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Encyclopedia > Adam Guettel

Adam Guettel (pronounced "Gettle"; b. 1965), son of Mary Rodgers and grandson of Richard Rodgers, is an American musical theater composer and lyricist. A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale, his works include Floyd Collins, Love's Fire, Saturn Returns (also known as Myths and Hymns), and The Light in the Piazza starring Victoria Clark, Kelli O'Hara, Matthew Morrison, and Patti Cohenour. His music is known for its complexity and use of various strings; he is perhaps one of the modern musical theater composers most heavily influenced by the work of Stephen Sondheim. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Mary Rodgers (born January 11, 1931) is a composer of musicals, an author of childrens books, and daughter of Richard Rodgers. ... An autographed photo of Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing partnerships with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. He wrote more than 900 published songs, and forty Broadway musicals. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A lyricist is an author of song lyrics. ... Floyd Collins is a musical based on the death of Floyd Collins near Cave City, Kentucky in the winter of 1925. ... Myths and Hymns originally known as Saturn Returns by musical theater composer Adam Guettel. ... The Light in the Piazza is a musical drama by Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book). ... Soprano Victoria Clark won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical in 2005 for her performance in Adam Guettels The Light in the Piazza. ... Kelli OHara (born April 16, 197?) is an American actress and singer. ... Matthew Morrison, an accomplished musical theater actor was born on October 30, 1978 in California. ... Patti Cohenour was most recently seen in the Broadway production of The Light in the Piazza as Signora Naccarelli. ... Stephen Sondheim (Birthname: Stephen Joshua Sondeim b. ...


On June 5, 2005 Adam Guettel won the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for The Light in the Piazza. He also took home the award for Best Orchestrations for the same show. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... The Light in the Piazza is a musical drama by Adam Guettel (music and lyrics) and Craig Lucas (book). ...


His work has been recorded by such artists as Audra McDonald and Brian d'Arcy James. Audra McDonald Audra McDonald is an American singer and actress. ... Brian dArcy James can currently be seen in the Rattlestick Theater Production of Craig Wrights The Pavilion. ...


He is currently partnering with William Goldman on a musical version of The Princess Bride. William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... The Princess Bride is a 1973 novel written by William Goldman and originally published in the USA by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ...

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External links

  • 2005 Tony award acceptance speech transcript
  • Internet Broadway Database entry
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Listening

  • Interview from Studio 360 radio program, 2005

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Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews - "An Interview with Adam Guettel" - 2/12/01 (2500 words)
Guettel has big dreams for the musical theatre and, unlike the character of Floyd Collins, he is succeeding fully in achieving those dreams.
Guettel, in conjunction with his orchestrator Bruce Coughlin, divulged several lesser-known secrets about Floyd Collins, including the fact that the song "It Moves" was transcribed directly from notes that Guettel took while in Crystal Cave, the location of the real Floyd Collins' first caving expedition.
Guettel also treated us to several renditions of his own work including "Through the Mountain," "Daybreak," and "I Landed on Him." The attendees at the classes were the die-hard fans who either loved the show itself or Mr.
Seattle Composers Alliance - Composer Adam Guettel on Musical Theatre (383 words)
Guettel will perform excerpts from The Light in the Piazza, his new musical written with INTIMAN Theatre's Associate Artistic Director, Craig Lucas.
Adam Guettel has been called "a composer for the new century" by the Los Angeles Times.
Guettel's song cycle Saturn Returns: A Concert has been released on CD by Nonesuch Records under its original title, Myths and Hymns.
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