ANDREW LIPPA wrote the music and lyrics for Big Fish, book by John August, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, which recently played the Neil Simon Theater on Broadway. His oratorio, I Am Harvey Milk (words and music), was premiered by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the recording, released in October, 2013, reached number 2 on the iTunes Classical Chart. I Am Harvey Milk will be seen at LA’s Disney Hall in July and in NYC this fall at a venue soon to be announced. He wrote he Tony-nominated music and lyrics for the Broadway musical The Addams Family, book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), which opened in April of 2010 and starred Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth. Mr. Lippa wrote the music for the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin’s (The Social Network, A Few Good Men) The Addams Familynew play The Farnsworth Invention directed by Des McAnuff. Asphalt Beach (music and lyrics) was premiered at Northwestern University by the American Music Theatre Project in October, 2006. The Wild Party (book/music/lyrics) was given its world premiere in 2000 at the Manhattan Theater Club in New York City. The Wild Party won the Outer Critics Circle Award for best Off-Broadway musical of the season and Mr. Lippa won the 2000 Drama Desk Award for best music. 2004 saw the premiere of A Little Princess (book and lyrics by Brian Crawley) at Theatreworks in Palo Alto, CA. In 1999 he contributed three new songs to the Broadway version of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (including “My New Philosophy” for Tony-Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth) and created all new arrangements. He wrote the music and co-wrote the book (with Tom Greenwald) for john & jen, which premiered in New York City in 1995 at The Lamb’s Theater.
Andrew Lippa, Big Fish
Andrew Lippa, The Addams Family
Andrew Lippa, The Addams Family
Andrew Lippa, The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Andrew Lippa, The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club)
Andrew Lippa
Andrew Lippa has written 11 shows including You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Composer), john and jen (Composer), john & jen (Bookwriter), The Wild Party (Bookwriter), Chef's Theater: A Musical Feast (Songs), A Little Princess (Composer), Jerry Christmas (Composer/Lyricist), Asphalt Beach (Composer/Lyricist), The Addams Family (Composer), Big Fish (Composer), I Am Anne Hutchinson - I Am Harvey Milk (Words and Music).
Andrew Lippa has been nominated for several awards, including Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for Big Fish, Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for The Addams Family, Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for The Addams Family, Outstanding Lyric at the Drama Desk Awards for The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club), Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club), and the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award).
Andrew Lippa has won the following awards: Outstanding Lyric at the Drama Desk Awards for The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club), Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for The Wild Party (Manhattan Theatre Club), and the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award).
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