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Don Black OBE is a highly-acclaimed, Oscar-winning lyricist. His works have included movie themes, hit songs, and numerous musicals, including three with Andrew Lloyd Webber: Tell Me on a Sunday, Aspects of Love, and Sunset Boulevard, for which he received two Tony Awards for Best Book and Lyrics, together with Christopher Hampton.
Mr. Black's movie credits include themes for many James Bond films: Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, The Man with the Golden Gun, "Surrender" from Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is Not Enough. In collaboration with composer John Barry, he wrote the title song for the 1966 film Born Free, which won the Oscar for Best Song. He also collaborated with Barry on Out of Africa and Dances With Wolves. He has worked with Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Quincy Jones, Elmer Bernstein, Michael Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, Charles Aznavour and has had two U.S. number one hits: Michael Jackson's "Ben" and Lulu's "To Sir, With Love".
Mr. Black was recently inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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[West End, 2023]
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[West End, 2023]
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[Broadway, 2002]
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[West End, 1988]
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Don Black Movies

[1969]Where's Jack? lyrics by

[1971]Diamonds Are Forever lyrics

[1974]The Man with the Golden Gun lyrics

[1975]Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze lyrics by

[1977]Gulliver's Travels writer

[1979]The Bitch music and lyrics by

[2000]Thomas and the Magic Railroad lyrics by

[2005]Aspects of Love lyrics by

[2015]Archie lyrics, songwriter

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SUNSET BOULEVARD, PLAZA SUITE, and More Nominated For Olivier Awards; Full List!

The nominations are in for this year's Olivier Awards! Among those nominated are Sunset Boulevard, Plaza Suite, The National Theatre, and many more. Check out the full list of nominations here!

Video: Production Highlights: BONNIE & CLYDE at Pioneer Theatre Company

Get a first look at Pioneer Theatre Company's BONNIE & CLYDE - playing now through March 9. In the video, watch previews of the music including 'God's Arms Are Always Open', 'How 'Bout a Dance?', 'When I Drive' and 'This World Will Remember Us'.

Photos: BONNIE & CLYDE Cast Pose With a Vintage 1929 Ford Model A Saloon

 This week, the principal cast of the  first-ever UK & Ireland of BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL set off on the road in a vintage 1929 Ford Model A Saloon as the tour moves to Wolverhampton Grand from Tuesday 5 - Saturday 9 March 2024.

Video: Andrew Lloyd Webber Tries Peanut Butter for the First Time at Age 75

Watch Andrew Lloyd Webber try peanut butter for the first time at 75 years old in the TikTok video here!

Review: BONNIE & CLYDE at Pioneer Theatre Company is Next-Level

Pioneer Theatre Company’s production of BONNIE & CLYDE is a prime example of the next-level work that’s come from the theatre lately as the product of world-class performers and creative teams. There’s a reason why they bill themselves as “Utah’s premier professional theatre.”  If you haven’t given PTC a try, now is the time to see what you’ve been missing.

Francesca Noe and Nick Gehring's On-Stage Chemistry Brings The Sizzle to BONNIE & CLYDE

A musical theater version of the infamous pair’s ill-fated life together is brought to life in a highly romanticized, tuneful and fast-paced production of the Frank Wildhorn-Don Black-Ivan Menchell Broadway musical Bonnie & Clyde, which played just a month on the Main Stem, but has since enjoyed a successful run in the United Kingdom and in American regional theater. Now onstage through Sunday, February 18, at Lebanon’s Capitol Theatre and directed by Angie Dee for Audience of One Productions, Bonnie and Clyde offers audiences a rip-roarin’ good time, featuring superb performances from the company’s stable of stars.

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals for BONNIE & CLYDE at Pioneer Theatre Company

Get a first look at rehearsals for Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Bonnie & Clyde, on stage from February 23-March 9, 2024.

