| Scott Wittman |
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(1954-11-16) November 16, 1954 (age 63)
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| Occupation |
director, lyricist, writer |
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Scott Wittman (born November 16, 1954) is an American director, lyricist, and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television.
Wittman was raised in Nanuet, New York, graduated high Nanuet Senior High School in 1972 and attended Emerson College in Boston for two years before leaving to pursue a career in musical theatre in New York City. While directing a show for a Greenwich Village club he met Marc Shaiman, and the two became collaborators and professional partners. While Shaiman wrote for television shows, including Saturday Night Live, Wittman directed concerts for such artists as Bette Midler, Christine Ebersole, Raquel Welch, Dame Edna Everage, and Lypsinka, among others.[1]
In 2002, Shaiman and Wittman wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Hairspray, which won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, the Tony Award for Best Original Score,[2] and a Grammy Award. In addition to Hairspray, Wittman conceived, wrote lyrics for, and directed Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and conceived and directed Matters of the Heart, a solo concert by Patti LuPone in 2000.[3]
Shaiman and Wittman worked on Catch Me If You Can, a musical adaptation of the 2002 Steven Spielberg film, together with Terrence McNally.[4] The musical opened on Broadway in April 2011.[5] They again worked together on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical.[6]
In 2011, Hairspray was performed at Nanuet Senior High School, where Wittman attended high school.
In 2013, Wittman and Marc Shaiman co-wrote the score for Bombshell, a musical about Marilyn Monroe within the context of the NBC television show Smash.[7] A soundtrack was released later that same year.
References
^ Shaiman, Marc (b. 1959), and Scott Wittman (b. 1955) Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine.. GLBTQ.com.
^ "2003". Tony Awards. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ Simonson, Robert. "LuPone Packs Up Her Heart as Concert Gig Closes at LCT, Dec. 17" playbill.com, December 15, 2000
^ "Girls, Girls, Girls!". New York. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ Hetrick, Adam. "Wheels Up: 'Catch Me If You Can', Starring Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz, Opens On Broadway" playbill.com, April 10, 2011
^ "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to open in West End". BBC. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
^ Robinson, Mark. "'Bombshell's Bringing Her Back! But Is Marilyn Monroe Meant for the Stage?" playbill.com, August 22, 2015
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Awards for Scott Whittman |
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
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Fred Ebb (1969)
Stephen Sondheim/Bertolt Brecht (1970)
Stephen Sondheim (1971)
John Guare (1972)
Stephen Sondheim (1973)
Al Carmines (1974)
Charlie Smalls (1975)
Edward Kleban (1976)
Martin Charnin (1977)
Carol Hall (1978)
Stephen Sondheim (1979)
Tim Rice (1980)
Stephen Sondheim/Maury Yeston (1982)
Howard Ashman (1983)
Stephen Sondheim (1984)
Roger Miller (1985)
Stephen Sondheim (1988)
David Zippel (1990)
William Finn (1991)
Susan Birkenhead (1992)
- Denis Markell and Douglas Bernstein (1993)
Stephen Sondheim (1994)
Jonathan Larson (1996)
Gerard Alessandrini (1997)
Lynn Ahrens (1998)
Gerard Alessandrini (1999)
Stephen Sondheim (2000)
Mel Brooks (2001)
Jason Robert Brown (2002)
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman (2003)
Stephen Schwartz (2004)
Eric Idle (2005)
Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006)
Steven Sater (2007)
Stew (2008)
Stephen Sondheim (2009)
John Kander and Fred Ebb (2010)
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011)
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2012)
Tim Minchin (2013)
Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak (2014)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (2015)
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
David Yazbek (2017)
Peter Kellogg (2018)
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Tony Award for Best Original Score
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| 1947-1975 |
Street Scene by Kurt Weill (1947)
Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter (1949)
South Pacific by Richard Rodgers (1950)
Call Me Madam by Irving Berlin (1951)
No Strings by Richard Rodgers (1962)
Oliver! by Lionel Bart (1963)
Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman (1964)
Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (1965)
Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (1966)
Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1967)
Hallelujah, Baby! by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1968)
Company by Stephen Sondheim (1971)
Follies by Stephen Sondheim (1972)
A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim (1973)
Gigi by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (1974)
The Wiz by Charlie Smalls (1975)
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| 1976-2000 |
A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (1976)
Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin (1977)
On the Twentieth Century by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1978)
Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (1979)
Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (1980)
Woman of the Year by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1981)
Nine by Maury Yeston (1982)
Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot (1983)
La Cage aux Folles by Jerry Herman (1984)
Big River by Roger Miller (1985)
Drood by Rupert Holmes (1986)
Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil (1987)
Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim (1988)
City of Angels by Cy Coleman and David Zippel (1990)
The Will Rogers Follies by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1991)
Falsettos by William Finn (1992)
Kiss of the Spider Woman by John Kander and Fred Ebb / The Who's Tommy by Pete Townshend (1993)
Passion by Stephen Sondheim (1994)
Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton (1995)
Rent by Jonathan Larson (1996)
Titanic by Maury Yeston (1997)
Ragtime by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (1998)
Parade by Jason Robert Brown (1999)
Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice (2000)
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| 2001-present |
The Producers by Mel Brooks (2001)
Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (2002)
Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (2003)
Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (2004)
The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel (2005)
The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006)
Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (2007)
In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2008)
Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2009)
Memphis by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro (2010)
The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011)
Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman (2012)
Kinky Boots by Cyndi Lauper (2013)
The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown (2014)
Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron (2015)
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)
Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2017)
The Band's Visit by David Yazbek (2018)
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- WorldCat Identities
- BNF: cb15571045c (data)
- ISNI: 0000 0000 4731 4980
- LCCN: no2003015205
- MusicBrainz: 97247d48-fcb1-4f3d-929a-a0ac3c7b2d44
- SNAC: w65b1bmd
- VIAF: 66783567
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