About me
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Winnie Holzman is the writer (with composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz) of the musical Wicked, which recently celebrated 20 years on Broadway, and has been produced all over the world.
After graduating from Princeton University (class of ’76) she was accepted into the NYU Musical Theatre Program, where she studied with Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim. Her thesis musical, Birds of Paradise, was later produced off-Broadway, directed by Laurents. She then joined the writing staff of the TV drama thirtysomething, and went on to create another memorable TV series-- My So-Called Life, starring Claire Danes. Other TV credits include Once and Again (reuniting with her mentors, Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz), Huge (with her daughter, Savannah Dooley), and Roadies (with Cameron Crowe.) She’s written two plays with her husband, actor Paul Dooley: Post-its: Notes on a Marriage, and Assisted Living. Most recently, she completed both screenplays for the movie adaptations of Wicked.
