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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British-American composer, singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1947)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named David Goldstein, see <a href="/wiki/David_Goldstein_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="David Goldstein (disambiguation)">David Goldstein</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style 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decoding="async" width="220" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Rupert_Holmes.jpg/330px-Rupert_Holmes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Rupert_Holmes.jpg/440px-Rupert_Holmes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="684" data-file-height="800" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Holmes in 1979</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">David Goldstein</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-02-24</span>) </span>February 24, 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Northwich" title="Northwich">Northwich</a>, Cheshire, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nanuet,_New_York" title="Nanuet, New York">Nanuet</a>, New York, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output 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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Composer</li><li>singer-songwriter</li><li>playwright</li><li>author</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>keyboards</li><li>saxophone</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1969–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Records" title="Infinity Records">Infinity Records</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Elektra_Records" title="Elektra Records">Elektra Records</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Spouse</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Liza Dreifuss</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1969)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rupertholmes.com">rupertholmes<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Rupert Holmes</b> (born <b>David Goldstein</b>; February 24, 1947) is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "<a href="/wiki/Escape_(The_Pi%C3%B1a_Colada_Song)" title="Escape (The Piña Colada Song)">Escape (The Piña Colada Song)</a>" (1979) and "<a href="/wiki/Him_(Rupert_Holmes_song)" title="Him (Rupert Holmes song)">Him</a>" (1980). He is also known for his musicals <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_(musical)" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i>, which earned him two <a href="/wiki/Tony_Awards" title="Tony Awards">Tony Awards</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Curtains_(musical)" title="Curtains (musical)">Curtains</a></i>, his AMC television series <i><a href="/wiki/Remember_WENN" title="Remember WENN">Remember WENN</a></i>, and his novel <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Your_Employer" title="Murder Your Employer">Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holmes was born David Goldstein in <a href="/wiki/Northwich" title="Northwich">Northwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, England. His father, Leonard Eliot Goldstein, was a United States Army <a href="/wiki/Warrant_Officer_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Warrant Officer (United States)">warrant officer</a> and bandleader. His mother, Gwendolen Mary (<i>née</i> Pynn),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was English, and both were musical. Holmes has dual British and American citizenship. The family moved when Holmes was six years old to the northern New York City suburb of <a href="/wiki/Nanuet,_New_York" title="Nanuet, New York">Nanuet</a>, New York, where Holmes grew up and attended nearby <a href="/wiki/Nyack,_New_York" title="Nyack, New York">Nyack High School</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_School_of_Music" title="Manhattan School of Music">Manhattan School of Music</a> (majoring in clarinet). Holmes's brother, Richard, a principal lyric <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Gilbert_and_Sullivan_Players" title="New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players">New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players</a>, has sung roles with regional opera companies, such as <a href="/wiki/Glimmerglass_Opera" class="mw-redirect" title="Glimmerglass Opera">Glimmerglass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_George_Opera" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake George Opera">Lake George</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Opera" title="Virginia Opera">Virginia Opera</a>, and has appeared with the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" title="Metropolitan Opera">Metropolitan Opera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1969, Holmes married childhood friend Elizabeth "Liza" Wood Dreifuss, an attorney. Their daughter Wendy died suddenly in 1986, at the age of ten, of an undiagnosed <a href="/wiki/Brain_tumor" title="Brain tumor">brain tumor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They have two sons: Nick, a filmmaker, and Timothy, who is <a href="/wiki/Autism" title="Autism">autistic</a>. In 2009, they moved from <a href="/wiki/Scarsdale,_New_York" title="Scarsdale, New York">Scarsdale</a>, New York, where they had lived since Wendy's death, to <a href="/wiki/Cold_Spring,_New_York" title="Cold Spring, New York">Cold Spring</a>, New York.<sup id="cite_ref-Yarnell2019_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yarnell2019-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Songwriter_and_recording_artist">Songwriter and recording artist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Songwriter and recording artist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his 20s, Holmes was a session musician (producing sessions, writing and arranging songs, singing and playing a few instruments). In 1969, Holmes and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dante" title="Ron Dante">Ron Dante</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Cuff_Links" title="The Cuff Links">the Cuff Links</a> (and <a href="/wiki/The_Archies" title="The Archies">the Archies</a>) recorded "Jennifer Tomkins" for release on their second album, <i>The Cuff Links</i>. During the recording of that album, Dante was prohibited by the studio that produced the Archies from any involvement in new recording ventures and was forced to drop out of the Cuff Links. Holmes finished the project and released "Jennifer Tomkins" separately under a different studio name, Street People (not related to the mid-1970s band <a href="/wiki/The_Street_People" title="The Street People">the Street People</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> for 15 weeks, beginning January 3, 1970, reaching a peak of number 36. In Canada the song reached number 21.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A follow-up single called "Thank You Girl" reached number 96 on the Billboard pop charts in April 1970. </p><p>Holmes played the piano for both the Cuff Links and <a href="/wiki/The_Buoys_(American_band)" title="The Buoys (American band)">the Buoys</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with whom he had his first international hit, "<a href="/wiki/Timothy_(song)" title="Timothy (song)">Timothy</a>", which was on the Hot 100 for 17 weeks beginning on January 2, 1971, a number 17 song about human cannibalism that intentionally drew controversy.