John Weidman
ABOUT JOHN WEIDMAN
American librettist who wrote for musicals such as Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and Road Show. He was also a writer for Sesame Street and won over a dozen Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Children's Program.
He did his undergrad at Harvard and received a JD from Yale Law School.
He wrote for the National Lampoon in the 1970s.
He married Lila A. Coleburn in 1978.
He and Bob Mcgrath both worked on the children's program Sesame Street.