Dan Remmes
{{short description|American writer and actor}}
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Dan Remmes is an American writer and actor. He is best known as the author of Grumpy Old Men: The Musical, based on the 1993 movie Grumpy Old Men.
Writer
As a playwright, Remmes received several awards and was a recipient of the 2002 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for Playwriting and Screenwriting.[https://s3.amazonaws.com/NYFA_WebAssets/Pictures/fef1b858-2c69-4ea7-8091-78f329142036.pdf New York Foundation for the Arts Directory of Artists' Fellows & Finalists]
Remmes collaborated with composer Neil Berg and lyricist and long-time editor of MAD Magazine, the late Nick Meglin, on a stage musical adaptation of the 1993 film Grumpy Old Men starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. In 2011, it received an out-of-town tryout at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg, starring John Rubinstein, John Schuck, and Susan Anton.[http://www.playbill.com/article/a-look-inside-the-world-premiere-of-grumpy-old-men-in-canada-video-com-189352 Grumpy Old Men World Premiere] A retooled version made its United States premiere at the Ogunquit Playhouse in 2018,[http://www.playbill.com/article/first-look-at-grumpy-old-men-musical-at-the-ogunquit-playhouse Grumpy Old Men United States Premiere] starring Mark Jacoby, Ed Dixon, Leslie Stevens, and Hal Linden and Sally Struthers. The show is licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW).[https://www.theatricalrights.com/show/grumpy-old-men/ Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW)]
One of Remmes' plays, Three Tables, was a winner of the Off-Broadway Festival of Plays[https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/8428/three-tables/ Samuel French Publishing Three Tables by Dan Remmes] and is frequently produced in North America and the United Kingdom. What Doesn't Kill Us received its Hollywood premiere, starring Emmy-winner Michelle Stafford, directed by Paul Provenza, and featuring Remmes in the role of Karl. Other produced plays include Night Out, Things We Leave Behind, Bedlam, Delays, and Leaving London.
Remmes co-created and co-wrote a musical web series parodying self-help gurus entitled Mother Eve's Secret Garden of Sensual Sisterhood, in which he also played the character of "Temp." The series has since been developed into an award-winning stage musical.[http://www.mothereves.com Mother Eve's Secret Garden Musical]
Remmes is a frequent collaborator with actor and producer Nellie Bellflower, with whom he has three screenplays in development.[https://pro.imdb.com/v2/name/nm1865381?rf=cons_nm_meter&ref_=nm_pub_upslb_login IMDb Pro]
Actor
Remmes received a degree in acting from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles and has appeared in theater in New York City and Los Angeles as well as on television shows such as Conviction, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blind Justice, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1865381/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Internet Movie Database],
Other
Remmes frequently writes and performs with Mind the Gap Theatre,[http://www.mindthegaptheatre.net/ Mind The Gap Theatre Company] an Anglo-American theatre company based in New York City. He also serves on their board of directors.
Remmes wrote a pop ballad entitled "Least Being Me"[https://music.apple.com/us/album/least-being-me-single/1374369709 Apple iTunes] inspired by the superhero Batman.
References
External links
- [https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Dan-Remmes/ Dan Remmes on Broadway World]
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- [https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/8428/three-tables Samuel French Play Publishers: Three Tables by Dan Remmes]
- [http://danremmes.com Official site]
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