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also wrote "Give Up Your Guns" (which peaked at number 84), "The Prince of Thieves", "Blood Knot", and "Tomorrow" for the band. Holmes also wrote jingles and pop tunes (including for <a href="/wiki/Gene_Pitney" title="Gene Pitney">Gene Pitney</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Platters" title="The Platters">the Platters</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Drifters" title="The Drifters">the Drifters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Newton" title="Wayne Newton">Wayne Newton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Manilow" title="Barry Manilow">Barry Manilow</a> and television's <a href="/wiki/The_Partridge_Family" title="The Partridge Family">the Partridge Family</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the score of the 1970 revenge <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">western</a> <i>Five Savage Men</i> (also known as <i>The Animals</i>), which starred <a href="/wiki/Keenan_Wynn" title="Keenan Wynn">Keenan Wynn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a recording artist, Holmes broke through with his first album, 1974's <a href="/wiki/Widescreen_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Widescreen (album)"><i>Widescreen</i></a> on <a href="/wiki/Epic_Records" title="Epic Records">Epic Records</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic1_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which introduced him as a presenter of highly romantic, lushly orchestrated "story songs" that told a witty narrative punctuated by clever rhymes and a hint of comedy. <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a> discovered this album and asked to record songs from it, launching Holmes on a successful career. She then used some of his songs in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i>. Holmes also arranged, conducted, and wrote songs on her 1975 album <i><a href="/wiki/Lazy_Afternoon_(Barbra_Streisand_album)" title="Lazy Afternoon (Barbra Streisand album)">Lazy Afternoon</a></i> as well as five other Streisand albums.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holmes's second, self-titled album led <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> to compare him with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> as an artist of unprecedented originality who commanded attention.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holmes's production skills were also in demand during this period, and he took on this role for <a href="/wiki/Lynsey_de_Paul" title="Lynsey de Paul">Lynsey de Paul</a>'s album <i>Tigers and Fireflies</i>, which spawned the radio hit "Hollywood Romance". The album also featured the bluesy song "'Twas", co-written by Holmes and de Paul. He additionally produced <a href="/wiki/Sparks_(band)" title="Sparks (band)">Sparks</a>' 1976 LP, <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Beat_(album)" title="Big Beat (album)">Big Beat</a></i>, though the album was not a success. In 1975, together with Jeffrey Lesser, Holmes produced the UK band <a href="/wiki/Sailor_(band)" title="Sailor (band)">Sailor</a>'s album <i><a href="/wiki/Trouble_(Sailor_album)" title="Trouble (Sailor album)">Trouble</a></i> (CBS Epic).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"<a href="/wiki/Escape_(The_Pi%C3%B1a_Colada_Song)" title="Escape (The Piña Colada Song)">Escape (The Piña Colada Song)</a>" was on Holmes's fifth album, <i><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_(album)" title="Partners in Crime (album)">Partners in Crime</a></i>, and was the final <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_1979_(U.S.)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1979 (U.S.)">Hot 100 number 1 of 1979</a>. Another popular song on that album was "<a href="/wiki/Him_(Rupert_Holmes_song)" title="Him (Rupert Holmes song)">Him</a>", which peaked at number 6 on the Hot 100. Holmes had another top-40 hit with "Answering Machine". In 1986, Holmes's composition "<a href="/wiki/You_Got_It_All_(The_Jets_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="You Got It All (The Jets song)">You Got It All</a>" (sometimes called "You Got It All Over Him") was a top 3 hit single for <a href="/wiki/The_Jets_(Minnesota_band)" title="The Jets (Minnesota band)">the Jets</a>; it was later recorded by <a href="/wiki/Britney_Spears" title="Britney Spears">Britney Spears</a> and featured in her internationally released version of <i><a href="/wiki/Oops!..._I_Did_It_Again_(album)" title="Oops!... I Did It Again (album)">Oops!... I Did It Again</a></i> (2000). His song "The People That You Never Get to Love" was featured on four albums by <a href="/wiki/Susannah_McCorkle" title="Susannah McCorkle">Susannah McCorkle</a>: <i>The People That You Never Get to Love</i> (1981), <i>From Bessie to Brazil</i> (1993), <i>Most Requested Songs</i> (2001), and <i>Ballad Essentials</i> (2002). <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra_Jr." title="Frank Sinatra Jr.">Frank Sinatra Jr.</a> also recorded the tune on his 2006 album <i>That Face!</i> </p><p>In the 1980s and 1990s, Holmes also played in cabarets and comedy clubs, mostly in New York City, telling often autobiographical anecdotes illustrated with his songs.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, Holmes received an honorary <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Musical_Arts" title="Doctor of Musical Arts">Doctor of Musical Arts</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/Manhattan_School_of_Music" title="Manhattan School of Music">Manhattan School of Music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Playwright">Playwright</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Playwright"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holmes made his professional debut as a playwright with the <a href="/wiki/Musical_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical theater">musical</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_(musical)" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i> in 1985. <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Papp" title="Joseph Papp">Joseph Papp</a> and his wife encouraged Holmes to write a musical after they attended one of his cabarets in 1983. The result, loosely based on <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dickens" title="Charles Dickens">Charles Dickens</a>'s unfinished novel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i>, and inspired by Holmes's memories of English <a href="/wiki/Pantomime" title="Pantomime">pantomime</a> shows he attended as a child, was a hit in New York's Central Park and on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a>. Because Dickens left the novel unfinished at his death, Holmes employed the unusual device of providing alternate endings for each character suspected of the murder, and letting the audience vote on a different murderer each night. The show earned Holmes the <a href="/wiki/Tony_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Award">Tony Award</a> for both book and score, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Awards</a> for <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Lyrics" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics">lyrics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Music" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music">music</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Book_of_a_Musical" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical">book</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Orchestrations" title="Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations">orchestrations</a>, among various other honors. The musical has been given London and Broadway revivals, among others. <i>Drood</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> success led Holmes to write other plays (both musical and non-) in later years, though he has said that he avoided musical theater for some time after his daughter's death. </p><p>Holmes also wrote the Tony Award-nominated ("Best Play 2003") <i><a href="/wiki/Say_Goodnight,_Gracie" title="Say Goodnight, Gracie">Say Goodnight, Gracie</a></i>, based on the relationship between <a href="/wiki/George_Burns" title="George Burns">George Burns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gracie_Allen" title="Gracie Allen">Gracie Allen</a>. The play, which starred <a href="/wiki/Frank_Gorshin" title="Frank Gorshin">Frank Gorshin</a>, was that Broadway season's longest-running play and the third-longest-running solo-performance show in Broadway history.