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| x Roger Miller |
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Big River |
Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was a Grammy and Tony Award winning American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs. His most recognized tunes included the chart-topping...
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| x Edward Kleban |
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A Chorus Line |
Edward “Ed” Kleban (April 30, 1939 - December 28, 1987) was an American musical theatre composer and lyricist.
A graduate of New York's High School of Music & Art and Columbia University, Kleban wrote the lyrics for the Broadway hit A Chorus Line....
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| A Class Act | |||
| x John Dempsey | The Pirate Queen |
John Dempsey is a theatrical lyricist and playwright who has worked in Britain and the United States. Much of his work in musical theater has been written with composer Dana P. Rowe. With Rowe, he wrote the book and lyrics for Zombie Prom (1995),...
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| The Fix | |||
| x Robert Lopez |
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Avenue Q |
Robert Lopez (born February 23, 1975) is an American composer and lyricist of musicals best known for co-writing the Broadway musical Avenue Q, for which he won a Tony Award.
A native of the picturesque Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village,...
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| x Lynn Ahrens | Seussical |
Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American musical theatre lyricist who frequently works with Stephen Flaherty. They are best known for the shows Once on This Island, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards, and Ragtime, which was nominated...
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| Lucky Stiff | |||
| My Favorite Year | |||
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| x Timothy Gray | High Spirits | ||
| x Brian Crawley | Violet | ||
| x Joel Paley | |||
| x Douglas Furher | Afgar | ||
| x Tom Eyen | Dreamgirls | ||
| x Edward Hardy | |||
| x William Roy | |||
| x George Reinblatt | Evil Dead the Musical | ||
| x Gil Varod | Oedipus for Kids | ||
| x Greg Morrison | The Drowsy Chaperone | ||
| x Nell Benjamin | |||
| x Anthony Drew | Mary Poppins | ||
| x Bill Francoeur | |||
| x Bill Francoeur | |||
| x Marian Grudeff | Baker Street | ||
| x Raymond Jessel | Baker Street | ||
| x P. G. Wodehouse |
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Show Boat |
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) (pronounced /ˈwʊdhaʊs/) was an English writer whose body of work includes novels, collections of short stories, and musical theatre. Wodehouse enjoyed enormous popular success...
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| Rosalie | |||
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| x Michael Kunze | Rebecca |
Dr. Michael Kunze (born 9 November 1943) is a German lyricist, book writer and librettist.
Born in Prague, Kunze grew up in Munich. While studying law in the mid-1960s, he began writing song lyrics. Stars such as Holger Biege, Jürgen Drews,...
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| Mozart! | |||
| Dance of the Vampires | |||
| Elisabeth | |||
| x George David Woods | First Impressions |
George David Woods (1901 – 1982) was a U.S. banker. He served as President of World Bank from January 1963 to March 1968.
George Woods was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1901. After completing high school he was employed as an office boy at Harris...
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| x Robert Goldman | First Impressions | ||
| x Glenn Paxton | First Impressions | ||
| x Ira Levin | Drat! The Cat! |
Ira Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American author, dramatist and songwriter.
Levin attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. At Drake, he regularly played poker with other notables, such as Martin Erlichman and Eugene...
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| x Carolyn Leigh | Peter Pan |
Carolyn Leigh (August 21, 1926 – November 19, 1983) was an American lyricist for Broadway, movies, and popular songs.
Leigh graduated from Queens College and New York University (both New York) and worked as a copy writer for radio stations and...
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| How Now, Dow Jones | |||
| Wildcat | |||
| Little Me | |||
| x Craig Carnelia | Imaginary Friends |
Craig Carnelia is an American musical theater composer and singer best known for his collaboration on Working.
Carnelia grew up in Floral Park, New York. He was exposed to Broadway at the age of fourteen. Inspired by the Richard Rodgers musical No...
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| Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical | |||
| Working | |||
| Diamonds | |||
| x Charles Hart | The Phantom of the Opera |
Charles Hart may refer to:
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| Aspects of Love | |||
| x Jacques Levy | Fame |
Jacques Levy (29 July 1935 – 30 September 2004) was a Jewish American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist.
Levy was born in New York City in 1935, later attending its City College. He continued on to earn a doctorate in...
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| x Adrian Ross |
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In Town |
For the NFL player see Adrian Ross (American football)
Arthur Reed Ropes (23 December 1859 – 11 September 1933), better known under the pseudonym Adrian Ross, was a prolific writer of lyrics, contributing songs to more than sixty British musical...
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| The Cingalee | |||
| A Greek Slave | |||
| The Circus Girl | |||
| The Messenger Boy | |||
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| x Yip Harburg | Finian's Rainbow |
Edgar Yipsel Harburg (April 8, 1896 – March 4, 1981), known as E.Y. Harburg or Yip Harburg, was an American popular song lyricist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", ...
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| Bloomer Girl | |||
| Jamaica | |||
| Darling of the Day | |||
| Flahooley | |||
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| x Tom Jones |
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The Fantasticks |
Tom Jones (born in 1928 in Littlefield, Texas) is a lyricist (and often librettist) of musical theatre. His best known work is The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 until 2002, and the hit song from the same, Try to Remember. Other songs...
