What is Terrence McNally?
[[File:Terrence McNally.jpg|thumb|200px|McNally in [[New York City]]]] '''Terrence McNally''' (November 3, 1938 – March 24, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[playwright]], [[librettist]] and screenwriter. He was award the [[Tony Award for Best Play]] for ''[[Love! Valour! Compassion!]]'' and ''[[Master Class]]''. He also won the [[Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical]] for ''[[Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)|Kiss of the Spider Woman]]'' and ''[[Ragtime (musical)|Ragtime]]''. His other awards included an [[Emmy Award]], two [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]s, a [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller Grant]], four [[Drama Desk Award]]s, two [[Lucille Lortel Awards]], two [[Obie Award]]s and three [[Hull-Warriner Award]]s. McNally was born in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. He was [[openly gay]]. He married theater producer [[Tom Kirdahy]] in 2003. On March 24, 2020, during the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]], McNally died in [[Sarasota, Florida]] due to [[COVID-19]]. He was 81.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 24, 2020|access-date=March 25, 2020|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/24/entertainment/terrence-mcnally-dies-coronavirus-trnd/index.html|title=Terrence McNally, Tony award-winning playwright, dies of coronavirus complications|publisher=[[CNN]]|author1=Lee, Alicia|author2=Alsup, Dave}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Terrence McNally}} *{{IMDb name|id=0573645|name=Terrence McNally}} *{{C-SPAN|Terrence McNally}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McNally, Terrence}} [[Category:Tony Award winners]] [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:American playwrights]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Florida]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT people from Florida]] [[Category:LGBT playwrights]] [[Category:LGBT screenwriters]] [[Category:People from St. Petersburg, Florida]] {{US-bio-stub}}