Paul Rudnick was born on December 29,1957 and is an American writer known for his plays, which have been produced on and off Broadway and worldwide.
12 Facts About Paul Rudnick
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Paul Rudnick's mother, Selma, was a publicist, and his father, Norman, was a physicist.
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Paul Rudnick attended Piscataway High School and later earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1977.
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Paul Rudnick won an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and the John Gassner Playwrighting Award for Jeffrey.
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Paul Rudnick wrote Valhalla, which entwined the lives of a World War II soldier from Texas with Ludwig, the Mad King of Bavaria,; Regrets Only, a drawing room comedy starring Christine Baranski and George Grizzard,; and The New Century, a collection of related one-acts, which was produced at Lincoln Center and for which the actress Linda Lavin won a Drama Desk Award.
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Paul Rudnick has worked as an uncredited script doctor on films including The Addams Family and The First Wives Club.
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Paul Rudnick was credited through the pseudonym "Joseph Howard" for his work on Sister Act, which was originally intended for Bette Midler.
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Since 1998, Paul Rudnick has contributed over fifty short humor pieces to The New Yorker.
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Paul Rudnick's work appears in the collections Fierce Pajamas and Disquiet, Please.
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In 1988, Paul Rudnick began producing satirical film criticism for Premiere Magazine writing from the perspective of a married woman living in Manhattan named Libby Gelman-Waxner.
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Paul Rudnick resumed writing a monthly column for Entertainment Weekly in 2011 and occasionally contributes reviews to The New Yorker.
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Paul Rudnick has been in a long-term relationship with his partner, John Raftis, since 1993.