• The Musical
  • About Take Flight
  • A New Musical Takes Flight
  • An Interview with John Weidman, David Shire, and Richard Maltby, Jr.
  • Writers' Biographies
  • Annotated Credits of Weidman, Shire, and Maltby, Jr.
  • Links
• The Production
  • Emily Mann on Take Flight
  • Performance Schedule
  • Who's Who
  • Director’s Biography
  • The Creative Team
• The History
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Charles Lindbergh
  • The Wright Brothers
  • Timeline of Flight
  • The Science of Flight
• Multimedia
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Audio
  • McCarter Blog
• Press
  • Feature Stories
  • Reviews
• For Students and Educators
  • Core Curriculum Standards
  • Pre-Show Discussion
  • Post-Show Discussion

Annotated Credits for the Creative Team of Take Flight

John Weidman (Book)

THEATER

• Happiness, Lincoln Center Theater(2009, librettist,score by Scott Frankel and Michael Korie, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman)
• Road Show, Public Theater (2008, librettist, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim)
  -Contact, Broadway(2000, co-creator with director/choreographer Susan Stroman; Tony Award nominee, Best Book of a Musical; Tony Award, Best Musical)
• Assassins, Playwrights’ Horizons and Broadway(1990 and revived 2004, librettist, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Drama Desk Award nominee, Outstanding Book of a Musical; Tony Award, Best Musical Revival)
• Big, Broadway (1996, librettist, score by Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire; Tony Award nominee, Best Book of Musical)
• Anything Goes, Broadway (1987, revised book co-authored with Timothy Crouse; Tony Award, Best Musical Revival)
• Pacific Overtures, Broadway(1976 and revived 2004, librettist, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim)

TELEVISION
Sesame Street (writer; over a dozen Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Children’s Program)
Representative skit: “Oklahoma”

MISCELLANEOUS
President of the Dramatists Guild of America (1999-2009).

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David Shire (Music)

THEATER

• Big, Broadway (1996, composer, book by John Weidman and lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.; Tony nomination, Best Original Score)
• Baby, Broadway (1983, composer, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.; Tony nominations, Best Original Score, Best Musical)
• Closer Than Ever, Cherry Lane Theatre (1989, composer, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.; Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Score and Best Musical)
• Urban Blight, Manhattan Theatre Club(1988, composer)
• Starting Here, Starting Now, Manhattan Theater Club and Barbarann Theater Restaurant(1977, composer, lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.; Grammy nomination for Original Cast Album)
• The Sap of Life, One Sheridan Square(1961, composer)

SELECTED FILM CREDITS

• Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (2009, directed by Peter Hyams, starring Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, and Michael Douglas)
• Zodiac (2007, directed by David Fincher, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chloë Sevigny, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey, Jr.; nominated for Cannes Golden Palm and for World Soundtrack Award Best Original Score of the Year]
• Short Circuit (1986, directed by John Badham, starring Ally Sheedy and Steve Gutenberg; BMI Film Music Award)
• Return to Oz (1985, directed by Walter Murch, starring Fairuza Balk)
• Norma Rae (1979, directed by Marvin Ritt, starring Sally Field and Beau Bridges; Academy Award for Best Song and Best Actress in a Leading Role)
• Saturday Night Fever (1977, composer of additional music and music adaptor, directed by John Badham, starring John Travolta; Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Group Vocal Performance, Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score)
• All the President’s Men (1976, directed by Alan J. Pakula, starring Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, and Robert Redford; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award nomination for Best Picture)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1975, directed by Dick Richards, starring Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling and Sylvester Stallone)
• The Hindenberg (1975, directed by Robert Wise, starring George C. Scott and Anne Bancroft)
• The Conversation (1974, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starring Gene Hackman; Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and Best Screenplay, Cannes Golden Palm for Best Picture)
• The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (1974, directed by Joseph Sargent, starring Walter Matthau, BAFTA nomination for Best Music)

