Scott Wittman

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Scott Wittman is an American director, lyricist, and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television. He received Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk Awards for co-writing the lyrics for the Broadway musical Hairspray, while the music was written by his life partner Marc Shaiman.[1]

Concert & theatre work (as director and/or writer)

Productions

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me [Original, Musical, Sketches], Lyrics by Scott Wittman;, Conceived by Scott Wittman, Jul 29, 2006 - Jan 27, 2007 (Cast album available on Ghostlight Records - www.sh-k-boom.com)

Hairspray [Original, Musical, Comedy], Lyrics by Scott Wittman, Aug 15, 2002 -

Matters of the Heart [Original, Special, Solo, Concert], Directed by Scott Wittman;, Conceived by Scott Wittman, Nov 13, 2000 - Dec 17, 2000

Patti LuPone on Broadway [Original, Special, Concert, Solo], Directed by Scott Wittman;, Conceived by Scott Wittman

References

1. ^ Rapp, Linda (2004), "Shaiman, Marc , and Scott Wittman", glbtq.com, <[1]

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Broadway theatre[1] is the most well known form of professional theatre to the American general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows.
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Tony Award

Designed by Herman Rosse, 1949
Awarded for Excellence in theatre
Presented by American Theatre Wing and the League of American Theatres and Producers
Country  United States
First awarded 1947
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Grammy Award

The Grammy awards are named for the trophy: a small, gilded gramophone statuette.
Awarded for Outstanding achievements in the record industry
Presented by National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Country
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The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award recognizing shows produced off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and for legitimate not-for-profit theaters, in addition to Broadway productions.
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Hairspray
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Window card for the original Broadway production
Music Marc Shaiman
Lyrics Scott Wittman
Marc Shaiman
Book Mark O'Donnell
Based upon 1988 film Hairspray
Productions 2002 Broadway
2005 Toronto
2006 Las Vegas
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Marc Shaiman (born October 22, 1959) is a multiple-award-winning American composer, lyricist, arranger and performer for films, television and theatre.

Biography

Personal life

Shaiman was born in Newark, New Jersey to Claire (Goldfein) and William Robert Shaiman.
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Kristin Chenoweth

Birth name Kristi Dawn Chenoweth
Born July 24 1968 (1968--) (age 39)
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma,  United States

Awards

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Dame Edna Everage, AD, CBE is a character (some have claimed it is an alter ego) played by Australian comedian Barry Humphries. As Dame Edna, Humphries has written several books and hosted various television shows (on which Humphries has also appeared as himself).
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Nathan Lane

Birth name Joseph Lane
Born January 3 1956 (1956--) (age 51)
Jersey City, NJ, USA

Years active 1982-present


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Darlene Love (born Darlene Wright, July 26, 1941, Los Angeles, California) is an American popular music singer.

Career

She began her singing with her local church choir.
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Patti LuPone

Born March 21 1949 (1949--) (age 58)
Northport, New York

Awards
Tony Awards
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
1980 -
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Bette Midler

Born November 1 1945 (1945--) (age 63)
Honolulu, Hawaii

Spouse(s) Martin von Haselberg (1984-)

Awards
Emmy Awards
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Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker, September 2007. Photograph by Christopher Peterson.

Born March 25 1965 (1965--) (age 42)
Nelsonville, Ohio, U.S.
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Martin Short

Martin Short with Marc Shaiman
Birth name Martin Hayter Short
Born March 26 1950 (1950--) (age 57)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died
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Sandy Duncan

Birth name Sandra Kay Duncan
Born January 20 1946 (1946--) (age 61)
Henderson, Texas,
 United States
Died


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Christine Ebersole (b. 21 February 1953) is a two-time Tony Award-winning American actress and singer.

Born in Winnetka, Illinois, she attended New Trier High School and graduated from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.
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Ellen Foley (born 1951, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American singer and actress whose range of talent and experience has spanned edgy rock, mainstream pop, standard Broadway, sitcom television, and Hollywood.
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Annie Golden (born October 19 1951) is an actress and singer.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Golden began her career as the lead singer of The Shirts (which headlined CBGB's in the late seventies).
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Debbie Shapiro Gravitte (born September 29 1954) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Gravitte (then Shapiro) made her Broadway debut in the chorus of They're Playing Our Song in 1979.
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Allison Janney

Born November 19 1959 (1959--) (age 49)
Dayton, Ohio

Awards
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series
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Madeline Kahn (September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was a two-time Academy Award-nominated, four-time Golden Globe-nominated, and an Emmy Award-winning American actress, known primarily for her comedic roles.
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Lainie Kazan

Kazan at the 79th Annual Academy Awards Children Uniting Nations/Billboard afterparty

Born May 15 1940 (1940--) (age 67)
New York City


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Ute Lemper (born July 4, 1963) is a German chanteuse and actress. Born in Münster, she graduated from the Dance Academy in Cologne and the Max Reinhardt Seminary Drama School in Vienna. At age 16, she joined the punk music group the Panama Drive Band.
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John Epperson (born April 24, 1955) is a drag artist, actor, pianist, vocalist and writer who is mainly known for creating his stage character Lypsinka. As Lypsinka he is lip-synching to meticulously edited show-length soundtracks culled from snippets of outrageous
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Ann Magnuson

Born January 4 1956 (1956--) (age 51)
Charleston, West Virginia

Ann Magnuson
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Andrea Martin

Born January 15 1947 (1947--) (age 60)
Portland, Maine, U.S.
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Lonette McKee

Born July 22 1954 (1954--) (age 53)
Detroit, Michigan

Lonette McKee
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Elaine Stritch

Born January 2 1926 (1926--) (age 81)[1]
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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Bruce Vilanch

Comedian Bruce Vilanch in The Aristocrats

Born November 24 1948 (1948--) (age 60)
New York City, New York, U.S.
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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. Since 1998, he has recorded five albums of original music, several EPs, and numerous tracks included on compilations and film soundtracks.
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