LGBTQ Lyricists and Composers for Theatre and Film
The entertainment industry is a welcoming professions for the LGBTQ community, and nowhere so than on stage and in film. This is particularly the case for musicals. It is no surprise, then, to find a large number of successful lyricists and composers for theatre and film who identify as LGBTQ.
These individuals have written for many productions that are classics in the genre. Many of these productions have LGBTQ content at the core of their plots, and LGBTQ characters associated with them. Such hits include:
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Avenue Q
- Hairspray
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Ragtime
- Oliver
- Blithe Spirit
- Kinky Boots
- Sweeney Todd
- Cabaret
- Rent
- Dreamgirls
- The Lion King
- Easter Parade
- On The Town
- Annie Get Your Gun
It has been argued that many of these plays and musical films have literally changed Society, including its perception of homosexuality and the community.
As a result of these hit productions, LGBTQ lyricists and musical composers have won Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, Academy Awards and Pulitzer Prizes for their work.
Great Britain
United States
- Howard Ashman
- Chad Beguelin
- Fred Ebb
- Roger Edens
- Harvey Fierstein
- William Finn
- George Forrest
- Michael Friedman
- Lorenz Hart
- Jerry Herman
- Henry Krieger
- Jonathan Larson
- Jeff Marx
- Griffin Matthews
- Terrence McNally
- Robert Patrick
- Toshi Reagon
- Marc Shaiman
- Stephen Sondheim
- Elizabeth Swados
- Stephen Trask
- Max Vernon
- Jeff Whitty
- Scott Wittman
- Robert Wright
