December 2, 1914 - October 23, 2002
American lyricist and playwright
Author of plays and musicals including "Wonderful Town" (for which he won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical in 1953), "The Band Wagon" (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay in 1954), "It's Always Fair Weather" (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay in 1956), "Bells Are Ringing" (for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 1961), "Hallelujah Baby!" (for which he won a Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist in 1968), "On the Twentieth Century" (for which he won two Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score in 1983), "Singin' in the Rain" (for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical in 1986) and "The Will Rogers Follies" (for which he won a Tony Award for Best Original Score and a N.Y. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical in 1991)
American lyricist and playwright
Author of plays and musicals including "Wonderful Town" (for which he won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical in 1953), "The Band Wagon" (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay in 1954), "It's Always Fair Weather" (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay in 1956), "Bells Are Ringing" (for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Album in 1961), "Hallelujah Baby!" (for which he won a Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist in 1968), "On the Twentieth Century" (for which he won two Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score in 1983), "Singin' in the Rain" (for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical in 1986) and "The Will Rogers Follies" (for which he won a Tony Award for Best Original Score and a N.Y. Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical in 1991)