Douglas J. Cohen
Encyclopedia
Douglas J. Cohen is an award-nominated composer
and lyricist
. He is a member of ASCAP, BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop
, and the Dramatists Guild of America
.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
. He is a member of ASCAP, BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop
BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is a workshop in New York for musical theatre composers, lyricists and librettists.-History:The BMI Workshop was founded in 1961 by Lehman Engel and the performing rights organization BMI ....
, and the Dramatists Guild of America
Dramatists Guild of America
The Dramatists Guild of America is a professional organization for playwrights, composers, and lyricists working in the U.S. theatre market.Membership as an Associate Member is open to any person having written at least one stage play. Active Members are playwrights who have had at least one play...
.
Works
- The Big Time- Book by Douglas Carter BeaneDouglas Carter BeaneDouglas Carter Beane is an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Beane now lives in New York...
, music & lyrics by Cohen. - No Way To Treat A LadyNo Way to Treat a LadyNo Way to Treat a Lady is a darkly comic thriller directed by Jack Smight, with a screenplay by John Gay adapted from William Goldman's novel of the same name. The film starred Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal and Eileen Heckart...
- The Gig
- Children's Letters to GodChildren's Letters to GodChildren's Letters to God was a Drama Desk Award nominated Off-Broadway musical that was based on the best selling book by Stoo Hample, music by David Evans, and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen.-Summary:...
- Book by Stoo HampleStoo HampleStuart E. Hample , also known as Stoo Hample, was an American children's book author, performer, playwright and cartoonist who sometimes used the pseudonyms Joe Marthen and Turner Brown, Jr. He is best known for the books Children's Letters to God and The Silly Book, and the comic strip Inside...
, music by David Evans, and lyrics by Cohen - The Opposite of SexThe Opposite of Sex (musical)The Opposite of Sex is a musical with music and lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen and book by Cohen with Robert Jess Roth, based on the screenplay to the film of the same name by Don Roos. The show had its premiere at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco on October 2, 2004....
- Barnstormer - with Cheryl L. Davis
- Glimmerglass - Book by Jonathan Bolt and lyrics by Ted Drachman
- A Charles Dickens Christmas
- Boozy
- Valentino's Tango - Music by Howard Marren
- Columbus
- When The Cookie Crumbles, You Can Still Pick Up The Pieces
- God's Hand
Awards and Grants
- Richard RodgersRichard RodgersRichard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
Development Grant from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters - (No Way To Treat A Lady) - Richard RodgersRichard RodgersRichard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II...
Development Grant from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters - (The Gig) - Nominated for 2 Outer Critics Circle AwardOuter Critics Circle AwardThe Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway and were begun during the 1949-1950 theater season. The awards are decided upon by theater critics who review for out-of-town newspapers, national publications, and other media outlets...
(No Way To Treat A Lady) - 1998 Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation Award - (Glimmerglass, No Way To Treat A Lady, The Big Time, The Gig)
- 2005 Jonathan Larson Award - (Barnstormer)
- 2005 Drama Desk AwardDrama Desk AwardThe Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...
nomination for Outstanding Lyricist - (Children's Letters to God) - 2009 Nöel Coward Award - (The Gig)