Phyllis Newman Biography

Stage: Follies In Concert (Lincoln Center), Subways Are For Sleeping (Tony Award), Neil Simon's Broadway Bound (Tony Nomination) directed by Gene Saks and Prisoner of Second Avenue directed by Mike Nichols, The Apple Tree (also with Nichols), Nicky Silver's The Food Chain directed by Robert Falls, The Madwoman of Central Park West (Co-Author and directed by Arthur Laurents), Laurents's My Good Name directed by Dan Sullivan, Bells Are Ringing, On The Town, Pleasures & Palaces, First Impressions, Rocket to the Moon, Awake & Sing, Cradle Will Rock, Facade. TV: "Thirty Something," "Coming of Age," "Murder She Wrote," "That Was The Week That Was," "Johnny Carson Show" (first woman guest host). Film: It Had To Be You, A Price Above Rubies, Fish In The Bathtub, Beautician And The Beast, Only You, To Find A Man, Mannequin, Bye Bye Braverman, Picnic. Author: Just In Time. Created Nothing Like A Dame ' 96, ' 97, & ' 98 to benefit Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of Actor's Fund, which she founded.