What is Wendy Wasserstein?
'''Wendy Wasserstein''' (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an [[United States|American]] [[playwright]]. She was an [[Andrew Dickson White]] Professor-at-Large at [[Cornell University]]. She received the [[Tony Award for Best Play]] and the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] in 1989 for her play ''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]''. Her plays, which explore topics ranging from feminism to family to ethnicity to pop culture, include ''[[The Sisters Rosensweig]]'', ''[[Isn't It Romantic (play)|Isn't It Romantic]]'', ''[[An American Daughter]]'', ''[[Old Money (play)|Old Money]]'', and her last work which opened in 2005, ''[[Third (play)|Third]]''.<ref>{{cite web | author=Staff writers | title=Was Wendy Wasserstein's ''Third'' Number One with Critics? | url=http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=519931 | work=Broadway World | date=25 November 2005 | access-date=2009-02-12}}</ref> Wasserstein was hospitalized with [[lymphoma]] in December 2005 and died on January 30, 2006, aged 55. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wasserstein, Wendy}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:American feminists]] [[Category:American playwrights]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:Jewish feminists]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] [[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]] [[Category:Yale University alumni]] [[Category:Cornell University faculty]]