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote the comedy-thriller <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Accomplice_(play)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Accomplice (play) (page does not exist)">Accomplice</a></i> in 1990, the second of Holmes's plays to receive an <a href="/wiki/Edgar_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar Award">Edgar Award</a> (after <i>Drood</i>). Holmes has written a number of other shows, including <i>Solitary Confinement</i>, which played on Broadway at the <a href="/wiki/Nederlander_Theatre" title="Nederlander Theatre">Nederlander Theatre</a> in 1992<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and set a new <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Kennedy Center">Kennedy Center</a> box office record before its Broadway run; <i>Thumbs</i>, the most successful play in the history of the Helen Hayes Theatre Company; and the musical <i>Marty</i> (2002), starring <a href="/wiki/John_C._Reilly" title="John C. Reilly">John C. Reilly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote the book to <i><a href="/wiki/Swango_(musical)" title="Swango (musical)">Swango: The Theatrical Dance Experience</a></i>, a swing-tango dance piece that premiered Off-Broadway in 2002 inspired by <i><a href="/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet" title="Romeo and Juliet">Romeo and Juliet</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has had several revivals.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Swango1_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swango1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holmes joined the creative team of the musical <i><a href="/wiki/Curtains_(musical)" title="Curtains (musical)">Curtains</a></i> after the deaths of both <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> (the original book-writer) and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> (the lyricist). Holmes rewrote Stone's original book and contributed additional lyrics to the <a href="/wiki/Kander_and_Ebb" title="Kander and Ebb">Kander and Ebb</a> songs. <i>Curtains</i> played at the <a href="/wiki/Al_Hirschfeld_Theatre" title="Al Hirschfeld Theatre">Al Hirschfeld Theatre</a> on Broadway, with <a href="/wiki/David_Hyde_Pierce" title="David Hyde Pierce">David Hyde Pierce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Debra_Monk" title="Debra Monk">Debra Monk</a> in the lead roles. Holmes and Peter Stone (posthumously) won the 2007 <a href="/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award" title="Drama Desk Award">Drama Desk Award</a> for Outstanding Book of a Musical for <i>Curtains</i>. </p><p>Holmes wrote the book of the musical <i><a href="/wiki/First_Wives_Club_(Musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Wives Club (Musical)">The First Wives' Club</a></i>, adapted from the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_First_Wives_Club" title="The First Wives Club">The First Wives Club</a></i>. The musical premiered at The <a href="/wiki/Old_Globe_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Globe Theater">Old Globe Theater</a> in San Diego, California in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its score is by <a href="/wiki/Lamont_Dozier" title="Lamont Dozier">Lamont Dozier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brian_Holland" title="Brian Holland">Brian Holland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Holland" title="Eddie Holland">Eddie Holland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production received generally unenthusiastic reviews but sold well.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Linda_Bloodworth-Thomason" title="Linda Bloodworth-Thomason">Linda Bloodworth-Thomason</a> wrote a new book, and the reworked show opened in Chicago in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Holmes next wrote the book for a <a href="/wiki/Jukebox_musical" title="Jukebox musical">jukebox musical</a>, <i>Robin and the 7 Hoods</i>, inspired by the 1964 film <i><a href="/wiki/Robin_and_the_7_Hoods" title="Robin and the 7 Hoods">Robin and the 7 Hoods</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>, with a new story line that Holmes set in 1962. Songs are by <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Cahn" title="Sammy Cahn">Sammy Cahn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Van_Heusen" title="Jimmy Van Heusen">Jimmy Van Heusen</a>, including "<a href="/wiki/My_Kind_of_Town" title="My Kind of Town">My Kind of Town</a>". A production ran in 2010, also at the Old Globe. <a href="/wiki/Casey_Nicholaw" title="Casey Nicholaw">Casey Nicholaw</a> directed and choreographed. The story is about a likable gangster hoping to get out of the crime business. A do-gooder TV reporter likens him to a modern-day Robin Hood.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holmes adapted the <a href="/wiki/John_Grisham" title="John Grisham">John Grisham</a> novel and <a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Kill_(1996_film)" title="A Time to Kill (1996 film)">film</a> <i><a href="/wiki/A_Time_to_Kill_(Grisham_novel)" title="A Time to Kill (Grisham novel)">A Time to Kill</a></i> for the stage. The play premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Arena_Stage" title="Arena Stage">Arena Stage</a> in Washington, D.C., in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The courtroom drama, set against a background of evolving 1980s Southern racial politics, was called "funny, shocking, witty, and sly".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote the book and lyrics for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nutty_Professor_(1963_film)#Musical_adaptation" title="The Nutty Professor (1963 film)">The Nutty Professor</a></i>, a musical based on the 1963 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nutty_Professor_(1963_film)" title="The Nutty Professor (1963 film)">The Nutty Professor</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a> wrote the score. The musical was directed by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a> and premiered in <a href="/wiki/Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>, Tennessee, in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With Hamlisch, he also wrote songs for the 2013 <a href="/wiki/Liberace" title="Liberace">Liberace</a> biopic <i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Candelabra" title="Behind the Candelabra">Behind the Candelabra</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Swango1_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swango1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He next wrote the book of <i><a href="/wiki/Secondhand_Lions:_A_New_Musical" title="Secondhand Lions: A New Musical">Secondhand Lions: A New Musical</a></i>, which premiered in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-Swango1_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Swango1-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Time to Kill</i> was produced on Broadway, but lasted only four weeks plus previews, closing on November 17, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, <i>The Sweet Potato Queens</i>, with music by <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Manchester" title="Melissa Manchester">Melissa Manchester</a>, lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Vaughn" title="Sharon Vaughn">Sharon Vaughn</a> and a book by Holmes, premiered at <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Under_The_Stars_(Houston)" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatre Under The Stars (Houston)">TUTS Underground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_writer_and_novelist">Television writer and novelist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Television writer and novelist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1996, Holmes created the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Remember_WENN" title="Remember WENN">Remember WENN</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/American_Movie_Classics" class="mw-redirect" title="American Movie Classics">American Movie Classics</a>, writing the theme song and writing or co-writing all but one of the 56 episodes of that series. In 2003, he published his first novel, <i>Where the Truth Lies</i> (later adapted into the film <i><a href="/wiki/Where_the_Truth_Lies" title="Where the Truth Lies">Where the Truth Lies</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Atom_Egoyan" title="Atom Egoyan">Atom Egoyan</a>), followed in 2005 by <i>Swing</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Multimedia" title="Multimedia">multimedia</a> release combining a novel with a music CD providing clues to the mystery. His next novel, <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Your_Employer" title="Murder Your Employer">Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide</a></i> (2023);<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> peaked at number six on the <i>New York Times</i> Best Seller list for hardcover fiction on March 12, 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Albums">Albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This discography does not include others' collections or albums released without Holmes's participation. