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Adam Guettel

Birth Place: New York, NY, USA

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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.

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Productions

Floyd CollinsFloyd Collins
 
[Broadway, 2025]
Music
Lyrics
Composer
Days of Wine and RosesDays of Wine and Roses
 
[Broadway, 2024]
Orchestrations
The Light in the PiazzaThe Light in the Piazza
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Orchestrations
Days of Wine and RosesDays of Wine and Roses
 
[Off-Broadway, 2023]
Orchestrations
To Kill A MockingbirdTo Kill A Mockingbird
 
[West End, 2020]
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Light in the PiazzaThe Light in the Piazza
 
[Broadway, 2005]
Orchestrator
Lydie Breeze, Parts I & II
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Composer
Love and Anger
 
[Off-Broadway, 1990]
Sound Designer
Song and Dance
 
[Broadway, 1985]
Assistant to Mr. Mauceri

Writing

Saturn Returns: A Concert
Bookwriter
Composer
Lyricist
Floyd Collins
Composer
Lyricist
The Light in the Piazza
Composer
Lyricist
Composer
Saturn Returns
Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2024 - Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway)

Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses

Tony Awards - 2024 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Adam Guettel, Days of Wine and Roses

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Adam Guettel, To Kill a Mockingbird


winner
BroadwayWorld Awards - 2005 - Best Orchestrations

Adam GuettelThe Light in the Piazza


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Drama Desk Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Music

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2005 - Outstanding Orchestrations

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Orchestrations

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Tony Awards - 2005 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Adam Guettel, The Light in the Piazza


winner
Richard Rodgers Award - 1997 - Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award

Adam Guettel


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Obie Awards - 1996 - Music

Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins


winner
The Lortels - 1996 - Outstanding Musical

Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins

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Video: Helen Mirren, David Hyde Pierce, and More in Trailer for THIS ORDINARY THING D Photo
Video: Helen Mirren, David Hyde Pierce, and More in Trailer for THIS ORDINARY THING Doc
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 10, 2025

The official trailer has been released for This Ordinary Thing, a new documentary from Emmy-winning filmmaker Nick Davis featuring the voices of many stage alums like Helen Mirren, Joanna Gleason, Kelli O'Hara, David Hyde Pierce, and more.
Interview: Kelli O'Hara Talks Boston Concert, Co-Starring with Tom Hanks in his New P Photo
Interview: Kelli O'Hara Talks Boston Concert, Co-Starring with Tom Hanks in his New Play and More
by R. Scott Reedy - Oct 29, 2025

Kelli O’Hara will star alongside Academy Award winner Tom Hanks in the world premiere of This World of Tomorrow, a new play by Hanks and James Glossman based on Hanks’ short stories, about a lonely scientist from the future who travels through time in search of true love.
Video: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD UK and Ireland Tour Trailer Photo
Video: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD UK and Ireland Tour Trailer
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2025

A  brand-new trailer has been released for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Check out the video here!
Adam Guettel Will Host Broadway Voice Fundraiser Photo
Adam Guettel Will Host Broadway Voice Fundraiser
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2025

The National Association of Teachers of Singing will present Adam Guettel and The Broadway Voice, a one-day performance class with the Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist.
Interview: Singer Ben Jones's New Album Is Heartbreaking, Raw & Brutally Honest Photo
Interview: Singer Ben Jones's New Album Is Heartbreaking, Raw & Brutally Honest
by Rebecca Kaplan - Sep 25, 2025

On 9/26, singer Ben Jones releases a brand new album made in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist Laurence Hobgood. Read a conversation with Ben about the new album, 'a heartbreaking, raw, brutally honest representation' of their music.
CABLE STREET Returns to London at the Marylebone Theatre Photo
CABLE STREET Returns to London at the Marylebone Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 15, 2025

Sell-out sensation Cable Street will return by popular demand to London, opening at Marylebone Theatre this winter. This powerful new iteration brings to life an electrifying reimagining of one of London’s most significant days.
FLOYD COLLINS Original Broadway Cast Recording is Now Available on CD Photo
FLOYD COLLINS Original Broadway Cast Recording is Now Available on CD
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2025

Floyd Collins – Original Broadway Cast Recording is now available on CD. The album, also available on streaming and digital platforms, preserves the recent acclaimed production from Lincoln Center Theater. T
Review: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA sparkles at Sankofa Collective Photo
Review: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA sparkles at Sankofa Collective
by Brett Cullum - Aug 10, 2025

The Sankofa Collective has always done ambitious projects, including THE BODYGUARD, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and a collaboration with the Garden Theatre, resulting in an amazing production of THE COLOR PURPLE.
FLOYD COLLINS Original Broadway Cast Recording Out Now Photo
FLOYD COLLINS Original Broadway Cast Recording Out Now
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 8, 2025

CENTER STAGE RECORDS has released Floyd Collins – Original Broadway Cast Recording on streaming and digital platforms. Learn more about the album here!
Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara with The National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Photo
Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O’Hara with The National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap
by Elliot Lanes - Aug 7, 2025

The word legend is tossed around quite a bit when talking about performers. Sometimes it’s true but many times it isn’t. This past Friday evening at Wolf Trap’s Filene Center two true modern day legends of musical theatre took the stage to pay homage to two all-time legends of entertainment.
Exclusive: Jeremy Jordan Performs 'And She'd Have Blue Eyes' From the FLOYD COLLINS C Photo
Exclusive: Jeremy Jordan Performs 'And She'd Have Blue Eyes' From the FLOYD COLLINS Cast Album
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 7, 2025