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| Celebration | |||
| I Do! I Do! | |||
| x Leslie Bricusse |
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Jekyll & Hyde |
Leslie Bricusse (29 January 1931) is a British lyricist and composer.
Although best known for his partnership with Anthony Newley, Bricusse has worked with many other composers. Whilst at Cambridge University, he was Secretary of Footlights between...
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| Stop the World - I Want to Get Off | |||
| The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd | |||
| Victor/Victoria | |||
| Sherlock Holmes: The Musical | |||
| x Jay Kuo |
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Insignificant Others |
Lee Jay Kuo (born on March 28, 1968) is an American theatrical composer, lyricist and playwright.
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| Homeland | |||
| x Jon Hartmere, Jr | Bare, a Pop Opera | ||
| x Ira Gershwin |
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Of Thee I Sing |
Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
With George he wrote more than a dozen...
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| Crazy for You | |||
| Girl Crazy | |||
| Lady in the Dark | |||
| The Firebrand of Florence | |||
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| x Lisa Lambert | The Drowsy Chaperone | ||
| x Ira Gasman | The Life |
Ira Gasman is an American theatre writer and lyricist and newspaper columnist.
Gasman was nominated for both Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his contributions to The Life, the 1997 Broadway musical that had its first production at off-Broadway's...
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| x Meredith Willson |
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The Music Man |
Robert Meredith Willson (May 18, 1902 – June 15, 1984) was an American composer, songwriter, conductor and playwright best known for writing the book, music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical The Music Man, which won the Tony Award for Best...
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| Here's Love | |||
| x Vincenzo De Vivo | Lontano dagli occhi | ||
| Mozart a Recanati | |||
| x Gianni Colosimo | |||
| x H. Saville Clark | Alice in Wonderland | ||
| x Basil Hood |
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Gentleman Joe |
Basil Charles Hood (5 April 1864 – 7 August 1917) was a British librettist and lyricist, perhaps best known for writing the libretti of a half dozen Savoy Operas and for his English adaptations of operettas, including The Merry Widow.
The younger...
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| The French Maid | |||
| The Girls of Gottenberg | |||
| The Count of Luxembourg | |||
| x Irving Caesar | No, No, Nanette |
Irving Caesar (July 10, 1895 in New York – December 18, 1996 in New York), was a prominent American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently...
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| x Otto Harbach | No, No, Nanette |
Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach (August 18, 1873 – January 24, 1963) was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies. Some of his more famous lyrics are for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Indian Love Call" and "Cuddle...
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| The Desert Song | |||
| Roberta | |||
| Rose-Marie | |||
| Going Up | |||
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| x Harry Atteridge | Bombo | ||
| x Noble Sissle |
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Shuffle Along |
Noble Sissle (July 10, 1889, Indianapolis, Indiana – December 17, 1975, Tampa, Florida) was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer and playwright.
Noble Sissle sang several vocals on the last album recorded by James Reese Europe,...
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| Eubie! | |||
| x Eubie Blake |
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Shuffle Along |
James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983) was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, Blake and long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, one of...
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| x Joseph McCarthy |
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Kid Boots |
Joseph McCarthy (born September 27, 1885 in Somerville, Massachusetts – died December 18, 1943 in New York City) was an American lyricist whose most famous songs include You Made Me Love You, and I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, based upon the haunting...
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| Irene | |||
| John Murray Anderson's Almanac | |||
| x Buddy De Sylva | Follow Thru |
George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 - July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs he founded Capitol Records....
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| Sally | |||
| Good News | |||
| Hold Everything! | |||
| Blue Monday | |||
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| x Lew Brown | Follow Thru |
Lew Brown (December 10, 1893 – February 5, 1958) was a lyricist for popular songs in the United States.
Brown was born as Louis Brownstein in Odessa, Russian Empire. His family emigrated to the United States in 1898 and settled in The Bronx of New...
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| Good News | |||
| Hold Everything! | |||
| Flying High | |||
| x William Gibson |
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Golden Boy |
William Gibson (November 13, 1914 – November 25, 2008) was a Tony Award-winning American playwright and novelist. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1938.
Gibson's most famous play is The Miracle Worker (1959), the story of Helen...
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| x Lin-Manuel Miranda |
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In the Heights |
Lin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) is a Tony Award winning composer and lyricist, and a Tony Award nominated actor. He is most famous for writing and starring in the Broadway musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard...
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| x John Lennon |
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Lennon |
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English rock musician, singer-songwriter, author, and peace activist who gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney, Lennon formed...
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| x Arthur Freed |
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Singin' in the Rain |
Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 – April 12, 1973) was born Arthur Grossman in Charleston, South Carolina. He was an American lyricist and a Hollywood film producer.
Freed began his career as a song plugger and pianist in Chicago. After meeting...
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| x Bill Hall |
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William "Bill" Hall (born December 28, 1979, in Nettleton, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Seattle Mariners.
In the 2005 season, Hall helped the Brewers to their first .500 season since 1992. Splitting time among third...
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| x Lee Hall |
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Billy Elliot the Musical |
Lee Hall (born 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for his screenplay for the 1999 film Billy Elliot.
Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1966 into a working class family, the son of a house...
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