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STAGE CREDITS

To Whom It May Concern
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1985
Fay
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1978
Heather
Heather [Replacement]
1776
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1969
Abigail Adams (Understudy)
Martha Jefferson (Understudy)
Now Is the Time for All Good Men
[Off-Broadway]
Original Off-Broadway Production, 1967
Performer
110 in the Shade
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1963
Townsperson
Little Me
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1962
Ms. Kepplewhite
Singer

Productions

Notes From NowNotes From Now
 
[Off-Broadway, 2022]
Writer
True StoriesTrue Stories
 
[Off-Broadway, 2021]
Director

Writing

Hats!
Composer/Lyricist
The Last Sweet Days of Isaac
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Shelter
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Bookwriter
Lyricist

Awards and Nominations


winner
- 1991 - Most promising musical theatre librettist

Gretchen Cryer

Drama Desk Awards - 1979 - Outstanding Lyrics

Gretchen Cryer, I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 1970 - Most Promising Playwright

Gretchen Cryer, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac


winner
Obie Awards - 1970 - Best Musical

Gretchen Cryer , The Last Sweet Days of Isaac

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Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton to Reprise OLD FRIENDS at Pangea Photo
Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton to Reprise OLD FRIENDS at Pangea
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 20, 2025

Barbara Bleier and Austin Pendleton will return to NYC's intimate club Pangea for two nights only to reprise their adored show OLD FRIENDS! Learn more!
Interview: Gretchen Cryer & Gracie Hyland Celebrate HOUSE ON FIRE Album Release at GR Photo
Interview: Gretchen Cryer & Gracie Hyland Celebrate HOUSE ON FIRE Album Release at GR42
by Rebecca Kaplan - Feb 3, 2025

Gretchen Cryer, the legendary songwriter behind I'm GETTING MY ACT TOGETHER AND TAKING IT ON THE ROAD, wrote a brand-new musical with her granddaughter. The show, called HOUSE ON FIRE, celebrates its album release with an NYC concert on 2/4.
HOUSE ON FIRE Debut Recording Out Now; Concert Set for February at The Green Room 42 Photo
HOUSE ON FIRE Debut Recording Out Now; Concert Set for February at The Green Room 42
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 31, 2025

Precious Days Records has released the debut recording of Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland’s new musical HOUSE ON FIRE in streaming and digital formats. Learn more about the album and the upcoming concert presentation.
Exclusive: 'Early Teenage Crisis' From HOUSE ON FIRE Photo
Exclusive: 'Early Teenage Crisis' From HOUSE ON FIRE
by Stephi Wild - Jan 30, 2025

Gretchen Cryer recently wrote a new musical with her granddaughter, Gracie Hyland, titled House on Fire. We have your exclusive first listen to a song from the show. Listen to “Early Teenage Crisis” here! 
Photos: Meet The Company of DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE At 59E59 Theaters Photo
Photos: Meet The Company of DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE At 59E59 Theaters
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - Jan 23, 2025

Penguin Rep Theatre and Shadowland Stages present Ken Ludwig's DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE at 59E59 Theaters, directed by Stephen Nachamie. The production stars Alexandra Fortin and Michael Liebhauser. The company met the press this week. Check out our photos from the event. 
New Musical HOUSE ON FIRE Recording To Be Released This Month Photo
New Musical HOUSE ON FIRE Recording To Be Released This Month
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 22, 2025

Precious Days Records will release the debut recording of Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland's new musical HOUSE ON FIRE in streaming and digital formats on Friday, January 31.
Benjamin Velez and Madeline Myers Are Recipients of the 2025 Kleban Prize For Musical Photo
Benjamin Velez and Madeline Myers Are Recipients of the 2025 Kleban Prize For Musical Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 14, 2025

The 2025 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricist has been awarded to Benjamin Velez. The 2025 Kleban Prize for the most promising musical theatre librettist has been awarded to Madeline Myers.
HOUSE ON FIRE Record Release Show to Take Place at The Green Room 42 Photo
HOUSE ON FIRE Record Release Show to Take Place at The Green Room 42
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 2, 2025

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland’s House On Fire, a record release show for the new musical. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
Richard Maltby, Jr. And David Shire's ABOUT TIME to Have Industry Concert Presentatio Photo
Richard Maltby, Jr. And David Shire's ABOUT TIME to Have Industry Concert Presentation
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 6, 2024

Out of the Box Theatrics will present three industry concert presentations of About Time, the final installment in the Starting Here, Starting Now and Closer Than Ever song trilogy. Learn more!
Review: Lianne Marie Dobbs Shows What Tributes Should Look Like at 54 Below Photo
Review: Lianne Marie Dobbs Shows What Tributes Should Look Like at 54 Below
by Ricky Pope - Nov 10, 2024

In her show THE WINDMILLS OF MY MIND…FOR DUSTY SPRINGFIELD, Lianne Marie Hobbs draws comparisons between what she calls the “hamsters in her brain” and those that inhabited the similar ones in Dusty Springfield's brain.
Photos: Highlights From Final TOMATOES GOT TALENT! Photo
Photos: Highlights From Final TOMATOES GOT TALENT!
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 20, 2024

