Matthew Sklar
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Tony, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer of the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically ...
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Tony, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer of the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically acclaimed NBC stop-motion animated TV special "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas." Additional TV/film credits include "Sesame Street," "Wonder Pets!" and PBS's "American Masters." Awards include the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Award and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.Matthew Sklar Awards and Nominations
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding New Score | ||
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Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | ||
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Richard Rodgers Award - 2010 - Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award ![]() |
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Tony Awards - 2006 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | ||
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2022
The national tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical “The Prom” will play at Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre from August 9 through September 11, 2022 and will open August 10, 2022.

by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2022
Theatre and live performance lovers across the Valley will be thrilled by The Phoenix Theatre Company's 103rd season that kicks off Aug. 31. Tickets are on sale now for a line-up that includes nine shows ranging from classic musicals like A Chorus Line, family favorites like Cinderella and exciting new productions like The Prom.

by Grace Cutler - Jul 25, 2022
StoryBook Theatre is back for another magical season full of inspiration with productions that are fun, dynamic and enchanted!

by Stephi Wild - Jul 21, 2022
Simon Lipkin and Georgina Castle will be playing the much loved characters Buddy and Jovie in ELF, the smash hit musical, which returns to London in a new production at the Dominion Theatre for a strictly limited 8-week season.

by Grace Cutler - Jul 12, 2022
NETworks Presentations, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, and Unique Features, bring the hit Broadway musical ELF to DPAC November 29 – December 4, 2022, as part of WRAL’s Greatest Hits of Broadway.

by Paula Makar - Jul 5, 2022
The Crown Arts Collaborative (CAC), a 501(c)3 non-profit with a mission of returning theatre and art to the historic Crown Uptown Theatre, continues their inaugural theatrical season with The Wedding Singer, the Tony Award-nominated musical based on the 1998 Adam Sandler film of the same name. Performances run weekends July 15 - August 7 at the Crown Uptown, with Friday and Saturday showtimes at 8:00 PM, and Sunday matinees at 2:00 PM. This will be the regional premier of The Wedding Singer, the first time the show has been produced by a professional company in Wichita or surrounding markets.

by Peter Nason - Jun 27, 2022
It's a feel-good retro-musical set in the era of Miami Vice jackets and Flock of Seagulls haircuts, parachute pants and Rubik's Cubes.

by Linda Hodges - Jun 26, 2022
What did our critic think of THE PROM at Golden Gate Theatre?

by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2022
Producers and co-Presidents of the Prom Committee announced today that the National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM will play the Winspear Opera House from July 26-31.
Matthew Sklar Videos

by Stephi Wild - Dec 6, 2021
An all new clip has been released from the Spanish-language production of the hit musical The Prom currently playing at Centro Cultural Teatro II in México City.

by Stage Tube - Jan 8, 2021
James Corden connects with his co-star from 'The Prom' Jo Ellen Pellman who has been quarantined with loved ones since the start of the pandemic, causing her to miss the fanfare of her first film being released. James asks Jo Ellen about her nerves working with stars like Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman in her first film, and Jo Ellen tells James about her work creating the Unruly Hearts Initiative to help connect LGBTQ+ with resources to help.

by BroadwayWorld TV - Dec 22, 2020
Today we rewind to 2010, when Elf opened on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it played for 57 performances.

by Stage Tube - Dec 17, 2020
James Corden connects with his co-stars of 'The Prom,' Nicole Kidman and Kerry Washington, and James asks them about making the most out of 2020, with Kerry being named one of EW's entertainers of the year and Nicole sweeping the globe with her hit show 'The Undoing.' After Kerry talks about her family's obsession with the show, including having a pool to predict who was the killer, James asks Nicole about her first role as a child in 'Bush Christmas.'

by Stage Tube - Dec 16, 2020
James Corden connects with friend and 'The Prom' co-star Keegan-Michael Key who tells James about he and his wife's holiday bush/tree complete with COVID-themed ornaments. And James asks Keegan-Michael about his days in rock bands before wooing Meryl Streep on the set of 'The Prom' channeling his wife for his character, Principal Hawkins.

by Stage Tube - Dec 11, 2020
Kerry Washington talks about her role in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical 'The Prom.'

by Stage Tube - Dec 11, 2020
'The Prom' co-stars recall keeping it blue on set with Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. After Andrew tells James about his first meeting with director Ryan Murphy long ago.

by Stage Tube - Dec 11, 2020
Host of 'The Late Late Show' and star of 'The Prom,' James Corden, doesn't know if there is an anatomically correct cut of the movie 'Cats,' but even if it did exist, he doesn't think it would save that movie.

by Stage Tube - Dec 11, 2020
Quentin Garzon is back without another cover, this time taking on 'A Christmas Song' from Elf: The Musical with special guest Alyssa Fox.

by Stage Tube - Dec 10, 2020
Keegan talks about growing up in Detroit, making his on screen debut, working with Meryl Streep in 'The Prom,' singing in a bunch of recent projects, being intimidated by Eddie Murphy, and his most obscure impressions.