One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?- Page 2
One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#25re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:20am
Grease - Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
Nunsense (ad nauseum) - Dan Goggin
Spamalot - Eric Idle (Music w/ John Du Prez)
The Producers - Mel Brooks (Music w/ Glen Kelly, Book w/ Thomas Meehan)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - Clark Gesner (Book w/ John Gordon)
I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#26re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:21amPlus other unknown show by people like Dan Goggin, and SEVERAL show by authors already mentioned (Noel Coward, George M Cohan).
I have several names, one is Julian2. I am also The Opps Girl. But cross me, and I become Bitch Dooku!
#27re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:24amThere's a RENT timeline on broadway.com. It pretty much explains everything there. No, Jonathon Larson did not COMPLETELY write RENT.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
NCGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 4/8/04
#28re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:32amWilly Russell – Blood Brothers
#29re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
Posted: 6/8/07 at 1:47amFor the record, iluvtheatertrash, I was being sarcastic.
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temms
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/04
#30re: One Writer for Book, Music, & Lyrics?
Posted: 6/8/07 at 9:46amActually, Clark Gesner did write all of "Charlie Brown" himself. "John Gordon" was a made-up name, since Clark thought it would look like a vanity project if he took credit for all of it. I think he also said that since a lot of the book came from the original cast's improvs (and the comic strip), he used the "John Gordon" name as much as a nod to them. But the show is entirely Clark's.
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