Artist Profile
Douglas Carter Beane is one of the hottest writers working in the American theater today. He received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical for Xanadu in 2008, for which he was also nominated for a Tony Award. He has received four additional Tony Award nominations for his work on The Little Dog Laughed (Best Play), Sister Act (Best Book), Lysistrata Jones (Best Book) and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Best Book). Beane was nominated for two additional Drama Desk Awards for Lysistrata Jones (Best Book) and As Bees in Honey Drown (Best New Play). He also wrote The Nance, which was produced on Broadway earlier this year, starring Nathan Lane. Some people may also know Beane’s film To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, starring Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo. Lastly, Beane is involved in the development of a Lysistrata Jones film.
