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Scott Wittman

Shows · Scott Wittman

LyricistDirector b. 1955

Lyricist and creative partner of Marc Shaiman on multiple Broadway shows.

Also credited on6 works

Hairspray
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Some Like It Hot
Catch Me If You Can
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Smash

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In the literature8 passages

  • In 2003–2004, composer and colyricist Marc Shaiman, colyricist Scott Wittman, director Jack O’Brien, associate director Matt Lenz, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, cast members Kerry Butler and Linda Hart, and lead producer Margo Lion had a Tony-winning smash with Hairspray. It ran 2,642 performances.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • One night my new friend Scott Wittman, Matt, and I went to the Queen Mary, a drag club on Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. We got very drunk. At one point I went to the ladies’ room and came face-to-face with two six-feet-tall drag queens, both prettier than me. I said, “Girls! Guess what? I’m playing Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber…ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
  • Left to right: Dick Gallagher, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman—all three deep and dear friends—the creative team for my Carnegie Hall solo debut .ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
  • In the summer of 1999, Scott Wittman was approached by New York’s Gay Men’s Health Crisis to put together a benefit concert, which would become my solo Carnegie Hall debut. The two of us started brainstorming a new show with my musical director, the late and dearly missed Dick Gallagher. Jeff Richman would once again write the dialogue an…ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
  • Scott Wittman told me to send Mr. Brantley a hat after the review came out. It was a chocolate cowboy hat in a very pretty hatbox. I wanted to eat it myself and keep the hatbox.ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
  • First, we talked about the Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman/Terrence McNally musical Catch Me If You Can , which is the reading he's doing right now. He said he's done so many readings of it that he now feels like he's doing a revival! He's playing the Tom Hanks character from the movie and thinks the show's gonna be great . Of course, Norbert…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 1 - Seth Rudetsky.txt

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