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Scott Wittman (born 1955) is an American director, lyricist, and writer for Broadway, concerts, and television. Wittman was raised in Nanuet, New York, graduated high Nanuet Senior High School in 1972 and attended Emerson College in Boston for two years before leaving to pursue a career in musical theatre in New York City. While directing a show for a Greenwich Village club he met Marc Shaiman, and the two became collaborators and life partners. While Shaiman wrote for television shows, including ''Saturday Night Live'', Wittman directed concerts for such artists as Bette Midler, Christine Ebersole, Raquel Welch, Dame Edna Everage, and Lypsinka, among others.〔(Shaiman, Marc (b. 1959), and Scott Wittman (b. 1955) ). GLBTQ.com.〕 In 2002, Shaiman and Wittman collaborated on ''Hairspray'', which won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, the Tony Award for Best Original Score,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=2003 )〕 and a Grammy Award. In addition to ''Hairspray'', Wittman conceived, wrote lyrics for, and directed ''Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me'' and conceived and directed ''Matters of the Heart'', a solo concert by Patti LuPone. The partners worked on ''Catch Me If You Can'', a musical adaptation of the 2002 Steven Spielberg film, together with Terrence McNally. They again worked together on ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical''. In 2011, ''Hairspray'' was performed at Nanuet Senior High School, where Wittman attended high school. In 2013, Wittman and Marc Shaiman co-wrote the score for ''Bombshell'', a musical about Marilyn Monroe within the context of the NBC television show ''Smash''. A soundtrack was released later that same year. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scott Wittman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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