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Albert Innaurato (1947–2017)

Author of Gemini: A Play in Two Acts

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About the Author

Albert Francis Innaurato Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 2, 1947. He attended Temple University in Philadelphia and the California Institute of the Arts before being accepted into the Yale School of Drama in the early 1970s. He was a playwright. His biggest hit was Gemini, which show more opened at the Little Theater on Broadway on May 21, 1977 and ran for 1,819 performances. In 1980, it was made into a movie entitled Happy Birthday, Gemini. In 2004, he collaborated with Charles Gilbert on Gemini the Musical. Innaurato's other plays included The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie, Passione, Coming of Age in Soho, and Doubtless. He also wrote for Opera News and reviewed opera for the online magazine Parterre Box. He was found dead on September 26, 2017 at the age of 70. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Men on Men 2: Best New Gay Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 225 copies, 2 reviews
Famous American Plays of the 1970s (1981) — Contributor — 74 copies, 1 review

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Birthdate
1947-06-02
Date of death
2017-09-24
Gender
male
Occupations
playwright
Nationality
USA
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USA

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Not as easy to follow without being familiar with the source material as Durang's shorter parodies, such as For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls and The Sty in the Eye, but still obviously his typical high-quality work. I have no idea why it turns into Great Expectations at the end.

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