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Mark O'Donnell is an American writer and lyricist. He was born on July 19, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio. He is best known for his work on the Broadway musicals Hairspray and Cry-Baby. O'Donnell attended Harvard University, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon. After graduating in 1976, he moved to New York City and began writing for television. He wrote for the television series Saturday Night Live and SCTV. In 2002, O'Donnell wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical Hairspray, which won eight Tony Awards. He also wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Cry-Baby, which opened on Broadway in 2008. O'Donnell has also written several books, including the novel Getting Over Homer, which was adapted into a movie in 2001. As of 2021, Mark O'Donnell's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.

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Occupation Writer
Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July, 1954
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death August 6, 2012,
Died Place New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2019

O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan shared the 2003 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical for their work on Hairspray, and they wrote the 2007 film adaptation. The pair also worked on another John Waters musical adaptation, Cry-Baby, for which they received a 2008 Tony nomination.

O’Donnell was the identical twin of television writer Steve O’Donnell. O’Donnell was gay while his twin is straight.

2012

He died in 2012 after collapsing at his apartment building in Manhattan. He was 58.

1997

His plays include That's It, Folks!; Fables for Friends; The Nice and the Nasty; Strangers on Earth; Vertigo Park; and the book and lyrics for the musical Tots in Tinseltown. Along with Bill Irwin, he wrote Scapin, a 1997 play adapted from the original by Molière.

1981

O'Donnell was also a writer for the 1981-1982 season of Saturday Night Live, under head writer Michael O'Donoghue. At Saturday Night Live, he wrote alongside Terry Southern.

1980

He contributed to all three issues of George Meyer's Army Man, as well as to The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic and Spy. A 1980 article he wrote for Esquire, "O'Donnell's Laws of Cartoon Motion," was both widely quoted ("1. Anybody suspended in space will remain suspended in space until made aware of its situation") and widely circulated by fans of cartoon physics.

1976

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1976. He was a member of The Harvard Lampoon, where he held the position of Ibis. In 1974, he helped produce a popular Sports Illustrated Lampoon parody (with Patricia Marx, Ian Frazier and Steve O'Donnell, among others). In addition to writing for the parody, he and his twin brother Steve portrayed the Dromio twins, Siamese twins adept at football. He was the writer and librettist for three Hasty Pudding musicals for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals group.

1954

Mark O’Donnell (July 19, 1954 – August 6, 2012) was an American writer and humorist.

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