Warren Michael Manzi (July 1, 1955 â€" February 11, 2016) was an
American playwright and actor, who was best known for the play Perfect
Crime.Manzi was born in Manchester, New Hampshire to a single mother
of Italian descent. His family later moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts,
where he attended Holy Rosary School and Central Catholic High School.
He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and obtained a
master's degree from the Yale School of Drama. Manzi wrote Perfect
Crime in 1980 at age 25, while an understudy for a role in Amadeus.
Early reviews of Perfect Crime described it as confusing, and Manzi
continually rewrote the play throughout the rest of his life. Perfect
Crime opened in New York City on April 18, 1987 and was performed over
11,800 times throughout Manzi's lifetime, becoming the longest running
play in city theatre history. Manzi also wrote One for the Money and
The Queen of the Parting Shot.As an actor, Manzi appeared in the films
The Manhattan Project (1986) and Nuts (1987).He was married to Ellen
Margaret Michelin from 1995 to 1996, when she died. Manzi died of
pneumonia aged 60 in 2016, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
American playwright and actor, who was best known for the play Perfect
Crime.Manzi was born in Manchester, New Hampshire to a single mother
of Italian descent. His family later moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts,
where he attended Holy Rosary School and Central Catholic High School.
He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and obtained a
master's degree from the Yale School of Drama. Manzi wrote Perfect
Crime in 1980 at age 25, while an understudy for a role in Amadeus.
Early reviews of Perfect Crime described it as confusing, and Manzi
continually rewrote the play throughout the rest of his life. Perfect
Crime opened in New York City on April 18, 1987 and was performed over
11,800 times throughout Manzi's lifetime, becoming the longest running
play in city theatre history. Manzi also wrote One for the Money and
The Queen of the Parting Shot.As an actor, Manzi appeared in the films
The Manhattan Project (1986) and Nuts (1987).He was married to Ellen
Margaret Michelin from 1995 to 1996, when she died. Manzi died of
pneumonia aged 60 in 2016, in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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