Max Wilk (July 3, 1920 – February 19, 2011)[1][2] was an American playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books. In all, Wilk was the author of 19 books, four films, three produced plays as well as many TV shows and magazine articles.[3]
While the locale of this book is Connecticut, it has nothing of importance to say about Suburbia, Exurbia, the Exploding Metropolis, or the stifling wave of Middle class Conformity which, it is argued, will soon engulf the whole of Fairfield County.[4]
In the '90s, he published a coffee table book tracing the origins of the musical Oklahoma!. Later he wrote Schmucks with Underwoods--Conversations with Hollywood's Classic Screenwriters.[4]
The Sound of Music: The Making of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Classic Musical, Routledge (2006), ISBN0-415-97934-X
OK! The Story Of Oklahoma!: A Celebration of America's Most Beloved Musical, 292 pages, Applause Books; (2002) ISBN1-55783-555-1
Schmucks with Underwoods: Conversations with America's Classic Screenwriters,, 338 pages, Applause Books (2004), ISBN1-55783-508-X
The Golden Age of Television: Notes from the Survivors, 274 pages, Delacorte Press (1976) ISBN0-440-02950-3(Paperback: Truck Press; 3rd edition, 1999, ISBN0-916562-49-2)
Overture and Finale: Rodgers & Hammerstein and the Creation of Their Two Greatest Hits (Oklahoma! and The Sound of Music) Paperback: 192 pages, Watson-Guptill Publications (April 1999) ISBN0-8230-8820-0
American Treasure Hunt: The Legacy of Israel Sack co-author, Harold Sack, 270 pages, Little Brown & Co (November 1986), ISBN0-316-76593-7[5]
A Tough ACT to Follow, co-author, Jim Connor, 346 pages, Norton (January 1986) ISBN0-393-02219-6(paperback, PaperJacks (1988) ISBN0-7701-0736-2)
And Did You Once See Sydney Plain?: A Random Memoir of S.J. Perelman, 83 pages, Norton (1986), ISBN0-393-02343-5
Mr. Williams and Miss Wood: A two-character play, 42 pages, Dramatists Playservice (1990), ASINB0006EYAJW (Note: NOT an ISBN). This tribute to Audrey Wood and Tennessee Williams received staged readings at the National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center and New Dramatists in 1989[7]
A Musical Jubilee (Musical, Revue) ran November 13, 1975 – February 1, 1976
Cloud 7 (Comedy) ran February 14, 1958 – February 22, 1958
Small Wonder (Musical, Revue) book by Wilk, ran September 15, 1948 – January 8, 1949