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Mel Marvin

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Composer b. 1941

Mel Marvin (b. 1941) is an American composer whose Broadway credits include Christopher Durang's A History of the American Film and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.

Also credited on2 works

A History of the American Film
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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 literature8 passages

  • Other original Broadway book musicals: A History of the American Film, book by Christopher Durang, music by Mel Marvin; Angel, book by Ketti Frings and Peter Udell, music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Udell.ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt
  • ments, Donald Pippin; Musical Conductor. Jack Lee; Orchestrations. Philip J. Lang; Dance and Incidental Music Arrangements, Mel Marvin; Production Associate. Plnllis Dukore; Directorial Assistant, Otto Pirchner; Original Choreography re-staged bv Ed Nolfi; Onginal Cast Album, ABC Recoras; Hairstylist, Michael Wasula, Maserone; Presented b…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1971-72 Season, v. 28 (Willis).txt
  • VARIETY OBIT By Ron Whyte; Director, Tom Moore; Sets, Peter Harvey; Lighting, Roger Morgan; Costumes, Bruce Harrow; Music, Mel Marvin; Words, Ron Whyte, Bob Satuloff; Associate Producer, Sidney Annis; Production Assistant, Richard D. Flaggtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • Andrea Marcovicci, Richard Cox David Clennon Mel Marvin, Gary Mure General Manager: Al Isaacs Press: David Lipsky Stage Manager: Robert Keegantheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • LINCOLN By Saul Levitt; Director, Carl Weber; Scenery, Lawrence King; Costume Coordinator, Carol Spier; Lighting, William Mintzer; Music, Mel Marvin; Film, Bedrich Batka, Francis Lee, Fred von Bernewitz; Sound, Edwin Pryor; Hairstylist, Patrik D. Moreton; Assistant to Director, Anna Randall; Production Assistant, Cathleen Stinson; Technic…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • TINTYPES Conceived by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle; Director, Gary Pearle; Musical Staging, Mary Kyte; Setting, Tom Lynch;theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt

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  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
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  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — composer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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