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Composers, Lyricists & Writers

The musical would not exist without the talents of these men and women who compose the music and write the lyrics that linger with theatergoers long after the show ends.

Lee Adams
Adler and Ross
Harold Arlen
Irving Berlin
Leonard Bernstein
Eubie Blake
Bock and Harnick
Cy Coleman
Comden and Green
Dorothy Fields
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Marvin Hamlisch
Oscar Hammerstein II
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
Lorenz Hart
Moss Hart
Jerry Herman
Kander and Ebb
Jerome Kern
James Lapine
Jonathan Larson
Arthur Laurents
Alan Jay Lerner
Frank Loesser
Frederick Loewe
Joshua Logan
Cole Porter
Tim Rice
Richard Rodgers
Harold Rome
Stephen Schwartz
Noble Sissle
Stephen Sondheim
Peter Stone
Charles Strouse
Jule Styne
Kurt Weill
Andrew Lloyd Webber
"He was a literate, shy, modest, incredibly scholarly man." -- Meet Ira Gershwin

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Irving Berlin
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