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Thompson, Jay
Jay Thompson co-wrote the book for ONCE UPON A MATTRESS and wrote the book, music and lyrics for the opera THE BIBLE SALESMAN, as well as the one-act musical THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE WORLD. He also wrote POCKETFUL OF WRY, a musical revue. In ...
Thompson, Julian F.
Julian F. Thompson (1888 - 1939) was Treasurer of McKeeson and Robbins and wrote plays as a hobby. His most successful was The Warrior's Husband which gave Katharine Hepburn her first starring role on Broadway. The Warrior's Husband was used by the team ...
Tierney, Thomas
Thomas composed the music for NARNIA, based on C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which played at The City of London Festival and Off-Broadway, as well as at many theatres throughout the US and the world. His "Narnia Suite" ...
Twain, Mark
Mark Twain, pseudonym of SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS (1835-1910), was born November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri. In 1862 he became a reporter on the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada, and in 1863 began signing his articles with the ...
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Walker, Don
Don Walker worked on more than 110 Broadway musicals, providing orchestrations for the scores of such shows as CAROUSEL, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, CABARET, THE MUSIC MAN, SHE LOVES ME, SHENANDOAH, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN, THE ...
Walker, Michael Patrick
Michael Patrick Walker is a composer/lyricist who currently resides in Manhattan. Hailing from the much smaller town of New Freedom, Pennsylvania, Michael has been playing the piano since the age of 5 and working professionally in the theatre for ...
Walker, Peter
Peter Walker is a native New Yorker known to Broadway audiences through FOLLIES, DEAR WORLD, DRACULA, WHERE'S CHARLEY, INTO THE LIGHT and MY OLD FRIENDS, which garnered him a Drama Desk nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Musical. His favorite film work ...
Walton, Bob
Bob Walton and his brother, Jim, co-wrote and performed in MY BROTHER'S KEEPER, which received the 1997 Bistro Award for best musical, as well as DOUBLE TROUBLE (A Musical Tour de Farce). Their most recent collaboration is MID-LIFE! THE CRISIS ...
Walton, Jim
Jim Walton has written with his brother, Bob, since 1991 when they wrote and performed in, MY BROTHER’S KEEPER, originally a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit. This show later played the Pasadena Playhouse and several other regional ...
Webber, Andrew Lloyd
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me on a Sunday later combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of ...
Wechter, David
David Wechter co‐wrote and co‐directed the Disney cult film, Midnight Madness, and wrote and directed the film, The Malibu Bikini Shop. With Bruce Kimmel, he wrote the original screenplay for the hit film, The Faculty, directed by Robert ...
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill was born on 2 March 1900 in Dessau, Germany. The son of a cantor, Weill displayed musical talent early on: by the time he was twelve, he was composing and mounting concerts and dramatic works in the hall above his family's quarters in the ...
Wentworth, Scott
SCOTT WENTWORTH is an actor, director and writer whose work has been celebrated across the United States and Canada. He has starred on Broadway; opposite Rosemary Harris in Neil Simon's award-winning LOST IN YONKERS; in ANNA KARENINA and GETTING MARRIED ...
Wolfe, George C.
George C. Wolfe directed CAROLINE, OR CHANGE (nominated for six 2004 Tony nominations, including Best Musical and Best Direction) and directed and co-wrote THE WILD PARTY (nominated for seven 2000 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Book). He ...
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Yellen, Sherman
SHERMAN YELLEN was nominated for a Tony Award for his book for the musical THE ROTHSCHILDS with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock. Other musical work includes his libretto for his musical comedy LUCKY IN THE RAIN at Goodspeed Musicals; ...
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Zippel, David
David Zippel is a lyricist and director. His lyrics have won him the Tony Award, two Academy Award nominations, two Grammy Award nominations, and three Golden Globe Award nominations. His songs appear on over twenty-five million CDs around the world, and ...