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David Thompson is an American librettist whose Broadway credits include The Scottsboro Boys (2010) and Steel Pier (1997), both with Kander and Ebb, the adaptation of the long-running Chicago revival, and New York, New York.

Also credited on5 works

The Scottsboro Boys
New York, New York The Musical
Steel Pier
The Look of Love
Thou Shalt Not

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In the literature8 passages

  • But there was a reason for The Scottsboro Boys (2010–2011) to have one of the quietest openings of any Broadway musical. Book writer David Thompson and director-choreographer Susan Stroman were giving us enough time to realize that this black woman was Rosa Parks (1913–2005) waiting for that Montgomery bus on which she’d change history.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Susan Stroman, David Thompson, and I came up with the idea for Steel Pier and brought it to Kander and Ebb. We couldn’t get the rights to the movie They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? So we created our own story.ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
  • EBB: Scott Ellis, David Thompson, and Susan Stroman brought us the revival of Flora, the Red Menace. We didn’t solicit it.ebooks/Lawrence, Greg/Colored Lights_ Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz - Greg Lawrence & John Kander & Fred Ebb.txt
  • Kander and Ebb again worked with Scott Ellis, David Thompson, and Susan Stroman on an Off-Broadway retrospective revue, And the World Goes ’Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb . This anthology of twenty-two Kander and Ebb songs included numbers from their shows and movies as well as special material. The cast featured Bob Cuccioli, Karen M…ebooks/Lawrence, Greg/Colored Lights_ Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz - Greg Lawrence & John Kander & Fred Ebb.txt
  • Kander and Ebb again teamed up with Scott Ellis, David Thompson, and Susan Stroman to stage Steel Pier, a fanciful tale about a 1933 dance marathon with a ghost as its romantic lead. The songwriters came up with a delightfully evocative score, conjuring the spirit of the era with lyrical refrains like “Things work out, you’re sure to find…ebooks/Lawrence, Greg/Colored Lights_ Forty Years of Words and Music, Show Biz, Collaboration, and All That Jazz - Greg Lawrence & John Kander & Fred Ebb.txt
  • Original Broadway book musicals referenced in these chapters: Titanic, book by Peter Stone, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston; Steel Pier, book by David Thompson, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb; The Life, book by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, music by Coleman, lyrics by Gasman; Jekyll d Hyde, book and lyrics by Leslie…ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt

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