Jeffrey Lane

Jeffrey Lane is an author, television scriptwriter, film producer and actor. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University.^[1]

Career

Broadway

Lane wrote the book for the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which ran on Broadway in 2005 and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical.^[2] He has written the book for the musical adaptation Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which was nominated for three Tony Awards and numerous Drama Desk Awards. Laura Benanti won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.^[3]

Television

Lane wrote and produced for many television series and shows, including Mad About You, Ryan's Hope, Lou Grant, and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.^[4]^[5] He was initially came up with the concept of Ink, but he was replaced by Diane English at the last minute.^[6]

Writer

Lou Grant (1977) TV Series
Ryan's Hope (hired by Claire Labine)
Cagney & Lacey (1982) TV Series
The Mississippi (1983) TV Series
Partners in Crime (1984) TV Series... a.k.a. 50/50 (Europe)
The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985) (TV) ... a.k.a. The Best of Gene Kelly (UK: video box title)
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987) TV Series
The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) (TV)
Sunday Times
Same Time Next Week
Mad About You
Bette
Loco por ti

Producer

The American Film Institute Salute to Gregory Peck (1989) (TV) (co-producer)
Mad About You (1992) TV Series (executive producer)
Bette (2000) TV Series (executive producer)

Miscellaneous

Ryan's Hope (1975) TV Series (production assistant)
The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985) (TV) (production associate) ... a.k.a. The Best of Gene Kelly (UK: video box title)

Actor

Forever Evil (1987) .... Jay

Awards

The AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
2005 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (nominee)^[2]
Five Emmy Awards ^[7]
Three Writers Guild of America Awards
Two Peabodys
Golden Globe
The Christopher Award

References

^ "Basinger's students make their mark - Entertainment News, Entertainment Education Update, Media - Variety". www.variety.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-28.
^ ^a ^b Internet Broadway Database listing, 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'" ibdb.com, accessed July 28, 2010
^ "Patti LuPone Brian Stokes Mitchell Sherie Rene Scott Cast in Broadways 'Women on the Verge' " Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine playbill.com, July 26, 2010
^ Biography Lincoln Center, accessed July 28, 2010
^ Internet Movie database Listing imdb.com, accessed July 28, 2010
^ "English takes over 'Ink'" (PDF). Broadcasting. 1996-09-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
^ Emmy Awards listing imdb.com, accessed July 28, 2010

External links

Production: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Working in the Theatre Seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 2005
Jeffrey Lane at the Internet Broadway Database
Jeffrey Lane at IMDb