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><i><b>Widescreen</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1974</li> <li>Label: Varese Vintage</li> <li>Format: LP</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Rupert Holmes</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1975</li> <li>Label: Epic</li> <li>Format: LP</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Singles</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1976</li> <li>Label: Epic</li> <li>Format: LP</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Pursuit of Happiness</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1978</li> <li>Label: Private Stock/MCA</li> <li>Format: LP</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b><a href="/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_(album)" title="Partners in Crime (album)">Partners in Crime</a></b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1979</li> <li>Label: Infinity/MCA</li> <li>Format: LP, cassette</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Adventure</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1980</li> <li>Label: MCA</li> <li>Format: LP, cassette</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Full Circle</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1981</li> <li>Label: Elektra</li> <li>Format: LP, cassette</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Scenario</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1994</li> <li>Label: Victor</li> <li>Format: CD</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Epoch Collection</b></i> <ul><li>Released: September 27, 1994, *Label: Varèse Sarabande</li> <li>Format: CD</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Widescreen</b></i> (reissue) <ul><li>Released: February 28, 1995</li> <li>Label: Varèse Sarabande</li> <li>Format: CD</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>The Best of Rupert Holmes</b></i> <ul><li>Released: 1998</li> <li>Label: Half Moon/Universal</li> <li>Format: CD, digital</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Rupert Holmes / Greatest Hits</b></i> <ul><li>Released: July 25, 2000</li> <li>Label: Hip-O /Universal</li> <li>Format: CD, digital</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Widescreen – The Collector's Edition</b></i> <ul><li>Released: August 7, 2001</li> <li>Label: Fynsworth Alley</li> <li>Format: CD</li> <li>Note: eleven cuts not previously released</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Best 1200</b></i> <ul><li>Released: June 25, 2005</li> <li>Label: Hip-O Select/Universal</li> <li>Format: CD</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>Cast of Characters – The Rupert Holmes Songbook</b></i> <ul><li>Released: July 1, 2005</li> <li>Label: Hip-O Select/Universal</li> <li>Format: CD</li> <li>Note: Box set with previously unreleased track</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><b>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</b></i> – original Broadway cast recording <ul><li>Released: December 10, 2012</li> <li>Label: Polygram</li> <li>Format: CD, digital</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Holmes also wrote and co-produced, and was a keyboardist on, the songs on the <a href="/wiki/Disco" title="Disco">disco</a> album <i>Shobizz</i>, released in 1979 by <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Records" title="Capitol Records">Capitol Records</a>. He also featured as a vocalist on the 1983 album <i><a href="/wiki/Lake_Freeze_-_The_Raccoons_Songtrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Freeze - The Raccoons Songtrack">Lake Freeze - The Raccoons Songtrack</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/The_Raccoons" title="The Raccoons">the Raccoons</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Singles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Single </th> <th colspan="7">Peak chart positions </th> <th rowspan="2">Certifications </th> <th rowspan="2">Album </th></tr> <tr style="font-size:smaller;"> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US Hot 100</a> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">US AC</a> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">AUS</a><sup id="cite_ref-aus_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aus-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">CAN</a> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">NED</a> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Recording Industry Association of New Zealand">NZ</a> </th> <th width="35"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK</a><sup id="cite_ref-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1974 </td> <td align="left">"Talk" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="3"><i>Widescreen</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Terminal_(Rupert_Holmes_song)" title="Terminal (Rupert Holmes song)">Terminal</a>" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Our National Pastime" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1975 </td> <td align="left">"I Don't Want to Hold Your Hand" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><i>Rupert Holmes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Deco Lady" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1976 </td> <td align="left">"Weekend Lover" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><i>Singles</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Who, What, When, Where, Why" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1978 </td> <td align="left">"Bedside Companions" </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><i>Pursuit of Happiness</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Let's Get Crazy Tonight" </td> <td>72 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>59 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Escape_(The_Pi%C3%B1a_Colada_Song)" title="Escape (The Piña Colada Song)">Escape (The Piña Colada Song)</a>" </td> <td>1 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>23 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>: Platinum<sup id="cite_ref-BPI_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPI-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="3"><i>Partners in Crime</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1980 </td> <td align="left">"<a href="/wiki/Him_(Rupert_Holmes_song)" title="Him (Rupert Holmes song)">Him</a>" </td> <td>6 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>42 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>31 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Answering Machine" </td> <td>32 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>— </td> <td>85 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Morning Man" </td> <td>68 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>94 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="3"><i>Adventure</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1981 </td> <td align="left">"Blackjack" </td> <td>103 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"I Don't Need You" </td> <td>56 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left">"Loved