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Frank Wildhorn

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ComposerBook Writer b. 1958

Frank Wildhorn (born November 29, 1958) is an American composer of both musicals and popular songs. His musical Jekyll & Hyde ran for four years on Broadway. He also wrote the hit song "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" for Whitney Houston.

Also credited on7 works

Jekyll & Hyde
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Wonderland
Bonnie and Clyde
Dracula, The Musical
The Civil War
Victor/Victoria

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In the literature8 passages

  • “When Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn first played Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical for me in the mid-1980s, I thought the libretto was one of the most dynamic, thrilling pieces of musical theater I’d ever heard. And now with Beating Broadway , Steve has written another smash hit, which I predict will inspire the development of many long running…ebooks/Cuden, Steve/Beating Broadway_ How to Create Stories for Musicals That Get Standing Ovations - Steve Cuden.txt
  • In 1987, Frank and I also co-conceived a less well-known musical that we originally called Vienna . That show was later produced on stages throughout Europe, Japan, and Korea, under the title, Rudolf, Affaire Mayerling . As with Jekyll , I’m no longer involved in Rudolf’s day-to-day creative life, but I retain a credit on the show of “Con…ebooks/Cuden, Steve/Beating Broadway_ How to Create Stories for Musicals That Get Standing Ovations - Steve Cuden.txt
  • Steve Cuden co-created the hit Broadway and international musical Jekyll & Hyde , writing the show’s original book and lyrics with noted composer Frank Wildhorn. Jekyll & Hyde played for nearly four years on Broadway from 1997-2001. The show has enjoyed four US national tours and has been performed throughout the United States by hundreds…ebooks/Cuden, Steve/Beating Broadway_ How to Create Stories for Musicals That Get Standing Ovations - Steve Cuden.txt
  • Music: Henry Mancini; additional musical material Frank Wildhorn (asterisk denotes Wildhorn)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Among the newer voices is one composer who can’t get a break, Frank Wildhorn. More than anyone else, he has concentrated on figures of myth; Wildhorn has turned to the Dr. Jekyll/Edward Hyde dual-personality, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Dracula , and Alice in Wonderland for various shows, which tend to get terrible notices and, frankly, often…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/Anything Goes_ A History of American Musical Theatre - Ethan Mordden.txt
  • I don’t remember a lot of it. I remember I had big hats. I liked the music. It was after Jekyll and Hyde so Frank Wildhorn had cachet. I loved Doug Sills. He was amazing. Christine Andreas, so great. It was actually a really great experience even though it didn’t do well.ebooks/Shapiro, Eddie/Nothing Like a Dame_ Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater - Eddie Shapiro.txt

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