The Broadway cast album of Floyd Collins will be released in digital formats on August 8 and on CD September 5 and BroadwayWorld has your exclusive first listen of the anticipated record. Listen below as star Jeremy Jordan performs the song, “And She'd Have Blue Eyes”:
Photos: Julie Benko Celebrates Richard Rodgers In MY FANNY VALENTINE At Birdland Photo
Photos: Julie Benko Celebrates Richard Rodgers In MY FANNY VALENTINE At Birdland
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 6, 2025

Julie Benko performed at Birdland on Monday with a Richard Rodgers tribute concert, cheekily titled My Fanny Valentine—a nod to her now-legendary turn as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. See photos here! 
Broadway Streaming Guide August 2025 - Where to Watch the New PEANUTS Musical & More Photo
Broadway Streaming Guide August 2025 - Where to Watch the New PEANUTS Musical & More
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 4, 2025

This August, Broadway fans can enjoy another month of summer streaming titles with highly anticipated new seasons of shows like Tim Burton's Wednesday to the first Peanuts musical in 37 years on Apple TV+. Check out the movies, television, and music coming to streaming this August!
Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara Share a Memorable ONE NIGHT ONLY with the Bost Photo
Review: Sutton Foster and Kelli O'Hara Share a Memorable ONE NIGHT ONLY with the Boston Pops at Tanglewood
by R. Scott Reedy - Jul 23, 2025

Tony Award winners Sutton Foster (“Anything Goes,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie”) and Kelli O’Hara (“The King and I”) – each acclaimed as a Broadway performer and song-and-dance artist of the first order – are also known for solo concert appearances.
FLOYD COLLINS OBC Recording Pushes Release Date to August Photo
FLOYD COLLINS OBC Recording Pushes Release Date to August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 10, 2025

CENTER STAGE RECORDS will release of Floyd Collins – Original Broadway Cast Recording on streaming and digital platforms in August. Learn more about the album here!
Kimberly Grigsby Named Inaugural Music Director of SMU’s New Sexton Institute for M Photo
Kimberly Grigsby Named Inaugural Music Director of SMU’s New Sexton Institute for Musical Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 9, 2025

SMU Meadows School of the Arts has announced that acclaimed music director, conductor, and pianist Kimberly Grigsby will serve as the inaugural Music Director of the Sexton Institute for Musical Theatre, beginning August 1, 2025.
Richard Coyle Will Lead TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD UK Tour Photo
Richard Coyle Will Lead TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jul 3, 2025

Full casting has been announced for the first ever UK & Ireland tour of Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Learn more here!
Broadway Streaming Guide July 2025: Where to Watch ZOMBIES 4 & More Photo
Broadway Streaming Guide July 2025: Where to Watch ZOMBIES 4 & More
by Josh Sharpe - Jun 30, 2025

For those trying to stay out of the heat, take a look at our latest roundup of streaming titles for the Broadway fan, including a new installment in Disney's Zombies franchise, a music competition series featuring Tony Award-winner Nicole Scherzinger, and more.
3 Broadway Shows Close Today Photo
3 Broadway Shows Close Today
by Nicole Rosky - Jun 22, 2025

Broadway says goodbye to three productions. The Last Five Years takes its final bow at the Hudson Theatre following 19 previews and 89 regular performances; Smash plays its final performance at the Imperial Theatre after 32 previews and 84 regular performances; and Floyd Collins will conclude its limited run at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre following 26 previews and 72 regular performances.
Hadley Fraser Takes The Stage At Cadogan Hall Photo
Hadley Fraser Takes The Stage At Cadogan Hall
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 16, 2025

“We’ll do the raffle in about half an hour, but first we’ll play a few songs if that’s alright?” One foot on stage and the mood is set. What would ensue is over two hours and a half of spitfire banter and fire tunes. It’s rare for performers to be found anywhere on nights when their theatres are dark, but Fraser took over Cadogan Hall for a rare solo concert whilst off from his West End run of The Deep Blue Sea. It was the “delayed launch gig” that he teased when we spoke to him in February. Self-effacing from the get-go, he went on to sing prime choices from all three studio recordings of his, noticing leitmotifs in the themes and delighting the audience with surprise guests.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Adam Guettel written?

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).

What awards has Adam Guettel been nominated for?

Outstanding Orchestrations (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Days of Wine and Roses, Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Days of Wine and Roses, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Days of Wine and Roses, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for To Kill a Mockingbird, Best Orchestrations (BroadwayWorld Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Outstanding Orchestrations (Drama Desk Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Best Orchestrations (Tony Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for The Light in the Piazza, Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (Richard Rodgers Award), Music (Obie Awards) for Floyd Collins and Outstanding Musical (The Lortels) for Floyd Collins.

What awards has Adam Guettel won?

Adam Guettel has received numerous awards for his work. He won Best Orchestrations from the BroadwayWorld Awards for The Light in the Piazza. He also earned Outstanding Music and Outstanding Orchestrations from the Drama Desk Awards for The Light in the Piazza. At the Tony Awards, Guettel received Best Orchestrations and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, both for The Light in the Piazza. Additionally, he was honored with the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award from the Richard Rodgers Award. For Floyd Collins, Guettel won the Music category at the Obie Awards and Outstanding Musical at The Lortels.

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