Marc Shaiman

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Marc Shaiman
At the Drama League All Star Benefit Gala, February 7, 2011
Born (1959-10-22) October 22, 1959 (age 64)
Occupations
  • Composer
  • lyricist
Spouse
Louis Mirabal
(m. 2016)
Websitemarcshaiman.com

Marc Shaiman (

Tony Award. He has also received seven Academy Awards
nominations.

Early Life

Shaiman was born to a

née Goldfein) and William Robert Shaiman.[2] He grew up in Scotch Plains, New Jersey and attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School, but got his GED and left school at age 16 to start working in New York's theaters.[3]

Career

Shaiman started his career as a

It's the Girls, which had the highest debut of Midler's recording career on the Billboard Album charts, and co-wrote Crystal's farewell to Jay Leno which featured Carol Burnett and Oprah Winfrey
among others.

His film

Tonight Show broadcasts, and Nathan Lane's farewell to David Letterman
called "Dead Inside."

Shaiman has earned seven

ASCAP's Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the music of film and television.[5] He is the first recipient of the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Comedy Feature Film. He wrote and sang the song "Yes" for his agent's film Finding Kraftland, and co-wrote (with partner Scott Wittman) songs for Neil Patrick Harris when Harris hosted the 63rd Tony Awards (2009) and the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009), and was Emmy-nominated for musical directing and co-writing the 82nd Academy Awards
(2010).

Shaiman co-produced and co-wrote cuts on Mariah Carey's 2010 Christmas album Merry Christmas II You. He and Wittman wrote original songs for the musical-based television show for NBC, Smash, which ran from 2012 to 2013, and served as executive producers. For their song "Let Me Be Your Star," Shaiman and co-lyricist Wittman were nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award, and as executive producers they were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical.

Shaiman and Wittman were honored on April 28, 2014, by

The New York Pops Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.[4] The following year, Jennifer Hudson sang the Smash song "I Can't Let Go" at the 87th Academy Awards during the in memoriam tribute, featuring revised lyrics. The duo's latest Broadway musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ran on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, after finishing a four-year run on London's West End at The Royal Drury Lane Theater. Shaiman was Tony-nominated for his orchestrations for their previous Broadway musical Catch Me If You Can. In 2021, they wrote a song titled "Save the City" for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in-universe Broadway production titled Rogers: The Musical featured in the first episode of Hawkeye, "Never Meet Your Heroes".[6] It was released as a single on November 24, the day the episode became available on Disney+.[7]

In February 2021, it was announced that Shaiman and Wittman were writing songs for a new

Activism

In 2008, a controversy erupted nationwide when

California Proposition 8
, which was an amendment to change the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California. After the amendment was passed, donor information became public. Shaiman and other Broadway artists who had previously worked with the director became critical and called for a boycott of the theatre by all gay artists and performers, ending in the director's resignation days later.

To protest the passage of

California Proposition 8 in November 2008, Shaiman wrote a satiric mini-musical called Prop 8 — The Musical. The 3-minute video was distributed on the internet at FunnyOrDie.com, beginning on December 3, 2008. It was written and produced in just a few days. The cast includes Jack Black (who plays Jesus), Neil Patrick Harris, John C. Reilly, Allison Janney, Andy Richter, Maya Rudolph, Margaret Cho, and Rashida Jones. Shaiman plays the piano and appears briefly in the video. It received 1.2 million internet hits in its first day.[11][12]

Personal life

He is openly gay,[13] and married Louis Mirabal, a retired lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, on March 26, 2016.[14] He lives in both Manhattan and upstate New York.

Filmography (composer unless otherwise noted)

Films

Year Title Director Notes
1988 Big Business Jim Abrahams Songs only
Beaches Garry Marshall Music supervisor
1989 When Harry Met Sally... Rob Reiner
1990 Misery
1991 Scenes from a Mall Paul Mazursky
City Slickers Ron Underwood
The Addams Family Barry Sonnenfeld
Hot Shots! Jim Abrahams Actor
For the Boys Mark Rydell Songs only
1992 Sister Act Emile Ardolino
Mr. Saturday Night Billy Crystal
A Few Good Men
Rob Reiner
1993 Sleepless in Seattle Nora Ephron
Heart and Souls Ron Underwood
Hocus Pocus Kenny Ortega Musical arrangement: Additional arrangements
Life with Mikey James Lapine
Addams Family Values Barry Sonnenfeld
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Bill Duke
1994 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold Paul Weiland
North Rob Reiner
Speechless Ron Underwood
That's Entertainment! III Bud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan
1995 Stuart Saves His Family Harold Ramis
Forget Paris Billy Crystal
The American President
Rob Reiner
1996 Bogus Norman Jewison
Mother Albert Brooks
The First Wives Club Hugh Wilson
Ghosts of Mississippi Rob Reiner
1997 George of the Jungle Sam Weisman
In & Out Frank Oz
1998 My Giant Michael Lehmann
Simon Birch Mark Steven Johnson
Patch Adams Tom Shadyac
1999 The Out-of-Towners Sam Weisman
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Trey Parker
The Story of Us Rob Reiner With Eric Clapton
2000 The Kid Jon Turteltaub
2001 Get Over It Tommy O'Haver Songs only
One Night at McCool's Harald Zwart
The Wedding Planner Adam Shankman
2003 Down with Love Peyton Reed
Alex & Emma Rob Reiner
The Cat in the Hat Bo Welch Songs only
Marci X Richard Benjamin
2004 Team America: World Police Trey Parker Song only
Score was rejected and replaced by Harry Gregson-Williams
2005
Rumor Has It...
Rob Reiner
2007 Hairspray Adam Shankman
The Bucket List Rob Reiner
Bee Movie Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner Song in end credits only
2010 Flipped Rob Reiner
2012 The Magic of Belle Isle
Parental Guidance Andy Fickman
2014 And So It Goes Rob Reiner
2016 LBJ
2017 The Star Timothy Reckart
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Rob Marshall
2021 Tick, Tick... Boom! Lin-Manuel Miranda Cameo appearance
2022 Bros Nicholas Stoller
Hocus Pocus 2 Anne Fletcher Additional lyrics / song and vocal producer