SELECTED TELEVISION CREDITS

• Rear Window* (1998, directed by Jeff Bleckner, starring Christopher Reeve and Daryl Hannah)
• Neil Simon’s Jake’s Women (1996, directed by Glenn Jordan, starring Alan Alda and Mira Sorvino)
• Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles (1995, directed by Paul Bogart , starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Kim Cattrall; Emmy nomination for Outstanding Made-for-TV Movie)
• Neil Simon’s Broadway Bound (1992, directed by Paul Bogart, starring Anne Bogart, Hume Cronyn, and Jerry Orbach)
• Sarah, Plain and Tall (1991, directed by Glenn Jordan, starring Glenn Close (also producer) and Christopher Walken; Golden Globe nomination for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV and Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special and Miniseries)
• The Kennedys of Massachusetts* (1990, directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Casey Affleck, Charles Durning; Golden Globe nomination for Best Mini-series of Motion Picture Made for Television)
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989, directed by Donna Deitch, starring Oprah Winfrey; GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Mini-Series)
• Do You Remember Love* (1985, directed by Jeff Bleckner, starring Joanne Woodward and Richard Kiley; Golden Globe nomination for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV)
• The Defection of Simas Kudirka* (1978, directed by David Lowell Rich, starring Alan Arkin; Emmy for Outstanding Direction in a Special Program)
• Raid on Entebbe*(1976, directed  by Irvin Kirshner, starring John Finch; Golden Globe for Best Movie Made for TV)
• Alice (1976-1985, composer of series theme song created by Robert Getchell, starring Linda Lavin)

*denotes Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Composition

MUSIC
Songs recorded by artists such as:

• Barbra Streisand
• Maureen McGovern
• Melissa Manchester
• Jennifer Warnes
• John Pizzarelli
• Kiri Te Kanawa
  
• Liz Callaway
  
• Nancy LaMott
• Julie Andrews
• Lynne Wintersteller
  
• Vanessa Williams
  
• Glenn Campbell
  
• Johnny Mathis
  
• Kathy Lee Gifford
• Robert Goulet
• Michael Crawford

Notable songs:

• “With You I’m Born Again”-- international hit single for Billy Preston and Syreeta, lyrics by Carol Connors.
                 
• “In Our Hands” – co-written with David Pomeranz; theme song for UN World Summit for Children.

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Richard Maltby, Jr. (Lyrics)

THEATER

• The Story of My Life, Broadway (2009, director)
• The Pirate Queen, Broadway(2007, co-bookwriter with Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyricist with Alain Boublil and John Dempsey, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg)
• Ring of Fire, Broadway (2006, creator and director)
• Fosse, Broadway (1999, conceiver and director; Tony, Outer Critics, Drama Desk awards for Best Musical; Tony nomination for Best Director)
• Big¸Broadway(1996, lyricist, music by David Shire and book by John Weidman; Tony nominations for Best Score)
• Nick & Nora, Broadway(1991, lyricist, book by Arthur Laurents, music by Charles Strouse)
• Miss Saigon, Broadway(1991, lyricist with Alain Boubil and writer of additional material, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, book by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg; Tony nomination for Best Score and Best Musical)
• Closer than Ever, Broadway (1989, lyricist and director, music by David Shire; Outer Critics Awards, Best Musical, Best Score)
• Song and Dance, Broadway(1985, additional lyricist, American adaptor, and director, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Tony nomination for Best Score)
• Baby, Broadway (1983, lyricist/director, music by David Shire, book by Sybille Pearson; seven Tony nominations including Bet Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Direction, Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Lyrics and Outstanding Music)
• Ain’t Misbehavin’, Broadway(1978 and 1988, conceiver and director, songs featured with additional lyrics; Tony, NY Drama Critics, Outer Critics, Drama Desk Awards; Tony Awards for Best Director and Best Musical)
• Starting Here, Starting Now, Manhattan Theater Club and Barbarann Theater Restaurant(1977, lyricist/director; Grammy nomination for Best Original Cast Recording)

ADDITIONAL SELECTED THEATER CREDITS

• Mask, Pasadena Playhouse (2008, director)
• The 60’s Project, Goodspeed Opera House (2006, director).

FILM

• Miss Potter (2007, screenplay, directed by Chris Noonan, starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan MacGregor; World Soundtrack Award nomination for Best Original Song Written for a Film)