2: PAUL RUDNICK is a essayist, novelist, and playwright. His latest play off-Broadway is a comedy about AIDS, "Jeffrey," about a man who swears off love and sex. RUDNICK also wrote the Broadway play, "I Hate Hamlet," about John Barrymore's ghost. And he writes a column in Premiere, "If You Ask Me," in which he writes in the voice of a quintessential Jewish mother who critiques movie stars' personal lives more than their acting (Rebroadcast from 4/8/93). RUDNICK also wrote the screenplay for the movie "Addams Family Values," starring Angelica Houston and Raul Julia.
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