John Weidman is an American librettist. He is the son of librettist and novelist Jerome Weidman.

Since 1986, John Weidman has been a staff writer for ''Sesame Street'', for which he has won numerous Emmy Awards. He is president of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Libretti
  • ''Pacific Overtures'' - 1976

  • ''Anything Goes'' - 1987 (revised original book with Timothy Crouse)

  • ''Assassins'' - 1991 (revived on Broadway in 2004)

  • ''Big'' - 1996

  • ''Contact'' - 2000

  • ''Bounce (musical)'' - 2003

  • ''Take Flight (musical)'' - 2007


  • External links
  • Category:American musical theatre librettists

  • Category:Jewish American writers
    Category:Year of birth missing
    Category:Living people