One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
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One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#1
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:21am
I was having a discussion with a friend about how uncommon it is for a show to have a single writer for its book, music, and lyrics. We could come up with only two examples being The Music Man and Here's Love, both by Meredith Wilson. Can anyone think of another show in which the same person wrote all three? Thanks.
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 12:21 AM
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#2
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:22am
Jonathan Larson wrote RENT all on his own!
...says the Playbill.
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#2
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:24amOliver! by Lionel Bart.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#3
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:25amTHE MUSIC MAN by Meredith Willson
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#4
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:26amThe Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes.
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#5
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:26am
IN MY LIFE by Joe Brooks.
He also directed and produced it.
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#6
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:26am
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown.
Technically, yes it counts.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#7
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:27am
This is a horrible example but Joe Brooks wrote the book, music, and lyrics for In My Life.
Oh, BSoBW2 beat me to it!
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#8
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:30am
Blitz - Lionel Bart
Tick, Tick, Boom! - Jonathan Larson
1491 - Meredith Wilson
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd - Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
A friend and I do all three in our writing.
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#9
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:35amFrank Loesser - The Most Happy Fella
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#10
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:40am
I wasnt really sure to count something like Rent because of the fact that it doesnt have much of a book because it is sung though. Oliver!...good call. Any others people can think of? I appreciate the help!
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 12:40 AM
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#11
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:43amI think that LaChiusa does all of his shows solo, but don't quote me on it.
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#12
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:44am
"I wasnt really sure to count something like Rent because of the fact that it doesnt have much of a book because it is sung though."
Book doesn't just mean dialogue. It also means the dramatic structure of the piece.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#13
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:45amI could be completely off, but didn't Lippa do all of The Wild Party (Yes, I know it was an adaptation...)
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#14
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:45amStickToPriest - Exactly. Les Misérables won the Tony for Best Book.
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#15
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:45amAndrew Lippa did all three for his version of THE WILD PARTY
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#16
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:49amNoel Coward – Sail Away (and weren’t there others?)
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#17
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:53am
[Quote] Book doesn't just mean dialogue. It also means the dramatic structure of the piece. [/Quote]
I did not know that. Thanks for clearing that up!
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 12:53 AM
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#18
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:54am
LaChiusa wrote . .
See What I Wanna See
Bernarda Alba
Little Fish
The Wild Party (Book w/ George C. Wolfe)
Marie Christine
Hello Again
First Lady Suite
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#19
Posted: 6/8/07 at 12:59amWilliam Finn – In Trousers and March of the Falsettos
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#20
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:00amKirsten Childs-The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#21
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:03amI don’t know much about his individual shows, but didn’t George M Cohan generally do all three?
re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#22
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:04am1776 was originally all by Sherman Edwards, and then Peter Stone took over the book, so that's another one.
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#23
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:09amSure. Jonathan Larson wrote it all on his own. Not ripping any of it off from Sarah Schulman.
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re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?#24
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:20am
[Quote] Sure. Jonathan Larson wrote it all on his own. Not ripping any of it off from Sarah Schulman. [/Quote]
I don't know this story? Could you elaborate?
Updated On: 2/15/14 at 01:20 AM
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