Scott Wittman

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2011

Scott Wittman is an American director, lyricist, composer and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television.

Life and career

Wittman was raised in Nanuet, New York, graduated from Nanuet Senior High School in 1972 and attended Emerson College in Boston for two years before leaving to pursue a career in musical theatre in New York City. While directing a show for a Greenwich Village club he met songwriter and composer Marc Shaiman, and the two became collaborators and professional partners. While Shaiman wrote for television shows, including Saturday Night Live, Wittman directed concerts for such artists as Bette Midler, Christine Ebersole, Raquel Welch, Dame Edna Everage, and Lypsinka, among others.[1]

In 2002, Shaiman and Wittman wrote the music and lyrics for the musical

Grammy Award. In addition to Hairspray, Wittman conceived, wrote lyrics for, and directed Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me and conceived and directed Matters of the Heart, a solo concert by Patti LuPone in 2000.[3]

Shaiman and Wittman worked on

In 2011, Hairspray was performed at Nanuet Senior High School, where Wittman attended high school.

In 2013, Wittman and Marc Shaiman co-wrote the score for

Smash.[7]
A soundtrack was released later that same year.

Wittman and Shaiman collaborated in 2018 on Mary Poppins Returns where Wittman wrote the lyrics for nine of the tracks listed.[8] He and Shaiman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "The Place Where Lost Things Go".

In 2021, Wittman and Shaiman wrote a song entitled "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".[9] It was released as a single on November 24, the day the episode became available on Disney+.[10]

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

Matthew Lopez.[11]

References

  1. ^ Shaiman, Marc (b. 1959), and Scott Wittman (b. 1955) Archived February 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. GLBTQ.com.
  2. ^ "2003". Tony Awards. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  3. playbill.com, December 15, 2000
  4. ^ "Girls, Girls, Girls!". New York. April 3, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  5. ^ Hetrick, Adam. "Wheels Up: 'Catch Me If You Can', Starring Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz, Opens On Broadway" playbill.com, April 10, 2011
  6. ^ "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to open in West End". BBC. June 18, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  7. ^ Robinson, Mark. "'Bombshell's Bringing Her Back! But Is Marilyn Monroe Meant for the Stage?" playbill.com, August 22, 2015
  8. ^ Roberts, Maddy Shaw. "Who composed the ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ soundtrack – and what are the songs?" Cassicfm.com. December 27, 2018.
  9. Marvel.com. Archived
    from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  10. from the original on November 24, 2021. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  11. ^ McPhee, Ryan (February 10, 2021). "Amber Ruffin to Co-Write Broadway-Aimed Some Like It Hot Musical". Playbill. Retrieved August 11, 2021.

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