Joe Darion
American dramatist
Joe Darion (30 January 1917 — 16 June 2001)[1] was an American musical theatre lyricist, most famous for Man of La Mancha, which is considered, by some critics, as a precursor to 1980s sung-through musicals such as Les Miserables.[2]
Darion was born in New York City and died in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
References
- ^ Stephen Holden (19 June 2001). "Joe Darion, 90, Lyricist of 'Man of La Mancha'". The New York Times. p. A 21. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Joe Darion, Tony-Winning Lyricist of Man of La Mancha, Dead at 90". Playbill. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
External links
- Joe Darion at the Internet Broadway Database
- Joe Darion at IMDb
- Joe Darion Papers, 1954-1969, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library of the Performing Arts
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- Street Scene by Kurt Weill (1947)
- Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter (1949)
- South Pacific by Richard Rodgers (1950)
- Call Me Madam by Irving Berlin (1951)
- No Strings by Richard Rodgers (1962)
- Oliver! by Lionel Bart (1963)
- Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman (1964)
- Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (1965)
- Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (1966)
- Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1967)
- Hallelujah, Baby! by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1968)
- Company by Stephen Sondheim (1971)
- Follies by Stephen Sondheim (1972)
- A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim (1973)
- Gigi by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (1974)
- The Wiz by Charlie Smalls (1975)
- A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban (1976)
- Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin (1977)
- On the Twentieth Century by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1978)
- Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim (1979)
- Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (1980)
- Woman of the Year by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1981)
- Nine by Maury Yeston (1982)
- Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T. S. Eliot (1983)
- La Cage aux Folles by Jerry Herman (1984)
- Big River by Roger Miller (1985)
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes (1986)
- Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil (1987)
- Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim (1988)
- No Award (1989)
- City of Angels by Cy Coleman and David Zippel (1990)
- The Will Rogers Follies by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green (1991)
- Falsettos by William Finn (1992)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman by John Kander and Fred Ebb / The Who's Tommy by Pete Townshend (1993)
- Passion by Stephen Sondheim (1994)
- Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton (1995)
- Rent by Jonathan Larson (1996)
- Titanic by Maury Yeston (1997)
- Ragtime by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (1998)
- Parade by Jason Robert Brown (1999)
- Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice (2000)
- The Producers by Mel Brooks (2001)
- Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (2002)
- Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (2003)
- Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (2004)
- The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel (2005)
- The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006)
- Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (2007)
- In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2008)
- Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2009)
- Memphis by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro (2010)
- The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011)
- Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman (2012)
- Kinky Boots by Cyndi Lauper (2013)
- The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown (2014)
- Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron (2015)
- Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)
- Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2017)
- The Band's Visit by David Yazbek (2018)
- Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell (2019)
- A Christmas Carol by Christopher Nightingale (2020/21)
- Six by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss (2022)
- Kimberly Akimbo by Jeanine Tesori and David Lindsay-Abaire (2023)
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