Steve Colman is an American award-winning poet, playwright, producer, and director.

Biography

Colman was the inaugural poet on the Peabody Award-winning television series ''

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presents Def Poetry Jam'' on

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. He co-wrote and co-starred in the

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

-winning ''Def Poetry Jam on Broadway."Pogrebin, Robin (April 18, 2003
"A Rainbow of Poets Who Rhyme From Life"
''New York Times''. ''Colman co-conceived and assistant directed Sarah Jones's 2006

-winning show ''Bridge and Tunnel'', which was originally produced Off-Broadway by

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. His theater work, including his collaborations with Jones, have garnered two Drama Desk nominations, an

Obie The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after th ...

, and a Theater World Award. Colman co-authored ''Burning Down the House'' (SoftSkull Press), and ''Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway and More'' (Atria Books).

Works

* Colman, Stephen; Procope, Lynne, Bonair-Agard, Gonzalez, Guy; Olson, Alix. ''Burning Down The House''. New York: Soft Skull Press, 1998. * Simmons, Danny. ''Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway...and More''. New York: Atria Books, 2003.

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* Living people American dramatists and playwrights Year of birth missing (living people) American theatre directors Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-playwright-stub