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Jason Howland

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Composer b. 1971

Jason Howland is a musical theatre composer, playwright, conductor, music director, and producer. In 2015, he won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his work producing the cast recording of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. He also wrote the music for the Broadway musical Little Women. He was a producer on the 2023 musical Shucked, for which he earned nominations for the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations, and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

Also credited on4 works

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Little Women
Paradise Square
The Great Gatsby

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature2 passages

  • Musical Supervisor, Jason Howland; Musical Director, Jeff Lams; Vocal Director/Casting, Dave Clemmons; Stage Manager, David Foster; Assis-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1998-99 Season, v. 55 (Willis).txt
  • TIMES SQUARE THEATRE BLESSING IN DISGUISE by Larry Pellegrini; Music by Jason Howland; Director, Larry Pellegrini; October 19, 2002; Cast: Patrick Quinn, Ken Prymus,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

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