Charles Leipart is an American musical theatre bookwriter-lyricist and playwright. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University. He lives in New York City.
Works (selection) MUSICALS Book & Lyrics for all works: Good Girls Only, the Rehearsal Club Musical, music by Jamey Grisham; additional music by John Kroner and Eric Scott Reed Dickens' Haunted Christmas, the new mystery musical, music by Eric Schorr Me and Miss Monroe, an original musical, music by William Goldstein Enchanted April, a new musical romance adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim's novel The Enchanted April, music by Richard B. Evans Frog Kiss, a musical adapted from The Frog Prince by Stephen Mitchell, music by Eric Schorr The Showgirl of 52nd Street, an original musical, music by John Kroner The Price of Everything, an original musical adapted from Thorstein Veblen's The Theory of The Leisure Class, music by Richard B. Evans espresso trasho, an original musical, music by Eric Schorr The Doctor's Wife, a musical adapted from Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, music by Eric Schorr
PLAYS George and Martha's Wedding Gift, a Play of Enslavement Tailoring Hitler, Made-to-Measure in One Act The Adolf I Knew, a Play of Collective Memory A Kind of Marriage, a play about the private life of British novelist E. M. Forster Swimming at the Ritz, a stage play about Pamela Churchill Harriman Underfoot in Show Business, a stage play adapted from the comic memoir by Helene Hanff. Mr. & Mrs. "A", a stage play Deep Sleepers, a comedy, published by Dramatists' Play Service The Undefeated Rhumba Champ, a one-act comedy, published by Dramatists Play Service
Awards
LGBT History Playwriting Initiative Award 2015, Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, A Kind of Marriage Honorable Mention Excellence in Writing: Lyrics, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss Most Promising Musical, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss Honorable Mention Excellence in Writing: Book, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss Honorable Mention Finalist, The Fred Ebb Award, 2005, 2006 & 2008 Global Search for New Musicals, Cardiff, Wales, 2005, Frog Kiss Edward Kleban Foundation Award—Outstanding Librettist, 2001, The Showgirl of 52nd Street
References
External links www.charlesleipart.com http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Rachel_York_Leads_AMAS_ME_AND_MISS_MONROE_42123_20110321 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726141533/http://www.amasmusical.org/recentevents.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100908064703/http://www.frogkissthemusical.com/FROG_KISS_THE_MUSICAL/The_Lilly_Pad.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101220213327/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144966-PHOTO-CALL-Bebe-Neuwirth-Chita-Rivera-Joshua-Henry-and-More-at-the-NYMF-Awards http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/10-2010/nymf-2010-roundup-2_31017.html http://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/theatre/argustheatrereviews/8915539.Swimming_At_The_Ritz__Devonshire_Park_Theatre__Eastbourne__March_15/ http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/review_swimming_at_the_ritz_1_1434158 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022032626/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/58925-Leipart-Bucchino-and-Cook-Win-2001-Kleban-Award