TERRENCE MCNALLY,
four time Tony award-winning playwright, is considered one of the leading American
dramatists writing today. His works include Frankie and Johnny at the Claire
de Lune, for which he also wrote the screen adaptation starring Al Pacino
and Michelle Pfeiffer; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Kiss of the Spider
Woman; Love! Valour! Compassion!, and his most recent, Chita Rivera:
The Dancer's Life, currently playing on Broadway. He won his fourth Tony award
for Best Book of a Musical for Ragtime. He has also written a number of
TV scripts, including Andre's Mother, for which he won an Emmy award.