- Edward Kleban
Edward Kleban (
April 30 1939 -December 28 1987 ), known professionally as Ed Kleban, was an Americanmusical theatre composer andlyricist .A graduate of New York's
High School of Music & Art andColumbia University , Kleban wrote the lyrics for the smash Broadway hit "A Chorus Line ". He and composerMarvin Hamlisch won the 1976Tony Award for Best Original Score.The one-woman
Phyllis Newman show, "The Madwoman of Central Park West " (1979), featured a few tunes with his lyrics.In 2000,
Lonny Price co-wrote (withLinda Kline ), directed, and starred in "A Class Act ", a musical biography of Kleban with a score comprised of songs he had written for numerous unproduced musicals. After a two-month run at theManhattan Theatre Club , it transferred to the Ambassador Theatre, where it closed after three months. Fourteen years after his death from throat cancer, Kleban earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score and Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics.Kleban created the Kleban Foundation, which awards grants to aspiring theatre lyricists.
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title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics
years=1975-1976
for "A Chorus Line "
before=Charlie Smalls
for "The Wiz "
after=none, separate awards for music and lyrics after this yearExternal links
* [http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=13009 Internet Broadway Database listing]
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