Marc Shaiman

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Marc Shaiman

Shaiman with Martin Short, 2006
Born 1959-10-22
Newark, New Jersey
Residence Los Angeles & New York City
Nationality American
Known for Multiple awards as composer and lyricist
Partner Scott Wittman

Marc Shaiman (born October 22, 1959) is a multiple-award-winning American composer, lyricist, arranger, and performer for films, television, and theatre.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Shaiman was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Claire (née Goldfein) and William Robert Shaiman.[1] He lives in both Los Angeles and New York City. Shaiman and Scott Wittman have been partners in life and collaborators in theater since 1979.[2]

[edit] Career

Shaiman started his career as a theatre/cabaret musical director. He then became vocal arranger for Bette Midler, eventually becoming her musical director and co-producer of many of her recordings, including The Wind Beneath My Wings and From a Distance. He helped create the material for her Emmy Award winning performance on the penultimate Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. His work with both Bette Midler and Billy Crystal led to his involvement on their films.

His film credits include Broadcast News, Beaches, When Harry Met Sally..., City Slickers, The Addams Family, Sister Act, Sleepless in Seattle, A Few Good Men, The American President, The First Wives Club, George of the Jungle, In & Out, Patch Adams, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Team America: World Police and HBO's From the Earth to the Moon, and 61*. He frequently works on films by Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner, and Trey Parker He has also appeared in many of these films. Richard Kraft is his agent.

Shaiman has earned five Academy Award nominations, a Tony Award and a Grammy Award for his work on the musical Hairspray, and an Emmy Award for co-writing Billy Crystal's Academy Award performances. He has also been Grammy nominated twice for his arrangements for Harry Connick Jr.'s recordings When Harry Met Sally... and We Are in Love and Emmy nominated for his work on Saturday Night Live. In 2002, he was honored with the "Outstanding Achievement in Music-In-Film" award at The Hollywood Film Festival, and in 2007 he was honored with ASCAP's Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the music of film and television. He is the first recipent of the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Comedy Feature Film.

Fans of Saturday Night Live may recognize him as Skip St. Thomas, the accompanying pianist for The Sweeney Sisters, a singing duo played by Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks. He began his professional relationships with Billy Crystal and Martin Short during his tenure at SNL. He wrote and sang a song for his agent's film Finding Kraftland; the song was called Yes.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television

[edit] Theatre

[edit] Broadway

[edit] Off-Broadway

[edit] Discography

[edit] Bette Midler

[edit] Harry Connick, Jr.

[edit] Peter Allen

  • Making Every Moment Count

[edit] Soundtracks

[edit] Original Broadway cast recordings

[edit] Concert/cabaret work

[edit] References

  1. ^ Marc Shaiman Biography (1959-)
  2. ^ Rapp, Linda (2004), “Shaiman, Marc, and Scott Wittman”, glbtq.com, <http://www.glbtq.com/arts/shaiman_m.html> 

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