Review: SUNSET BOULEVARD at Showtunes Theatre

Dear Readers, if you know me at all you know my disdain for most things Andrew Lloyd Webber. With so much repetition and borrowing from other’s works, I just don’t see the appeal. But many love him and so it should come as no surprise that Showtunes Theatre would choose to dust off one of his grander works, “Sunset Boulevard” for their latest concert. And while the leads certainly got to show off their talents, I question the choice of this one and the presentation, beyond it being an ALW work.

Pioneer Theatre Company Presents Tony Nominated Musical BONNIE & CLYDE

PTC presents the Tony-nominated musical 'Bonnie & Clyde' in Utah, marking the first professional production of the show in the state.

Alanna Saunders & Michael William Nigro to Star in BONNIE & CLYDE at Pioneer Theatre Company

Pioneer Theatre Company will present Bonnie & Clyde. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

Tim Draxl, Robert Grubb & More Complete the Cast of SUNSET BOULEVARD in Australia, Starring Sarah Brightman

See the full cast for Sunset Boulevard in Australia, starring Sarah Brightman. Learn about performance dates and see how to purchase tickets.

What We Know So Far About the Return of SUNSET BOULEVARD

Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard is set to return to Broadway later this year. What do we know so far...? We have the details!

2024 New Year Honours List Includes Emilia Clarke, Gregory Doran, Don Clark, and More

King Charles has released the annual New Year Honours List, which features many notable members of the theatre community.

Video: Mica Paris & Maiya Quansah-Breed Sing 'Museum of Loss' From REHAB THE MUSICAL

Get a first look at soul legend Mica Paris and Maiya Quansah-Breed singing 'MUSEUM OF LOSS' from Rehab the Musical. Watch the video ahead of its transfer to a new West End venue.

BONNIE & CLYDE Comes to TheatreZone in January

Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical is the electrifying, true story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, set to a Tony Award-nominated musical score of power ballads and jazz and blues numbers by the legendary Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Civil War, Dracula). The musical, to be performed by Naples' TheatreZone Jan. 11-21, follows the arc of youthful fantasies gone terribly wrong.

Full Cast Set for the UK Tour of BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL

Fan-favourite and winner of Best New Musical (What’sOnStage Awards 2023), BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL has announced full casting for the production’s first ever UK & Ireland tour in 2024.

Review: MAMIE PARRIS - SURRENDER : AN ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER THRILL RIDE Is All That and More at The Green Room 42

We are only just seeing the tip of the stardom that Mamie Parris is destined to achieve.

Kate Rockwell, Elizabeth Teeter, Jim Hogan & More to Star in TO SIR WITH LOVE Reading

Ogunquit Playhouse in association with Lythgoe Family Productions will present a reading of the new musical To Sir With Love, based on the autobiographical novel by E.R. Braithwaite, on November 13, 2023 in New York.

Don Black FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Don Black has written 17 shows including The Little Prince and the Aviator (Lyricist), Billy (Lyricist), Bar Mitzvah Boy (Lyricist), Song and Dance (Lyricist), Merlin (Lyricist), Dear Anyone (Lyricist), Abbacadabara (Lyricist), Budgie (Lyricist), Aspects of Love (Lyricist), Sunset Boulevard (Bookwriter), The Goodbye Girl (Lyricist), Dracula (Bookwriter), Bombay Dreams (Lyricist), Dance of the Vampires (Lyricist), Tell Me on a Sunday (Lyricist), Bonnie & Clyde (Lyricist), Tell Me on a Sunday (Lyricist).

Don Black has been nominated for several awards throughout his career, including Outstanding Lyrics at the Drama Desk Awards for "Bonnie & Clyde," Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards for "Bonnie & Clyde," "Sunset Boulevard," "Aspects of Love," "Song and Dance," and "Merlin." He was also nominated for Best Musical Revival at the Olivier Awards for "Sunset Boulevard" and Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for "Sunset Boulevard."

Don Black has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for "Sunset Boulevard" and the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for "Sunset Boulevard."

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