# John Weidman
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john weidman (born September 25, 1946) is an American librettist and television writer for Sesame Street. He has worked on stage musicals with Stephen Sondheim and Susan Stroman.
== Career ==
Weidman was born in New York City, the son of Peggy Wright and librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman.
#13- Sondheim and Video Games
What. An. Episode! This one focuses on Stephen Sondheim's relationship with video games... sort of. This episode is hard to describe. The audio from today comes from a podcast I was a guest on by Dennis Hensley called Dennis Anyone? So is this just a re-podcast? Well, no. This is my own edit of tha…
2026 KLEBAN FOUNDATION PRIZE RECEPTION
It's That time of the year again and The Kleban Foundation presented their choices for 2026 Most Promising Lyricist and Librettist. Eric Price is this year's recipient for lyricist. Philippe Christian Smith is this year's winner for Most Promising Librettist. They just won $100K. Multi Award winn…
The Kleban Prize
On this episode of Curtain Call, Tom takes listeners inside one of the most meaningful evenings in musical theatre: the Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre. Featuring this year’s winners—lyricist Eric Price and librettist Philip Christian Smith—the conversation explores what it truly means to receive …
#146 - Live from the Kleban Awards
Behind the Awards goes on location to bring you to The Kleban Awards! This live episode brings you interviews with Santino Fontana, Susan Stroman, Richard Maltby Jr, Maury Yeston, and John Weidman as well as performances by Talia Suskauer, Santino Fontana and more. Congratulations to the winners …
#25-Writing Sondheim: A Conversation with Art Isn't Easy's Daniel Okrent
Dan Okrent visits Matching Minds for his FIRST interview (woot! an exclusive) about his highly anticipated biography “Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy” (pub. March 17). Okrent explains the project evolved from a short biographical essay into a thematic, research-heavy contemporary biography, drawing on ex…
#26-Researching Sondheim--A Repod of Matching Minds on the Dr. Broadway Podcast
A conversation about Matching Minds from the Dr. Broadway podcast with Dr. Tracey Brent-Chessum and Dr. Kristin Stultz Pressley, focusing on researching Sondheim’s lifelong puzzle-and-game design—from cryptic crosswords and treasure hunts to Atari sessions with John Weidman, escape rooms, puzzle bo…
Review: “Assassins” at Oakland Theatre Project
KPFA Theatre Critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Assassins” by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, at Oakland Theatre Project extended to April 12, 2026.
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When Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Assassins first opened in 1990, the show focused on the relationship between…
Me And You, Pal | Sondheim's Collaborators & Interpreters
What was it like to collaborate with Stephen Sondheim writing musical masterpieces? For actors, how did it feel to work with Steve, interpretingthat art? And what is Steve’s legacy to those close personal friends who were also his dearest colleagues? Join Steve’s chum Martin Milnes, and first love …
85. Assassins
This week, Mackenzie reunites with Scott Hurst and welcomes back former cohost Autumn Smith for a long-overdue conversation about one of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's most daring musicals, Assassins.
Together, they explore why Assassins remains one of the most challenging shows ever written, …
HOW SONDHEIM EXTENDED THE RANGE OF THE AMERICAN MUSICAL with BEN FRANCIS, part 3
This is the third and final part of my conversation with Ben Francis whose amazingly compelling new book is titled Careful the Spell You Cast — How Stephen Sondheim Extended the Range of the American Musical.
Just like the book, our discussion has been structured around Sondheim’s collaborators. I…
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