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Will Holt

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LyricistBook Writer 1929–2015

Will Holt (April 30, 1929 – May 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, librettist and lyricist. He was known first and primarily as a folk performer during the 1950s, when he made early and influential recordings of such songs as "Sinner Man" and "Lemon Tree", for which he wrote the English lyrics. He later became known as an interpreter of the music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, and made significant contributions to Broadway theatre during the 1970s.

Also credited on4 works

Come Summer
Over Here!
Platinum
The Me Nobody Knows

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Joel Grey, Muriel Landers, Conrad Janis, Aileen Stanley Jr., Bernie West, Dorothy Greener, Kelly Brown, Will Holt, Barbara Nichols, Barbara Heller, Loray White, Alec Davis, Judy Foster, Paul Jayson, Leon Tyler, Ludmilla Kiro, Joanne Larkin, Claire Gunderman, Irma Grant, Louise Glenn, Betty Rhodes, Rob Bieber, Pat Nestor, The Tail G…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: (*) “Man’s Inhumanity to Man” (lyric by Charles Strouse, music by Michael Stewart) (Director: Bernie West; Author: Joel Grey; Lighting Man: Will Holt; Designer: Leon Tyler; Choreographer: Paul Jayson; Dancers: Joanne Larkin, Aileen Stanley Jr., Judy Foster, Louise Glenn, Pat Nestor, Ludmilla Kiro, Claire Gunderman, Irma Grant; Gi…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • (*) “Charlie on the M.T.A.” (lyric by Bess Lomax, music “based on a folk song”) (Will Holt, Dorothy Greener, Conrad Janis);ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • (*) “Merry Li’l (Little) Minuet” (lyric and music by Sheldon Harnick) (Will Holt); originally performed in the 1953 Broadway revue John Murray Anderson’s Almanac ;ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • (*) “Group Analysis” (sketch by Richard Maury) (Leader: Will Holt; Group: Barbara Nichols, Bernie West, Dorothy Greener, Barbara Heller, Conrad Janis, Kelly Brown); originally performed in the 1955 Off-Broadway revue Shoestring Revue ; later in the 1960 Chicago revue Medium Rare ;ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • (*) “The Story of Alice” (lyric by Larry Holofcener, music by Jerry Bock) (Aileen Stanley Jr., Will Holt, Dorothy Greener, Paul Jayson); originally performed in the 1955 Broadway revue Catch a Star! ;ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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