Jerry Bock
Gender
Male
Born
Nov 23, 1928
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Died
Nov 03, 2010
Westchester, New York, USA
Composer
Choreographer
Writer
Lyricist
Also Known As
Jerrold Lewis Bock [Birthname]
Comments
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CREDITSPrince of Broadway (Aug 24, 2017 - Oct 29, 2017)Musical, Original
- New Songs by Jason Robert Brown; Featuring songs by Richard Adler, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Cy Coleman, John Kander, Jerome Kern, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jerry Ross, Stephen Sondheim and Charles Strouse
The Apple Tree (Dec 14, 2006 - Mar 11, 2007)Musical, Revival- Music by Jerry Bock
- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Dec 11, 2005 - Feb 19, 2006)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
Barbara Cook's Broadway! (Mar 28, 2004 - Apr 18, 2004)Special, Original- Featuring songs by Burton Lane, Cy Coleman, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, Irving Berlin, Bob Merrill, Jerry Bock, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein
Back From Broadway (Jun 17, 2002 - Jun 17, 2002)Special, Benefit- Featuring songs by Richard Rodgers, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Frederick Loewe, Jerry Bock and George Gershwin
Mostly Sondheim (Jan 14, 2002 - Aug 25, 2002)Special, Original- Featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Milton Ager, Lewis F. Muir, Walter Jurmann, Bronislau Kaper, Cy Coleman, Jerry Bock and Hugh Martin
Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Feb 26, 1989 - Sep 01, 1990)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Moose Charlap, Morton Gould, Hugh Martin, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne
Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! (Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)Special, Benefit- Featuring songs by Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Adler, John Kander, Jule Styne, Albert Hague, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Frank Loesser, Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Ross
Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre (Apr 15, 1987 - Apr 26, 1987)Special, Original- Featuring songs by Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Ben Bernie, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Ken Casey, Noël Coward, Walter Donaldson, Rupert Holmes, Janis Ian, Michael Leonard, Melissa Manchester, Harry Nilsson, Maceo Pinkard, Richard Rodgers, Arthur Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Doris Tauber, William Tracy and Paul Zakrzewski; Original songs composed by Wally Harper
The Madwoman of Central Park West (Jun 13, 1979 - Aug 25, 1979)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Leonard Bernstein, John Clifton, John Kander, Jerry Bock, Mary Rodgers, Joe Raposo, Ed Kleban, Peter Allen, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman and Barry Manilow; Featuring songs with additional music by Stephen Sondheim
The Apple Tree (Oct 18, 1966 - Nov 25, 1967)Musical, Original- Music by Jerry Bock
- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Baker Street (Feb 16, 1965 - Nov 14, 1965)Musical, Original- The songs "Buffalo Belle," "Cold Clear World of the Intellect" and "I Shall Miss You Holmes" by Jerry Bock
Never Too Late (Nov 27, 1962 - Apr 24, 1965)Play, Original- Choreographed by Jerry Bock
- "Never Too Late" cha-cha by Jerry Bock
Mr. Wonderful (Mar 22, 1956 - Feb 23, 1957)Musical, Original- Music by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss
- Lyrics by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss
Catch a Star! (Sep 06, 1955 - Sep 24, 1955)Musical, Original- Additional music by Hal Borne, Sy Kleinman, Jerry Bock, Bernie Wayne, Lee Norris, Jay Navarro and Norman Martin
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Dec 19, 2006 - Jun 10, 2007)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Jerry Bock, Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Oct 02, 1990 - Sep 08, 1991)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Moose Charlap, Morton Gould, Hugh Martin, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne
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AWARDS
Tony Award®
Pulitzer Prize
Prince of Broadway
(Aug 24, 2017 - Oct 29, 2017)
Musical, Original
- New Songs by Jason Robert Brown; Featuring songs by Richard Adler, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Cy Coleman, John Kander, Jerome Kern, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jerry Ross, Stephen Sondheim and Charles Strouse
The Apple Tree
(Dec 14, 2006 - Mar 11, 2007)
Musical, Revival
- Music by Jerry Bock
- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
(Dec 11, 2005 - Feb 19, 2006)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
Barbara Cook's Broadway!
