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Adam Guettel

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BIO

iAdam Guettel is a composer/lyricist. Theatre includes The Light In the Piazza (2005; Tony Award for Best Original Score; Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album; cast album on Nonesuch Records), Floyd Collins (1996 at Playwrights Horizons; Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Obie Award for Best Music; cast album on Nonesuch Records), and Saturn Returns (1998 at The Public Theater; recorded by Nonesuch Records as Myths and Hymns). Other awards include the Stephen Sondheim Award (1990), the ASCAP New Horizons Award (1997), and the American Composers Orchestra Award (2005). He received an honorary doctorate from Lehman College in 2007.

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Productions

Floyd CollinsFloyd Collins
 
[Broadway, 2025]
Music
Lyrics
Days of Wine and RosesDays of Wine and Roses
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Orchestrations
The Light in the PiazzaThe Light in the Piazza
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Orchestrations
Days of Wine and RosesDays of Wine and Roses
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Orchestrations
To Kill A MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird
 
[West End, 2020]
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Light in the PiazzaThe Light in the Piazza
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Orchestrator
Lydie Breeze, Parts I & II
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Composer
Love and Anger
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Sound Designer
Song and Dance
 
[Broadway, 1985]
Assistant to Mr. Mauceri

Writing

Saturn Returns: A Concert
Bookwriter
Composer
Lyricist
Floyd Collins
Composer
Lyricist
The Light in the Piazza
Composer
Lyricist
Composer
Saturn Returns
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Adam Guettel, To Kill a Mockingbird


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BroadwayWorld Awards - 2005 - Best Orchestrations

Adam GuettelThe Light in the Piazza


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Drama Desk Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Music

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Orchestrations

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Orchestrations

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Richard Rodgers Award - 1997 - Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award

Adam Guettel


winner
Obie Awards - 1996 - Music

Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins


winner
The Lortels - 1996 - Outstanding Musical

Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins

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Ari Axelrod will release his new album A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway on Friday, January 17. We have your exclusive first listen to the track 'Migratory V', written by Adam Guettel for Myths & Hymns.
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The feelings that one gets when sitting in the audience for a musical production can run the gamut from sadness and heartbreak to joy and excitement. But it is a rare experience when a production causes one to experience the full breadth of human emotion – becoming transfixed and transported to an elevated state of bliss. This is what I experienced last night at Central Florida Vocal Arts (CFVA) production of Adam Guettel’s THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA – an stunningly brilliant production featuring some of the most magnificent vocals I have heard from the stage in a very long time.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Adam Guettel written?

Adam Guettel has written 7 shows including Love and Anger (Music), Saturn Returns (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Saturn Returns: A Concert (Bookwriter), Floyd Collins (Composer), The Light in the Piazza (Composer), To Kill A Mockingbird (Music), Days of Wine and Roses (Music & Lyrics).

What awards has Adam Guettel been nominated for?

Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Days of Wine and Roses, Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Days of Wine and Roses, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Days of Wine and Roses, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for To Kill a Mockingbird, Best Orchestrations (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Outstanding Orchestrations (Drama Desk Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Best Orchestrations (Tony Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award), Music (Obie Awards) for Floyd Collins and Outstanding Musical (The Lortels) for Floyd Collins.

What awards has Adam Guettel won?

Adam Guettel has received several prestigious awards throughout his career. They include: - Best Orchestrations (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Outstanding Orchestrations (Drama Desk Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Best Orchestrations (Tony Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for The Light in the Piazza - Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award) - Music (Obie Awards) for Floyd Collins - Outstanding Musical (The Lortels) for Floyd Collins.

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