Scott wittman biography

          Life and career..

          Scott Wittman is an American director, lyricist, composer and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television.

        1. Wittman was raised in Nanuet, New York, graduated from Nanuet Senior High School in and attended Emerson College in Boston for two years before leaving.
        2. Life and career.
        3. Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award-winning lyricist, director, writer, and conceiver, Scott Wittman co-wrote the lyrics for the hit musical Hairspray.
        4. Scott Wittman co-wrote (with Marc Shaiman) the lyrics for the Olivier Award wining musical Hairspray, for which the pair received Tony and Grammy Awards.

          5. Scott Wittman

          American director, lyricist and writer

          Scott Wittman is an American director, lyricist, composer and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television.

          Life and career

          Wittman was raised in Nanuet, New York, graduated from Nanuet Senior High School in and attended Emerson College in Boston for two years before leaving to pursue a career in musical theatre in New York City.

          While directing a show for a Greenwich Village club he met songwriter and composer Marc Shaiman, and the two became collaborators and professional partners. While Shaiman wrote for television shows, including Saturday Night Live, Wittman directed concerts for such artists as Bette Midler, Christine Ebersole, Raquel Welch, Dame Edna Everage, and Lypsinka, among others.[1]

          In , Shaiman and Wittman wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Hairspray, which won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, the Tony Award for Best Original Score,[2] and a Grammy Award.

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