Esser Leopold "Lee" Breuer (February 6, 1937 – January 3, 2021) was an Obie Award-winning and Pulitzer-, Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony-nominated American playwright, theater director, academic, educator, filmmaker, poet, and lyricist. TheaterMania|url=https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/lee-breuer-cofounder-of-experimental-company-mabou_91783.html|access-date=January 4, 2021|website=www.theatermania.com|date=January 4, 2021 |language=en-US}} Breuer taught and directed on six continents.
Breuer was a founding co-artistic director of Mabou Mines Theater Company in New York City, which Breuer began in 1970 with colleagues Philip Glass, Ruth Maleczech, JoAnne Akalaitis, David Warrilow, and Frederick... meer