. ==Biography== Pearson was a graduate student in the creative writing program at the City College of New York in 1980, when her play, the two-person comedy-drama ''Sally and Marsha'' was chosen to be produced at the Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut.〔(no author). "O'Neill Center to Stage Play By Graduate Student", ''The New York Times'', May 31, 1980, p. 15〕 The play was subsequently produced Off-Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club in 1982, and starred Bernadette Peters and Christine Baranski. The reviewer for ''The Associated Press'' wrote that "It has some well-written passages, some warm, moving moments and a goodly share of funny lines...Miss Pearson has talent, no question. But I hope someday she flees the pack of local scriveners who think West Side woe, shrinks and trips to Bloomingdale's are worth writing about."〔Sharbutt, Jay. "'Sally and Marsha' Bows Off-Broadway", ''The Associated Press'', February 22, 1982, BC cycle, Dateline:New York (no page number)〕 She wrote the book for the musical ''Baby'', which ran on Broadway in 1984,〔Rich, Frank.("Stage Review: 'Baby,' A Musical Exploring Parenthood" )''The New York Times'', December 5, 1983〕〔 and for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.〔("Tony Awards, nominees, 'Baby', 1984" ) tonyawards.com, accessed February 18, 2011〕 Her play ''Phantasie'' was performed at the Vineyard Theatre in January 1989. It was called "perceptive" by Mel Gussow in his ''New York Times'' review.〔Gussow, Mel.("Review/Theater; Seeking a Lost Mother To Find a Lost Self" )''New York Times'', January 4, 1989〕 Her play ''Unfinished Stories'' was produced at the Mark Taper Forum (Los Angeles, California) in 1992 and by the New York Theatre Workshop in 1994.〔Pearson, Sybille.("Script, 'Unfinished Stories'" )''Unfinished Stories'', Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1993, ISBN 0-8222-1351-6, pp. 2-3〕 ''Unfinished Stories'' received a citation from the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for 1993.〔("History of Steinberg ATCA Award" ) americantheatrecritics.org, accessed February 19, 2011〕 Pearson's play with music ''True History and Real Adventures'' was produced Off-Broadway by the Vineyard Theatre in 1999, directed by Michael Mayer and starring Kathleen Chalfant.〔Gates, Anita.("Review, 'True History and Real Adventures'" )''The New York Times'' (printed in ''The New York Times Theatre Reviews 1999-2000''), Taylor & Francis, 2002 ISBN 0-415-93697-7, p. 226〕 Pearson's plays also include ''Watching the Dog'', ''Be Bold'' and ''Promise Me''.〔(Biography ) New York University, accessed February 18, 2011〕〔(Plays by Sybille Pearson ) doollee.com, accessed February 18, 2011〕 In April 2009, the Signature Theatre (Arlington, Virginia) premiered ''Giant'', a musical adaptation of Edna Ferber's 1952 novel of the same name, with a book by Pearson and music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa.〔Jones, Kenneth. ("Cleale, Dossett, Blazer, Robinson and More Begin Giant, the Musical, Run April 28 in VA," ) playbill.com, April 28, 2009〕 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「Sybille Pearson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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