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Biography
ALLAN LEICHT is a multiple EMMY Award, Writers' Guild Award, Christopher Award-winning writer whose newest works are MY PARSIFAL CONDUCTOR, A WAGNERIAN COMEDY, which was produced in New York by Ted Snowdon in the Fall of 2018; and the screenplay, AIDA, a re-imagining of the epic master-slave love story and action adventure for the screen. Allan has written and produced television movies, including most notably, ADAM for NBC; several comedy series, most notably KATE and ALLIE (CBS), and THE THORNS (ABC) in collaboration with Mike Nichols; and dramatic series, most notably, MARIAH (ABC). As a director, he brought William Golding's comedy, THE BRASS BUTTERFLY, to the New York stage, starring Sam Waterston and Paxton Whitehead. His musical, THE ADVENTURES OF FRIAR TUCK, for which he wrote book and lyrics, premiered at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. He produced RASHI, A LIGHT AFTER THE DARK AGES, a video production starring Leonard Nimoy and Sir Paul Scofield and RAMBAM, THE STORY OF MAIMONIDES with Mr. Nimoy and Armande Assante. Allan divides his time between New York and Jerusalem, where he recently appeared as an actor in Shakespeare's Henry V. He is married to actress and designer Renee Lippin Leicht and they have three children and three grandchildren.
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