Writers/composers with multiple shows on Broadway?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:56am

There's another thread, I believe, about this - and I know there is a Playbill article about Directors with multiple shows on Broadway...

In the last couple decades, can anyone name a year when a writer/composer had more than 2 shows on Broadway?

[BlueWindSadness]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 9:58am

Well Stephen Schwartz will soon have 2 shows once Godspell opens...other than that I can;t think of anyone who has MORE than 2....that would be quite an accomplishment though!

[sit&dither]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 10:04am

For better or worse, I think the most recent such case was with Frank Wildhorn in 1999. He had Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and The Civil War all running at the same time, albeit briefly.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 10:44am

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber

[Jon]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 11:57am

At oune point in the late 80's, ALW had 4 shows on Broadway - Phantom, Cats, Joseph and Starlight, I believe.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 1:20pm

I thin kAspects of Love was ibn there at some point too, but not with ALL of them...

[SahDu]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 2:10pm

Sondheim currently has Gypsy and Sunday in the Park, though he only wrote the lyrics for Gypsy and wrote lyrics and music for Sunday. Updated On: 2/15/14 at 02:10 PM

[D2]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 2:16pm

In the summer of 1953 Rodgers and Hammerstein had 4 shows running on Broadway: the original productions of SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, ME AND JULIET and a revival of OKLAHOMA.

[philly03]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:36pm

The most Lloyd Webber had has been three. But he did it six times:

1982: Cats, EVITA, Joseph & the ...
1988: Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express
1990: Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love
1993: Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Joseph Revival
1994: Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard
2000: Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar Revival

And if you want to get technical, Frank Wildhorn had the three already mentioned in 1999, but also had two shows running in Jekyll & Hyde and Victor/Victoria for a small time in 1997. Updated On: 5/13/08 at 04:36 PM

[jackson992]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 7:33pm

Always nice to see appreciation for the greatness of ALW and Wildhorne. Has anyone had a chance to listen to his newest show yet?

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 7:44pm

If I'm not mistaken, at one point Neil Simon had BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, THE ODD COUPLE and STAR SPANGLED GIRL playing at the same time. Maybe LITTLE ME was also running.

[jv92]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 7:52pm

Jerry Herman had Dollly!, Mame and Dear World all running at the same time.
Sondheim (and Prince, Bennett and Aronson) had Company and Follies running at the same time.

[broadwayman17]

Posted: 5/13/08 at 8:13pm

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