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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
The Light in the Piazza
 
[, 2003]
Orchestrator
Lydie Breeze, Parts I & II
 
[Off-Broadway, 2000]
Composer (Original Music)
Love's Fire: Fresh Numbers by Seven American Playwrights
 
[Off-Broadway, 1998]
Composer (Original Music)
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


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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


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The Lortels - 1996 - Outstanding Musical

Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Will Return to the West End This Summer Photo
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Will Return to the West End This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2026

Aaron Sorkin's riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will return to West End for a strictly limited season this Summer with performances at London's Wyndham's Theatre.
A Complete History of RAGTIME Photo
A Complete History of RAGTIME
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Feb 8, 2026

The Broadway production of Ragtime was a glorious accomplishment, a riveting testament to the original American musical and to all that America itself could be. The show ran for 834 performances at the Ford Center, closing in the final year of the 20th century. It was nominated for 13 Tony Awards, taking home four.
Danny Burstein and Ruthie Ann Miles to Host SDCF 'Mr. Abbott' Award Gala Celebrating Photo
Danny Burstein and Ruthie Ann Miles to Host SDCF 'Mr. Abbott' Award Gala Celebrating Bartlett Sher
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 29, 2026

Tony Award-winners Danny Burstein and Ruthie Ann Miles will co-host Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation “Mr. Abbott” Award Gala celebrating Bartlett Sher.
Stephen Sondheim's Friends and Family Share Untold Stories in New Podcast Photo
Stephen Sondheim's Friends and Family Share Untold Stories in New Podcast
by Stephi Wild - Jan 5, 2026

In personal celebration of Stephen Sondheim, an all new tribute podcast will be released by Martin Milnes and Peter E. Jones, on all streaming platforms. Learn more here!
Renée Fleming to Return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for One-Night-Only Recital Photo
Renée Fleming to Return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for One-Night-Only Recital
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 18, 2025

Lyric Opera of Chicago will welcome the return of one of the foremost vocal artists of our time when Renée Fleming appears in recital for Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, inspired by her 2023 Grammy Award–winning Best Classical Vocal Solo album.
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!
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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 won several prestigious awards for his work in musical theatre. He received the Best Orchestrations award from BroadwayWorld Awards for The Light in the Piazza. He also won Outstanding Music and Outstanding Orchestrations at the Drama Desk Awards for The Light in the Piazza. At the Tony Awards, Guettel earned Best Orchestrations and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre 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 Obie Award for Music and the Outstanding Musical award at The Lortels.

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