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John Weidman (born September 25, 1946) is an American librettist. He is the son of librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman.

He has written the books for a wide variety of stage musicals, three in collaboration with Stephen Sondheim: Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show. In 1999 he co-created the Tony Award winning musical Contact with choreographer/director Susan Stroman. He has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical three times.

Since 1986, Weidman has been a writer for Sesame Street, for which he has won more than a dozen Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Children's Program.

From 1999 to 2009 he was president of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Weidman received a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

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Total Books: 6
ASHE Reader Series Economics and Finance of Higher Education
Road Show
2010 - Road Show (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781559363419
ISBN-10: 155936341X
Genre: Humor & Entertainment
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Assassins
1991 - Assassins (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781559360388
ISBN-10: 1559360380
Genres: Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
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Assassins
1991 - Assassins (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781559360395
ISBN-10: 1559360399
Genres: Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
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Pacific Overtures
1991 - Pacific Overtures (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781559360258
ISBN-10: 1559360259
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
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Pacific Overtures
1991 - Pacific Overtures (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781559360265
ISBN-10: 1559360267
Genre: Humor & Entertainment
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