Education
Atlas attended, and has taught at Vassar, Hunter and Bennington.
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Larry Atlas
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He is best known for the award-winning play Yield of the Long Bond, which premiered at the Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles starring Ian McShane and Byron Jennings. He directed the second production in this play at New York Stage and Film with Jennings, David Strathairn, and Kyra Sedgwick. Also noteworthy is Total Abandon, which was produced on Broadway starring Richard Dreyfuss and John Heard.
The other produced plays are Sonnetteer, Sweet Talker, Subject Animal and Permanent.
He wrote the book for the musical Passing lieutenant On, which premiered at the Coconut Grove Theatre in Miami. As a screenwriter Atlas has worked on almost two dozen Hollywood studio projects, including Sleepless in Seattle.
A former actor, he appeared in numerous plays in New York and regionally, and in principal or lead roles in such films as King of America, Cruising, Firstborn, The Children"s War, and Indio. Appearances on television included Kate and Allie, Another World, Out of the Darkness, Police Brass and many others