by the One You Love" </td> <td>103 </td> <td>35 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><i>Full Circle</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td align="left">"The End" </td> <td>— </td> <td>31 </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td align="left">"At Our House" <small>(released as the B-side to "Lake Freeze" by <a href="/wiki/Rita_Coolidge" title="Rita Coolidge">Rita Coolidge</a>)</small> </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td>— </td> <td> </td> <td align="left"><i>Lake Freeze: The Raccoons Songtrack</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11" style="font-size:8pt">"–" denotes releases that did not chart </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_works">Other works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_(musical)" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i></li> <li><i>Twelfth Night</i></li> <li><i>Accomplice</i></li> <li><i>The Hamburger Hamlet</i></li> <li><i>Solitary Confinement</i></li> <li><i>Goosebumps</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Say_Goodnight,_Gracie" title="Say Goodnight, Gracie">Say Goodnight, Gracie</a></i></li> <li><i>Thumbs</i></li> <li><i>Marty</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Curtains_(musical)" title="Curtains (musical)">Curtains</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swango_(musical)" title="Swango (musical)">Swango</a></i></li> <li><i> A Time to Kill</i></li> <li><i>The Picture of Dorian Gray</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/First_Wives_Club_(Musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Wives Club (Musical)">The First Wives' Club</a></i></li> <li><i>Robin and the 7 Hoods</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nutty_Professor_(1963_film)#Musical_adaptation" title="The Nutty Professor (1963 film)">The Nutty Professor</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secondhand_Lions:_A_New_Musical" title="Secondhand Lions: A New Musical">Secondhand Lions: A New Musical</a></i></li> <li><i>The Sweet Potato Queens</i></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Where the Truth Lies</i></li> <li><i>Swing</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_Your_Employer" title="Murder Your Employer">The McMasters Guide to Homicide: Murder Your Employer</a></i></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Coladaville"</a>, <i>New York Magazine</i> interview (August 11, 2003), pp. 42–45, 88</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Gottfried" title="Gilbert Gottfried">Gilbert Gottfried</a> Amazing Colossal Podcast, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/159-rupert-holmes-1">interview</a> (2017)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rupert_Holmes&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rupertholmes.com/">Official website</a></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0392035/">Rupert Holmes</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" 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Freedman">Robert L. Freedman</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Caird_(director)" title="John Caird (director)">John Caird</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irene_Sankoff" title="Irene Sankoff">Irene Sankoff</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Hein" title="David Hein">David Hein</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tina_Fey" title="Tina Fey">Tina Fey</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Horn_(writer)" title="Robert Horn (writer)">Robert Horn</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_R._Jackson" title="Michael R. Jackson">Michael R. 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href="/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg" title="Claude-Michel Schönberg">Claude-Michel Schönberg</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a> (1991)</li> <li>Erik Frandsen, Michael Garin, Paul Lockheart, and Robert Hipkins (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Larson" title="Jonathan Larson">Jonathan Larson</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Flaherty" title="Stephen Flaherty">Stephen Flaherty</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lippa" title="Andrew Lippa">Andrew Lippa</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #D7F1D7;;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Yazbek" title="David Yazbek">David Yazbek</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Shaiman" title="Marc Shaiman">Marc Shaiman</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanine_Tesori" title="Jeanine Tesori">Jeanine Tesori</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Guettel" title="Adam Guettel">Adam Guettel</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lambert" title="Lisa Lambert">Lisa Lambert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Morrison" title="Greg Morrison">Greg Morrison</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Sheik" title="Duncan Sheik">Duncan Sheik</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stew_(musician)" title="Stew (musician)">Stew</a> and Heidi Rodewald (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Bryan" title="David Bryan">David Bryan</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Byrne" title="David Byrne">David Byrne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fatboy_Slim" title="Fatboy Slim">Fatboy Slim</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Martin" title="Steve Martin">Steve Martin</a> and <a 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href="/wiki/Don_Sebesky" title="Don Sebesky">Don Sebesky</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Besterman" title="Doug Besterman">Doug Besterman</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Besterman" title="Doug Besterman">Doug Besterman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Burns" title="Ralph Burns">Ralph Burns</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Wheeler_(musician)" title="Harold Wheeler (musician)">Harold Wheeler</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_David_Brohn" title="William David Brohn">William David Brohn</a> (2004)</li> <li>Bruce Coughlin, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Guettel" title="Adam Guettel">Adam Guettel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Sperling" title="Ted Sperling">Ted Sperling</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Travis" title="Sarah Travis">Sarah Travis</a> (2006)</li> <li>Mary Mitchell Campbell / <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Tunick" title="Jonathan Tunick">Jonathan Tunick</a> (2007)</li> <li>Jason Carr (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Koch_(orchestrator)" title="Martin Koch (orchestrator)">Martin Koch</a> (2009)</li> <li>Daryl Waters and <a href="/wiki/David_Bryan" title="David Bryan">David Bryan</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hochman" title="Larry Hochman">Larry Hochman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Oremus" title="Stephen Oremus">Stephen Oremus</a> (2011)</li> <li>Martin Lowe (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Troob" title="Danny Troob">Danny Troob</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Austin" title="Christopher Austin">Christopher Austin</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Hochman" title="Larry Hochman">Larry Hochman</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Elliott_(musician)" title="Bill Elliott (musician)">Bill Elliott</a> and Greg Anthony Rassen (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Tunick" title="Jonathan Tunick">Jonathan Tunick</a> (2018)</li> <li>Daniel Kluger (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Kitt_(musician)" 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style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1950–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)" title="South Pacific (musical)">South Pacific</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II" title="Oscar Hammerstein II">Oscar Hammerstein II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Logan" title="Joshua Logan">Joshua Logan</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical)" title="Hello, Dolly! (musical)">Hello, Dolly!