1. Steven Sater is a Tony Award, Grammy Award, and Laurence Olivier Award-winning American poet, playwright, lyricist, television writer and screenwriter.
16 Facts About Steven Sater
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Steven Sater is best known for writing the book and lyrics for the Tony Award-winning 2006 Broadway musical Spring Awakening.
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Steven Sater suffered serious burns, multiple vertebrae, and broke other limbs.
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The months spent recovering from his injuries and burns inspired Steven Sater to teach himself Ancient Greek and pursue the arts.
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Steven Sater continued his studies and received a master's degree in English literature from Princeton University.
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Steven Sater's membership proved important to his life beyond spirituality, as it brought Sater together with his future spouse as well as Duncan Sheik, his future creative partner.
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For Sheik's third studio album, Phantom Moon, Steven Sater provided all of the lyrics, and Sheik set them musically.
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In 2007, Steven Sater won two Tony Awards for his work on Spring Awakening.
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Steven Sater won the Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Musical Score, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lyrics.
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Steven Sater has worked with System of a Down's Serj Tankian on a musical version of Aeschylus's tragedy, Prometheus Bound, directed by Diane Paulus, which opened at the American Repertory Theater on March 4,2011, to good reviews.
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Steven Sater has been working on a new musical with Burt Bacharach, entitled Some Lovers, based on the short story The Gift of the Magi by O Henry.
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Steven Sater is in the process of creating an untitled new original musical series for streaming, based on the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night.
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Steven Sater has co-created and executive produced, with Paul Reiser, pilots for both NBC and FX, and has developed two projects for HBO, and another for Showtime.
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Steven Sater has worked on two feature films with Jessie Nelson.
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Steven Sater co-wrote a song with Michael Buble, Bryan Adams, and Alan Chang, entitled "After All".
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On February 4,2020, Steven Sater released Alice by Heart, his debut novel.