Tomatoes Got Talent, the talent show for women over 40 who do not work professionally in showbiz, took its final, fabulous bow on Oct 14, 2024 at the Upper West Side theatre/club, TRIAD. See photos from the event here!
Photos: TOMATOES GOT TALENT SHOW Takes Final Bow Photo
Photos: TOMATOES GOT TALENT SHOW Takes Final Bow
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 19, 2024

“Tomatoes Got Talent” – the decade-long talent show created and produced by The Three Tomatoes and Randie Levine-Miller, took its final bow after 10 years! It rocked the house on October 14 at the Triad, NYC. Check out photos here!
10th Annual and Final TOMATOES GOT TALENT SHOW to Be Presented This Week At The Triad Photo
10th Annual and Final TOMATOES GOT TALENT SHOW to Be Presented This Week At The Triad
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 13, 2024

TOMATOES GOT TALENT will present its 10th annual and final show on October 14, 2024. Hosted by Randie Levine-Miller, this event celebrates performers over 40 showcasing their skills.
Feature: October Monthly Musical Birthday Tribute " It's a Quiz! Photo
Feature: October Monthly Musical Birthday Tribute " It's a Quiz!
by Rob Lester - Oct 1, 2024

What star turned down CABARET? What two cabaret stars were born on Halloween? What cabaret club was named for a character in a musical? What Broadway lyricist turns 100 this month? Take the multiple-choice quiz and see what you know (or might guess correctly) about so many talented folks ALL born in October.
Gretchen Cryer, Beth Fowler And Alyce Finell To Judge TOMATOES GOT TALENT Final Conte Photo
Gretchen Cryer, Beth Fowler And Alyce Finell To Judge TOMATOES GOT TALENT Final Contest
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 21, 2024

Gretchen Cryer, Beth Fowler, and Alyce Finell announced as judges for the final 'Tomatoes Got Talent' contest on October 14th at The Triad. Discover the details of this annual event's last edition.
HOUSE ON FIRE by Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland to be Presented at The Green Room 4 Photo
HOUSE ON FIRE by Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland to be Presented at The Green Room 42
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 6, 2024

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present the new musical HOUSE ON FIRE by Gretchen Cryer and Gracie Hyland, featuring Kenita Miller and Michael McCorry Rose. Learn how to purchase tickets.
World Premiere Of LIBERTY TALKS: A COLOSSAL SATIRE Comes to Wellfleet Harbor Actors T Photo
World Premiere Of LIBERTY TALKS: A COLOSSAL SATIRE Comes to Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2024

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater will present the World Premiere of LIBERTY TALKS: A Colossal Satire by Provincetown playwright Fermin Rojas, directed by Janice L. Goldberg.
Review: TRIBUTE TO MALTBY & SHIRE Is a Triumph at The Cutting Room Photo
Review: TRIBUTE TO MALTBY & SHIRE Is a Triumph at The Cutting Room
by Rob Lester - Jun 21, 2024

A 'Big' salute to songwriters Maltby & Shire, hosted and music-directed by Michael Lavine, brings us 'Closer Than Ever' to perfection. As tributes go, the one filled with the songs of Maltby and Shire, as they were bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award, was tops. Filled with theatre and cabaret performers, it was a great night.
Jeanine Tesori and Bess Wohl Join Dramatists Guild Council Photo
Jeanine Tesori and Bess Wohl Join Dramatists Guild Council
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2024

Jeanine Tesori and Bess Wohl have joined The Dramatists Guild Council, the leadership team of the Guild.
Marilyn Maye Will Open the American Popular Song Society 3rd Annual Gala Benefit
by Stephi Wild - May 28, 2024

Marilyn Maye will perform at the American Popular Song Society 3rd Annual Gala Benefit on Monday, June 17, 2024 at The Cutting Room.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Gretchen Cryer been in?

Gretchen Cryer has appeared on Broadway in 3 shows.

How many West End shows has Gretchen Cryer been in?

Gretchen Cryer has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Gretchen Cryer been nominated for?

Most promising musical theatre librettist () for , Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road, Most Promising Playwright (Drama Desk Awards) for The Last Sweet Days of Isaac and Best Musical (Obie Awards) for The Last Sweet Days of Isaac.

What awards has Gretchen Cryer won?

Gretchen Cryer has received several prestigious awards, including Most Promising Musical Theatre Librettist for The Last Sweet Days of Isaac at the Drama Desk Awards, and Best Musical at the Obie Awards, also for The Last Sweet Days of Isaac.

How many shows has Gretchen Cryer written?

Gretchen Cryer has written 7 shows including Booth is Back in Town (Lyricist), Now Is the Time for All Good Men (Bookwriter/Lyricist), The Last Sweet Days of Isaac (Bookwriter/Lyricist), The Wedding of Iphigenia (Lyricist), Shelter (Bookwriter/Lyricist), I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road (Bookwriter/Lyricist), Hats! (Composer/Lyricist).

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