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Stewart_(playwright)" title="Michael Stewart (playwright)">Michael Stewart</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stein" title="Joseph Stein">Joseph Stein</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Company_(musical)" title="Company (musical)">Company</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/George_Furth" title="George Furth">George Furth</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Gentlemen_of_Verona_(musical)" title="Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)">Two Gentlemen of Verona</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Guare" title="John Guare">John Guare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mel_Shapiro" title="Mel Shapiro">Mel Shapiro</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Night_Music" title="A Little Night Music">A Little Night Music</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler" title="Hugh Wheeler">Hugh Wheeler</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Candide_(operetta)" title="Candide (operetta)">Candide</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler" title="Hugh Wheeler">Hugh Wheeler</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_(musical)" title="Shenandoah (musical)">Shenandoah</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Lee_Barrett" title="James Lee Barrett">James Lee Barrett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Udell" title="Peter Udell">Peter Udell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rose_(theatrical_producer)" title="Philip Rose (theatrical producer)">Philip Rose</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Kirkwood_Jr." title="James Kirkwood Jr.">James Kirkwood Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Dante" title="Nicholas Dante">Nicholas Dante</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Annie_(musical)" title="Annie (musical)">Annie</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)" title="Thomas Meehan (writer)">Thomas Meehan</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Twentieth_Century" title="On the Twentieth Century">On the Twentieth Century</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street" title="Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street">Sweeney Todd</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler" title="Hugh Wheeler">Hugh Wheeler</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Evita_(musical)" title="Evita (musical)">Evita</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_the_Year_(musical)" title="Woman of the Year (musical)">Woman of the Year</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamgirls_(musical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dreamgirls (musical)">Dreamgirls</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Eyen" title="Tom Eyen">Tom Eyen</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cats_(musical)" title="Cats (musical)">Cats</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/La_Cage_aux_Folles_(musical)" title="La Cage aux Folles (musical)">La Cage aux Folles</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Fierstein" title="Harvey Fierstein">Harvey Fierstein</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Big_River_(musical)" title="Big River (musical)">Big River</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Hauptman" title="William Hauptman">William Hauptman</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_(musical)" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i> by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rupert Holmes</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)" title="Les Misérables (musical)">Les Misérables</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alain_Boublil" title="Alain Boublil">Alain Boublil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg" title="Claude-Michel Schönberg">Claude-Michel Schönberg</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods" title="Into the Woods">Into the Woods</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Angels_(musical)" title="City of Angels (musical)">City of Angels</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Garden_(musical)" title="The Secret Garden (musical)">The Secret Garden</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Marsha_Norman" title="Marsha Norman">Marsha Norman</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Finn" title="William Finn">William Finn</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(musical)" title="Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)">Kiss of the Spider Woman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Passion_(musical)" title="Passion (musical)">Passion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Lapine" title="James Lapine">James Lapine</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(musical)" title="Sunset Boulevard (musical)">Sunset Boulevard</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Don_Black_(lyricist)" title="Don Black (lyricist)">Don Black</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hampton" title="Christopher Hampton">Christopher Hampton</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rent_(musical)" title="Rent (musical)">Rent</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Larson" title="Jonathan Larson">Jonathan Larson</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(musical)" title="Titanic (musical)">Titanic</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)" title="Ragtime (musical)">Ragtime</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Parade_(musical)" title="Parade (musical)">Parade</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Uhry" title="Alfred Uhry">Alfred Uhry</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/James_Joyce%27s_The_Dead" title="James Joyce's The Dead">James Joyce's The Dead</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nelson_(playwright)" title="Richard Nelson (playwright)">Richard Nelson</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Producers_(musical)" title="The Producers (musical)">The Producers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)" title="Thomas Meehan (writer)">Thomas Meehan</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Urinetown" title="Urinetown">Urinetown</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kotis" title="Greg Kotis">Greg Kotis</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)" title="Hairspray (musical)">Hairspray</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)" title="Thomas Meehan (writer)">Thomas Meehan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mark_O%27Donnell" title="Mark O'Donnell">Mark O'Donnell</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avenue_Q" title="Avenue Q">Avenue Q</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Whitty" title="Jeff Whitty">Jeff Whitty</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee" title="The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee">The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee</a></i> by Rachel Sheinkin (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drowsy_Chaperone" title="The Drowsy Chaperone">The Drowsy Chaperone</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Martin_(comedian)" title="Bob Martin (comedian)">Bob Martin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Don_McKellar" title="Don McKellar">Don McKellar</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spring_Awakening_(musical)" title="Spring Awakening (musical)">Spring Awakening</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Sater" title="Steven Sater">Steven Sater</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Passing_Strange" title="Passing Strange">Passing Strange</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stew_(musician)" title="Stew (musician)">Stew</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Billy_Elliot_the_Musical" title="Billy Elliot the Musical">Billy Elliot the Musical</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lee_Hall_(playwright)" title="Lee