Amanda Green was born on December 29,1963 and is an American actress, singer, and songwriter.
14 Facts About Amanda Green
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Amanda Green began writing songs and performing in Manhattan cabarets, like Joe's Pub.
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In Los Angeles, Amanda Green wrote the lyrics for the musicals Once Upon a Primetime and Up the Week Without a Paddle, which earned her a nomination from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle.
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Amanda Green wrote the lyrics for and co-starred with Nancy Opel in For the Love of Tiffany: A Wifetime Original Musical, which had a sold-out run at The Wings Theater as part of the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2003.
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In 2009, Amanda Green appeared in concert at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency, in New York City, with performers Jenn Colella, Ann Harada and Norm Lewis.
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Amanda Green enrolled in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, where she met Tom Kitt, who suggested the two collaborate on a musical stage adaptation of the comedy-drama film High Fidelity.
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Amanda Green has written a number of songs with Phish leader Trey Anastasio, one of which was performed live by Anastasio in May 2010.
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Amanda Green and Anastasio wrote the music, with lyrics by Amanda Green and the book by Doug Wright, for Hands on a Hardbody, which is a stage musical version of the documentary film Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary.
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Amanda Green is the recipient of a 2004 Jonathan Larson Award and grant for excellence in songwriting, and is a contributing writer to Playboy magazine.
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In 2021, Amanda Green became the first woman president of the Dramatists Guild of America.
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In 2022, Amanda Green wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Mr Saturday Night, starring Billy Crystal.
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Amanda Green received a Tony Award nomination for Best Score, with composer Jason Robert Brown.
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Amanda Green was nominated for the 2022 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics for the show.
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Amanda Green and her husband, Jeffrey Kaplan, who is an orthopedic surgeon, reside in Manhattan.