Charles Leipart

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American musical theatre bookwriter-lyricist and playwright

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United States of America

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Film, TV, Stage & Radio Music

Gender

Male

Education

Northwestern University

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Biography

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.

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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