Hall (playwright)">Lee Hall</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis_(musical)" title="Memphis (musical)">Memphis</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiPietro" title="Joe DiPietro">Joe DiPietro</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Once_(musical)" title="Once (musical)">Once</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Enda_Walsh" title="Enda Walsh">Enda Walsh</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Matilda_the_Musical" title="Matilda the Musical">Matilda the Musical</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kelly" title="Dennis Kelly">Dennis Kelly</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Gentleman%27s_Guide_to_Love_and_Murder" title="A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder">A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Freedman" title="Robert L. Freedman">Robert L. Freedman</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fun_Home_(musical)" title="Fun Home (musical)">Fun Home</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Kron" title="Lisa Kron">Lisa Kron</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)" title="Hamilton (musical)">Hamilton</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dear_Evan_Hansen" title="Dear Evan Hansen">Dear Evan Hansen</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Steven_Levenson" title="Steven Levenson">Steven Levenson</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Band%27s_Visit_(musical)" title="The Band's Visit (musical)">The Band's Visit</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Itamar_Moses" title="Itamar Moses">Itamar Moses</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tootsie_(musical)" title="Tootsie (musical)">Tootsie</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Horn_(writer)" title="Robert Horn (writer)">Robert Horn</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jagged_Little_Pill_(musical)" title="Jagged Little Pill (musical)">Jagged Little Pill</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Diablo_Cody" title="Diablo Cody">Diablo Cody</a> (2020/21)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Strange_Loop" title="A Strange Loop">A Strange Loop</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Michael_R._Jackson" title="Michael R. Jackson">Michael R. Jackson</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Akimbo_(musical)" title="Kimberly Akimbo (musical)">Kimberly Akimbo</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Lindsay-Abaire" title="David Lindsay-Abaire">David Lindsay-Abaire</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Suffs" title="Suffs">Suffs</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shaina_Taub" title="Shaina Taub">Shaina Taub</a> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score74" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #C0C0C0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:TonyAward_MusicalScore" title="Template:TonyAward MusicalScore"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:TonyAward_MusicalScore" title="Template talk:TonyAward MusicalScore"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:TonyAward_MusicalScore" title="Special:EditPage/Template:TonyAward MusicalScore"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score74" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Tony Award for Best Original Score">Tony Award for Best Original Score</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1947–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Street_Scene_(opera)" title="Street Scene (opera)">Street Scene</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_Me,_Kate" title="Kiss Me, Kate">Kiss Me, Kate</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cole_Porter" title="Cole Porter">Cole Porter</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_(musical)" title="South Pacific (musical)">South Pacific</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Call_Me_Madam" title="Call Me Madam">Call Me Madam</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Strings" title="No Strings">No Strings</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Oliver!" title="Oliver!">Oliver!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Bart" title="Lionel Bart">Lionel Bart</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical)" title="Hello, Dolly! (musical)">Hello, Dolly!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof" title="Fiddler on the Roof">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bock" title="Jerry Bock">Jerry Bock</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Harnick" title="Sheldon Harnick">Sheldon Harnick</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Man_of_La_Mancha" title="Man of La Mancha">Man of La Mancha</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Leigh" title="Mitch Leigh">Mitch Leigh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Darion" title="Joe Darion">Joe Darion</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cabaret_(musical)" title="Cabaret (musical)">Cabaret</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hallelujah,_Baby!" title="Hallelujah, Baby!">Hallelujah, Baby!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jule_Styne" title="Jule Styne">Jule Styne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Company_(musical)" title="Company (musical)">Company</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Follies" title="Follies">Follies</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Night_Music" title="A Little Night Music">A Little Night Music</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Gigi_(musical)" title="Gigi (musical)">Gigi</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Loewe" title="Frederick Loewe">Frederick Loewe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Jay_Lerner" title="Alan Jay Lerner">Alan Jay Lerner</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wiz" title="The Wiz">The Wiz</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Smalls" title="Charlie Smalls">Charlie Smalls</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Chorus_Line" title="A Chorus Line">A Chorus Line</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch" title="Marvin Hamlisch">Marvin Hamlisch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Kleban" title="Edward Kleban">Edward Kleban</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Annie_(musical)" title="Annie (musical)">Annie</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Strouse" title="Charles Strouse">Charles Strouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Charnin" title="Martin Charnin">Martin Charnin</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Twentieth_Century" title="On the Twentieth Century">On the Twentieth Century</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street" title="Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street">Sweeney Todd</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Evita_(musical)" title="Evita (musical)">Evita</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_the_Year_(musical)" title="Woman of the Year (musical)">Woman of the Year</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nine_(musical)" title="Nine (musical)">Nine</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Maury_Yeston" title="Maury Yeston">Maury Yeston</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Cats_(musical)" title="Cats (musical)">Cats</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a> and <a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/La_Cage_aux_Folles_(musical)" title="La Cage aux Folles (musical)">La Cage aux Folles</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Herman" title="Jerry Herman">Jerry Herman</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Big_River_(musical)" title="Big River (musical)">Big River</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Miller" title="Roger Miller">Roger Miller</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_(musical)" title="The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)">The Mystery of Edwin Drood</a></i> by <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Rupert