Jerry Sterner
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Jerry Sterner | |
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| Born | Jerry Joseph Sterner September 15, 1938 |
| Died | June 11, 2001 (aged 62) |
Burial place | Washington Cemetary 40°37′09″N 73°58′33″W / 40.6192°N 73.9758°W |
| Notable work | Other People's Money |
Jerry Joseph Sterner (15 September 1938 – 11 June 2001) was an American businessman and playwright,[1] best known for the play, Other People's Money: The Ultimate Seduction, later, adapted as the 1991 romantic-comedy-drama film.
Early life
[edit]Jerry Sterner was born in the Bronx. Sterner attended City College of New York.[2]
Career
[edit]Sterner sold tokens for the New York City Transit Authority,[2] on the night shift, where, in nearly six years, he wrote seven plays in the booth.[2]
In 1984, at the age of 46, he left a real estate business, as president of David C. Gold & Company,[2] to become a writer full-time. His early plays include Tit for Tat[3] and Be Happy for Me.[2][4]
His first success was Other People's Money,[5] which opened at the Minetta Lane Theater in 1989, and ran for several years. A play for 3 males and 2 females,[5] It starred Kevin Conway, Mercedes Ruehl, James Murtaugh, Arch Johnson, and Scotty Bloch.
He worked on several musicals, including one with Jerry Bock, called 1040.[6]
Sterner was a regular contributor to the business section of the New York Times and Fortune magazine.[7]
Plays
[edit]- Top 40 (?)[3]
- Tit for Tat (?)[3]
- Be Happy for Me (1986)[2][4][8](Off Broadway play starring David Groh, Philip Bosco and Priscilla Lopez.)
Personal life
[edit]In 1966, he married Jean Sterner. They have two daughters, Emily James and the writer, Kate Shaffar.[2]
He is buried behind his old building in Brooklyn, in Washington Cemetery with a headstone sardonically inscribed: "Finally, a plot."[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jerry Sterner, Author of Other People's Money, Dead at 62". playbill.com. June 15, 2001. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pogrebin, Robin (June 15, 2001). "Jerry Sterner, 62, Playwright; Wrote 'Other People's Money'". The New York Times. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- 1 2 3 Potempa, Philip (August 27, 2013). "OFFBEAT: Hoosier actor 'in the money' with new stage role". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- 1 2 Sterner, Jerry (1987). Be Happy for Me: A Comedy. Samuel French, Inc. ISBN 978-0-573-69049-5.
- 1 2 Sterner, Jerry. "Other People's Money". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ "Bock/Sterner Musical 1040 Taxes Texas, Nov. 14-23". November 14, 1997.
- ↑ Hofler, Robert (June 14, 2001). "Jerry Sterner". Variety. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ Be Happy For Me, NYTimes review
- ↑ Sterner, Jerry (1990). Other People's Money: The Ultimate Seduction. Applause Theatre Book. ISBN 978-1-55783-062-3.
- ↑ "Show History at Shea's 710 Theatre". Shea's Performing Arts Center. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
Studio Arena Theatre 1991 - 1992 Season ... Other People's Money by Jerry Sterner
- ↑ "Hasty Pudding Theatre : Other People's Money, 1991". archivesspace.binghamton.edu. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
Program for Trinity Repertory Company's production of Other People's Money by Jerry Sterner, presented by The Poets' Theatre at the Hasty Pudding Theatre in Cambridge, MA, directed by Richard Jenkins. Stars included William Damkoehler, William Cain, Barbara Orson, Jack Willis, Anne Scurria.
- ↑ Pugh, Ian (October 4, 2017). "'Other People's Money' and the importance of local action". The River Reporter. Archived from the original on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ Johnson, Lawrence B. (September 28, 2013). "To corporate raider, the blood is just business in 'Other People's Money' at Shattered Globe". Chicago On the Aisle. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ "production-list" (PDF). theoldglobe.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 14, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
- ↑ Walsh, Kevin. "J Marks the Spot". Splice Today. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
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