Charles Leipart

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

• Good Girls Only, the Rehearsal Club Musical, music by Jamey Grisham; additional music by John Kroner and Eric Scott Reed
• Pickwick's Haunted Christmas, the new Charles Dickens 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

• A Kind of Marriage, a play about 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