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, 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 throughout his career. These include Outstanding Orchestrations and Outstanding Score for "Days of Wine and Roses" at the Outer Critics Circle Awards, Best Original Score for "Days of Wine and Roses" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" at the Tony Awards, Best Orchestrations for "The Light in the Piazza" at the BroadwayWorld Awards and the Tony Awards, Outstanding Music and Outstanding Orchestrations for "The Light in the Piazza" at the Drama Desk Awards, the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, Music at the Obie Awards for "Floyd Collins," and Outstanding Musical for "Floyd Collins" at The Lortels.
Adam Guettel has won several awards for his work in Broadway productions. These include Best Orchestrations in the BroadwayWorld Awards, Outstanding Music and Outstanding Orchestrations in the Drama Desk Awards, Best Orchestrations and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre in the Tony Awards for "The Light in the Piazza." He also received the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and Music in the Obie Awards for "Floyd Collins," as well as Outstanding Musical in The Lortels for the same production.
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