Wasserstein

[ wah-ser-steen ]

noun

1. Wendy, 1950–2006, U.S. playwright.

Example Sentences

I didn’t see any of the plays and sketches he wrote while a student at the Yale School of Drama in the early 1970s, often collaborating with pals like Sigourney Weaver, Meryl Streep, Albert Innaurato and Wendy Wasserstein, but the titles tell you a lot: “Better Dead Than Sorry,” “The Life Story of Mitzi Gaynor,” “When Dinah Shore Ruled the Earth,” “The Idiots Karamazov.”

From New York Times

The play was developed through the Cherry Lane Alternative mentorship project, in which Ms. Wimberly worked with the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein.

From New York Times

That was followed by a tough time for First Boston which had suffered the loss of famed bankers Bruce Wasserstein and Joseph Perella.

From Reuters

Then, in 2005, Bruce Wasserstein, the chief executive at the time, took the company public after a battle with Mr. David-Weill, who continued to feel strongly that the bank should stay private.

From New York Times

“He fought a lot of battles,” said Virginie Morgon, the chief executive of Eurazeo, adding: “The battle that he fought against Bruce Wasserstein was probably the toughest one, because that was his legacy, and he had to leave the bank. But this is someone who never looked back.”

From New York Times