Alan Jay Lerner wrote some of America's best loved and enduring stage and movie musicals with Frederick Loewe over a period of more than 25 years: Life of the Party, What's Up, The Day Before Spring, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Camelot and Gigi. He also wrote Love Life with Kurt Weill, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and Carmelina with Burton Lane, Coco with Andre Previn, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with Leonard Bernstein and Dance a Little Closer with Charles Strouse. He wrote the libretto and/or lyrics for the following films: An American in Paris, Gigi, ... read more
Frederick Loewe, a classically trained musician, wrote the scores for some of America's most memorable musicals, including My Fair Lady, Camelot, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, and Gigi. Among his most famous songs with lyricist-partner Alan Jay Lerner are "Almost Like Being in Love," "I Could Have Danced All Night," and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls." A musical prodigy, Loewe was born in Berlin in 1901 and, at 13, was the youngest piano soloist to play with the Berlin Philharmonic. His popular song "Katrina," written when he was 15, sold more than a million copies across Europe. Struggling to find work ... read more
Additional credits include:
OKLAAHOMA
Musical Theatre West
February 2012
Long Beach, CA
Love Always... Patsy Cline
22Q Entertainment
July 2014
El Portal Theatre, North Hollywood, Ca
RENT
Sant Clarita performing arts center
May 2014
Into The Woods
3D Theatricals
Plummer auditorium
April 2014
The Producers
3D Theatricals
Plummer Auditorium
January 2014 ... read more
Awards: USITT Distinguished Award 2018. Received an Emmy Award for Peter Pan Staring Cathy Rigby (on A&E). LA Drama Critics Circle for Lifetime Achievement in Scenic Design.
Other Broadway: The Twilight of The Golds, National Tour: Camelot.
Regional: over 300 productions at theatres including: The Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, GeVa, Pasadena Playhouse, The Globe, Berkeley Rep, Magic, Dallas Theatre Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Stage, San Jose Rep, San Diego Rep, Walnut Street Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company. Iacovelli designed the world premiere of Wole Soyinka’s adaptation of Oedipus at Colonus for The Cultural ... read more
