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Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals
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Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse
American composer and lyricist
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Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman
American composer and lyricist
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Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
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Fred Ebb
Fred Ebb
American musical theatre composer
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein
American songwriting team
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken
American composer
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals
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Betty Comden
Betty Comden
American librettist, songwriter, actress
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John Kander
John Kander
American musical theatre composer
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Billy Rose
Billy Rose
American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist
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Richard Adler
Richard Adler
American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows
Martin Charnin
American lyricist, writer, and theatre director

Martin Charnin

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American lyricist, writer, and theatre director
Nominated For
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

Martin Charnin (November 24, 1934 – July 6, 2019) was an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director and lyricist of the musical Annie.