The Night Music Playwright is Clifford Odets, a five-letter word. Odets was an American playwright and screenwriter who was a leading figure of the 1930s American left-wing theater movement. He wrote plays that expressed social and political issues of the time, such as Waiting for Lefty and Awake and Sing. His works often focused on the struggles of the working class and the effects of the Great Depression. Odets was also a successful Hollywood screenwriter, writing scripts for films such as None But the Lonely Heart and The Big Knife.