(Mar 28, 2004 - Apr 18, 2004)
Special, Original
- Featuring songs by Burton Lane, Cy Coleman, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne, Jerry Herman, Irving Berlin, Bob Merrill, Jerry Bock, Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein
Back From Broadway
(Jun 17, 2002 - Jun 17, 2002)
Special, Benefit
- Featuring songs by Richard Rodgers, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Frederick Loewe, Jerry Bock and George Gershwin
Mostly Sondheim
(Jan 14, 2002 - Aug 25, 2002)
Special, Original
- Featuring songs by Stephen Sondheim, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Milton Ager, Lewis F. Muir, Walter Jurmann, Bronislau Kaper, Cy Coleman, Jerry Bock and Hugh Martin
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
(Feb 26, 1989 - Sep 01, 1990)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Moose Charlap, Morton Gould, Hugh Martin, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne
Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott!
(Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)
Special, Benefit
- Featuring songs by Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Adler, John Kander, Jule Styne, Albert Hague, Irving Berlin, Jerry Bock, Frank Loesser, Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Ross
Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre
(Apr 15, 1987 - Apr 26, 1987)
Special, Original
- Featuring songs by Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Ben Bernie, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Ken Casey, Noël Coward, Walter Donaldson, Rupert Holmes, Janis Ian, Michael Leonard, Melissa Manchester, Harry Nilsson, Maceo Pinkard, Richard Rodgers, Arthur Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Doris Tauber, William Tracy and Paul Zakrzewski; Original songs composed by Wally Harper
The Madwoman of Central Park West
(Jun 13, 1979 - Aug 25, 1979)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Leonard Bernstein, John Clifton, John Kander, Jerry Bock, Mary Rodgers, Joe Raposo, Ed Kleban, Peter Allen, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman and Barry Manilow; Featuring songs with additional music by Stephen Sondheim
The Apple Tree
(Oct 18, 1966 - Nov 25, 1967)
Musical, Original
- Music by Jerry Bock
- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Baker Street
(Feb 16, 1965 - Nov 14, 1965)
Musical, Original
- The songs "Buffalo Belle," "Cold Clear World of the Intellect" and "I Shall Miss You Holmes" by Jerry Bock
Never Too Late
(Nov 27, 1962 - Apr 24, 1965)
Play, Original
- Choreographed by Jerry Bock
- "Never Too Late" cha-cha by Jerry Bock
Mr. Wonderful
(Mar 22, 1956 - Feb 23, 1957)
Musical, Original
- Music by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss
- Lyrics by Jerry Bock, Larry Holofcener and George Weiss
Catch a Star!
(Sep 06, 1955 - Sep 24, 1955)
Musical, Original
- Additional music by Hal Borne, Sy Kleinman, Jerry Bock, Bernie Wayne, Lee Norris, Jay Navarro and Norman Martin
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
(Dec 19, 2006 - Jun 10, 2007)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Jerry Bock, Victor Young, Alberto Domingues, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Strouse, John Kander, Cy Coleman, Astor Piazzolla, Astor Piazzolla, Billy Rose and Lawrence Holofcener
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Milton Leeds, James Taylor, Irving Berlin, Lawrence Holofcener, Sheldon Harnick, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Lee Adams, Fred Ebb, Dorothy Fields, Edward Eliscu, Stella Unger and Jerry Bock
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
(Oct 02, 1990 - Sep 08, 1991)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Moose Charlap, Morton Gould, Hugh Martin, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim and Jule Styne
Tony Award®
Pulitzer Prize
Film/TV Credits: Film credits include: "Fiddler on the Roof" and "A Stranger Among Us." Television credits include: "Wonder Pets!," "American Masters," "She Loves Me," "ABC Stage 67," "The Generation Gap," and "Song by Song."
Other Awards: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song - Children's and Animation for "Wonder Pets!", shared with composers Billy Aronson and Larry Hochman.
Trivia:
He wrote his first musical, "My Dream," while still attending Flushing High School in Queens, New York.
The marquees of Broadway theaters were dimmed in his honor on November 4, 2010.