Charles Leipart Explained

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)

MUSICALSBook & 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,^[1] 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,^{[2] [3]} 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^[4]
• The Undefeated Rhumba Champ, a one-act comedy, published by Dramatists Play Service^[5]

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^[6]
• 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^[7]
• Edward Kleban Foundation Award—Outstanding Librettist, 2001, The Showgirl of 52nd Street^{[8] [9]}

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Me and Miss Monroe, With Rachel York, Michael Rupert, J. Robert Spencer, Begins Free Run April 21 . Playbill.com . 2011-04-21 . 2012-07-09.
2. Web site: Published on Friday 18 June 2010 12:10 . Review: Swimming at the Ritz - News . Eastbourne Herald . 2010-06-18 . 2012-07-09.
3. Web site: Flood . Tony . Swimming At The Ritz, Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne, March 15 (From The Argus) . Theargus.co.uk . 2011-03-17 . 2012-07-09.
4. Web site: Dramatists Play Service, Inc . Dramatists.com . 2012-07-09.
5. Web site: Dramatists Play Service, Inc . Dramatists.com . 2012-07-09.
6. Web site: NYMF Gala to Honor the Weisslers; 2010 Awards for Excellence Winners Announced . Playbill.com . 2010-10-21 . 2012-07-09.
7. Web site: The Global Search for New Musicals . Chapter . 2012-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331042021/http://www.chapter.org/6714.html . 2012-03-31 .
8. Web site: BMI | Search Results.
9. Web site: Leipart, Bucchino and Cook Win 2001 Kleban Award . Playbill.com . 2001-03-08 . 2012-07-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022032626/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/58925-Leipart-Bucchino-and-Cook-Win-2001-Kleban-Award . 2012-10-22 .