Television

Year Title Notes
1984–1985,
1986–1987
Saturday Night Live
1986
Comic Relief
Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started
1987 Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Lost Minutes
1988 The Mondo Beyondo Show
1989 I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood
What's Alan Watching?
1990 Billy Crystal: Midnight Train To Moscow
62nd Academy Awards
1991 63rd Academy Awards
1992 64th Academy Awards
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Episode: "Robin Williams/Bette Midler"
1993 65th Academy Awards
1997 69th Academy Awards
Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas
1998 70th Academy Awards
From the Earth to the Moon Episode: "The Original Wives Club"
1999
Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special
1999, 2002 South Park Composer (Episode: "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics")
Actor (Episode: "Cripple Fight")
1999 Get Bruce
1999 Jackie's Back
2000 72nd Academy Awards
Bette
2001 61*
2002 Greg the Bunny
2003 Charlie Lawrence
The Score
2004
Biography
Episode: "Bette Midler"
76th Academy Awards
2005 77th Academy Awards
2007 79th Academy Awards
2009 63rd Tony Awards
61st Primetime Emmy Awards
2010 82nd Academy Awards
The Kennedy Center Honors
2012 84th Academy Awards
2012–2013 Smash
2015 Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special
87th Academy Awards
2016 Hairspray Live!
2020 Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
2021 The Prince Episode: "School Musical Part 2"
Hawkeye 2 episodes
2023 Only Murders in the Building
The Kennedy Center Honors

Theatre

Internet

  • Prop 8 - The Musical
    (2008) (composer, lyricist, pianist) - 2009 "Webby" winner for Best Comedy: Short or Individual Episode
  • Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film and TV Music Community ("The End Titles" song) (2020)

Discography

Concert/cabaret work

Accolades

For his work as a

Hollywood Film Award
for Outstanding Contribution to Music and Film in 2002.

References

  1. ^ Bloom, Nate (February 2, 2012). "Jewish stars: Whales, ghosts and 'Smash'". Cleveland Jewish News. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Marc Shaiman Biography (1959-) Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine filmreference.com
  3. ^ Fowler, Linda. "N.J. native Marc Shaiman drops in on Paper Mill's production of his Broadway hit 'Hairspray'" Archived October 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, NJ.com, December 23, 2010. Accessed October 1, 2015. "Joking with fans during this fall production, Shaiman refers to his Scotch Plains hometown as exit 135.... Reluctant but supportive, his parents let him drop out of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School at 16 — he later earned a GED — to work in Manhattan’s fringe theaters."
  4. ^ a b "Smash - NBC Official Site: Bios". NBC TV. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  5. ^ "ASCAP Henry Mancini Award". ASCAP. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  6. Marvel.com. Archived
    from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  7. from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  8. ^ McPhee, Ryan (February 10, 2021). "Amber Ruffin to Co-Write Broadway-Aimed Some Like It Hot Musical". Playbill. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  9. ^ "Sacramento theater director who donated to Prop. 8 faced storm of criticism". Los Angeles Times. November 12, 2008. Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  10. ^ McKinley, Jesse (November 12, 2008). "Scott Eckern of California Musical Theater Resigns Amid Gay-Rights Ire Over Proposition 8 in California". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  11. ^ Itzkoff, Dave. "Marc Shaiman on 'Prop 8 — The Musical'", Archived December 6, 2009, at Wikiwix The New York Times, December 4, 2008
  12. ^ "Star-studded Web video protests Prop 8 – Spoof musical's blockbuster cast includes Jack Black as Jesus", Associated Press, MSN.com, December 4, 2008
  13. ^ Itzkoff, Dave. "For This Songwriter, the Political Is Musical" The New York Times, December 6, 2008
  14. ^ "Hairspray Composer Marc Shaiman Ties The Knot" Archived March 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Playbill, March 26, 2016
  15. ^ Musto, Michael (July 23, 2002). "NY Mirror". The Village Voice. Retrieved September 25, 2021.

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