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David Lindsay-Abaire

デヴィッド・リンゼイ＝アベアー　/　でゔぃっど・りんぜい＝あべあー

American screenwriter

November 30, 1969 (age 56)　・　Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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My Take

David Lindsay-Abaire is, to my mind, one of America's most quietly devastating writers. The Boston-born, Sarah Lawrence-trained playwright won the 2007 Pulitzer for Rabbit Hole, then conquered Broadway again with the 2023 double Tony for Kimberly Akimbo's book and score. What I admire is his refusal to stay in one lane: plays, musicals, screenplays. He writes grief and loss with a lightness that makes the ache land harder, smuggling real humanity in under the comedy. Few writers can make an audience laugh and weep within the same breath. He does it repeatedly, and that consistency is what marks him as the genuine article.

Overview

David Lindsay-Abaire (né Abaire; born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play Rabbit Hole, which also earned several Tony Award nominations. Lindsay-Abaire won both the 2023 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Tony Award for Best Original Score for the musical adaptation of his play Kimberly Akimbo.

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1. Profile

Name (English): David Lindsay-Abaire
Name (Japanese): デヴィッド・リンゼイ＝アベアー
Reading: でゔぃっど・りんぜい＝あべあー
Born: November 30, 1969 (age 56)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Rooster
Origin: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: screenwriter / playwright / writer / lyricist / film screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Sarah Lawrence College

Awards & achievements

2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2023 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
2023 Tony Award for Best Original Score

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Fuddy Meers	—
Notable work	Robots	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BC%E3%82%A4%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%99%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC

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