Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
iAdam Guettel is a composer/lyricist. Theatre includes The Light In the Piazza (2005; Tony Award for Best Original Score; Grammy Award nomination for Best Musical Theater Album; cast album on Nonesuch Records), Floyd Collins (1996 at Playwrights Horizons; Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Obie Award for Best Music; cast album on Nonesuch Records), and Saturn Returns (1998 at The Public Theater; recorded by Nonesuch Records as Myths and Hymns). Other awards include the Stephen Sondheim Award (1990), the ASCAP New Horizons Award (1997), and the American Composers Orchestra Award (2005). He received an honorary doctorate from Lehman College in 2007.
Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses
Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses
Adam Guettel, To Kill a Mockingbird
Adam GuettelThe Light in the Piazza
Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza
Adam Guettel
Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins
Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins
Adam Guettel has written 7 shows including Love and Anger (Music), Saturn Returns (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Saturn Returns: A Concert (Bookwriter), Floyd Collins (Composer), The Light in the Piazza (Composer), To Kill A Mockingbird (Music), Days of Wine and Roses (Music & Lyrics).
Adam Guettel has been nominated for several awards, including Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for "To Kill a Mockingbird," Best Orchestrations at the BroadwayWorld Awards for "The Light in the Piazza," Outstanding Music at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Light in the Piazza," Outstanding Orchestrations at the Drama Desk Awards for "The Light in the Piazza," Best Orchestrations at the Tony Awards for "The Light in the Piazza," Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for "The Light in the Piazza," the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award from the Richard Rodgers Award, Music at the Obie Awards for "Floyd Collins," and Outstanding Musical at The Lortels for "Floyd Collins."
Adam Guettel has won several awards including Best Orchestrations (BroadwayWorld Awards), Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards), Outstanding Orchestrations (Drama Desk Awards), Best Orchestrations (Tony Awards), and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for "The Light in the Piazza." He also received the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, Music (Obie Awards) for "Floyd Collins," and Outstanding Musical (The Lortels) for "Floyd Collins."
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