Holmes</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Les_Mis%C3%A9rables_(musical)" title="Les Misérables (musical)">Les Misérables</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Claude-Michel_Sch%C3%B6nberg" title="Claude-Michel Schönberg">Claude-Michel Schönberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Kretzmer" title="Herbert Kretzmer">Herbert Kretzmer</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alain_Boublil" title="Alain Boublil">Alain Boublil</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Woods" title="Into the Woods">Into the Woods</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No Award (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/City_of_Angels_(musical)" title="City of Angels (musical)">City of Angels</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Zippel" title="David Zippel">David Zippel</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Will_Rogers_Follies" title="The Will Rogers Follies">The Will Rogers Follies</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cy_Coleman" title="Cy Coleman">Cy Coleman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Falsettos" title="Falsettos">Falsettos</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/William_Finn" title="William Finn">William Finn</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman_(musical)" title="Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)">Kiss of the Spider Woman</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Kander" title="John Kander">John Kander</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fred_Ebb" title="Fred Ebb">Fred Ebb</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/The_Who%27s_Tommy" title="The Who's Tommy">The Who's Tommy</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Pete_Townshend" title="Pete Townshend">Pete Townshend</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Passion_(musical)" title="Passion (musical)">Passion</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard_(musical)" title="Sunset Boulevard (musical)">Sunset Boulevard</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lloyd_Webber" title="Andrew Lloyd Webber">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Black_(lyricist)" title="Don Black (lyricist)">Don Black</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hampton" title="Christopher Hampton">Christopher Hampton</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rent_(musical)" title="Rent (musical)">Rent</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Larson" title="Jonathan Larson">Jonathan Larson</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(musical)" title="Titanic (musical)">Titanic</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Maury_Yeston" title="Maury Yeston">Maury Yeston</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ragtime_(musical)" title="Ragtime (musical)">Ragtime</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Flaherty" title="Stephen Flaherty">Stephen Flaherty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Ahrens" title="Lynn Ahrens">Lynn Ahrens</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Parade_(musical)" title="Parade (musical)">Parade</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Jason_Robert_Brown" title="Jason Robert Brown">Jason Robert Brown</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Aida_(musical)" title="Aida (musical)">Aida</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Rice" title="Tim Rice">Tim Rice</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #C0C0C0;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Producers_(musical)" title="The Producers (musical)">The Producers</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Urinetown" title="Urinetown">Urinetown</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hollmann" title="Mark Hollmann">Mark Hollmann</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Kotis" title="Greg Kotis">Greg Kotis</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hairspray_(musical)" title="Hairspray (musical)">Hairspray</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Marc_Shaiman" title="Marc Shaiman">Marc Shaiman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Wittman" title="Scott Wittman">Scott Wittman</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Avenue_Q" title="Avenue Q">Avenue Q</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Marx" title="Jeff Marx">Jeff Marx</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Light_in_the_Piazza_(musical)" title="The Light in the Piazza (musical)">The Light in the Piazza</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adam_Guettel" title="Adam Guettel">Adam Guettel</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drowsy_Chaperone" title="The Drowsy Chaperone">The Drowsy Chaperone</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lambert" title="Lisa Lambert">Lisa Lambert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Morrison" title="Greg Morrison">Greg Morrison</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Spring_Awakening_(musical)" title="Spring Awakening (musical)">Spring Awakening</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Sheik" title="Duncan Sheik">Duncan Sheik</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Sater" title="Steven Sater">Steven Sater</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Heights" title="In the Heights">In the Heights</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Lin-Manuel_Miranda" title="Lin-Manuel Miranda">Lin-Manuel Miranda</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Next_to_Normal" title="Next to Normal">Next to Normal</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kitt_(musician)" title="Tom Kitt (musician)">Tom Kitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Yorkey" title="Brian Yorkey">Brian Yorkey</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis_(musical)" title="Memphis (musical)">Memphis</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Bryan" title="David Bryan">David Bryan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiPietro" title="Joe DiPietro">Joe DiPietro</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)" title="The Book of Mormon (musical)">The Book of Mormon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Trey_Parker" title="Trey Parker">Trey Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lopez" title="Robert Lopez">Robert Lopez</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Stone" title="Matt Stone">Matt Stone</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Newsies_(musical)" title="Newsies (musical)">Newsies</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Menken" title="Alan Menken">Alan Menken</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Feldman_(songwriter)" title="Jack Feldman (songwriter)">Jack Feldman</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(musical)" title="Kinky Boots (musical)">Kinky Boots</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper" title="Cyndi Lauper">Cyndi Lauper</a> 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Paul">Justin Paul</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Band%27s_Visit_(musical)" title="The Band's Visit (musical)">The Band's Visit</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/David_Yazbek" title="David Yazbek">David Yazbek</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hadestown" title="Hadestown">Hadestown</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Mitchell" title="Anaïs Mitchell">Anaïs Mitchell</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(2017_play)" title="A Christmas Carol (2017 play)">A Christmas Carol</a></i> by Christopher Nightingale (2020/21)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Six_(musical)" title="Six (musical)">Six</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Toby_Marlow" title="Toby Marlow">Toby Marlow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Moss" title="Lucy Moss">Lucy Moss</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Kimberly_Akimbo_(musical)" title="Kimberly Akimbo (musical)">Kimberly 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