John Kander
Gender
Male
Born
Mar 18, 1927
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Composer
Performer
Writer
Lyricist
Arranger
Musical Director
Musical Staff
Other
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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 Scottsboro Boys (Oct 31, 2010 - Dec 12, 2010)Musical, Original- Music by John Kander and Fred Ebb
- Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Come Fly Away (Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charles Christian, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Eyton, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Bart Howard, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny Kurtz, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Jon Hendricks, John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis, Roy Alfred, Billy May, Dolores "Vicki" Silvers, Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Johnny Burke, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lew Spence, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Henry Mayer, Hans Bradtke, Paul Desmond, Gene de Paul, Dean Kay, Kelly L. Gordon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Josef Joe Myrow and Mack Gordon
Liza's at the Palace.... (Dec 03, 2008 - Jan 04, 2009)Special, Original- In loving memory of Bill 'Pappy' LaVorgna; Special Thanks: Sam Harris, Sam Irvin, John Kander, Fred Ebb and Michael Feinstein
Curtains (Mar 22, 2007 - Jun 29, 2008)Musical, Original- Music by John Kander
- Additional lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes
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
Gypsy (May 01, 2003 - May 30, 2004)Musical, Revival- Dance arrangements by John Kander; Additional dance arrangements by Marvin Laird
Fosse (Jan 14, 1999 - Aug 25, 2001)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard A. Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Jule Styne, Louis Prima, Leon Barry, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell and Frederick Loewe
Candles, Snow & Mistletoe (Dec 27, 1993 - Dec 30, 1993)Special, Original- Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Hap Palmer, Lyle Moraine, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Dolly Parton, Steve Allen, Hugh Martin, Johnny Marks, Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots and Al Piantadosi
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Hap Palmer, Lyle Moraine, Dolly Parton, Steve Allen, Hugh Martin, Johnny Marks, Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots and Felix F. Feist
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
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 American Dance Machine (Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)Special, Original- Featuring songs by Jule Styne, George M. Cohan, Richard Rodgers, Harold Rome, Sandy Wilson, John Kander, Gary Geld, Cy Coleman, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Heneker, Duke Ellington, Meredith Willson, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans and James Van Heusen
George Abbott...A Celebration (May 02, 1976 - May 02, 1976)Special, Benefit-
Performer: John Kander
- Original
A Family Affair (Jan 27, 1962 - Mar 25, 1962)Musical, Original- Music by James Goldman, John Kander and William Goldman
- Book by James Goldman, John Kander and William Goldman
- Lyrics by James Goldman, John Kander and William Goldman
Gypsy (May 21, 1959 - Mar 25, 1961)Musical, Original- Dance arrangements by John Kander
- Rehearsal Pianist: John Kander
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
Fosse (Sep 14, 1999 - Feb 17, 2002)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell, Frederick Loewe and Leon Barry
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AWARDS
Tony Award®
Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
2023 | RecipientJohn Kander
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
2011 | Nominee | The Scottsboro BoysMusic by John Kander
Lyrics by John Kander
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Lyrics
2010 | WinnerJohn Kander (for "The Scottsboro Boys")
Outstanding Music
2010 | NomineeJohn Kander (for "The Scottsboro Boys")
Special Award
2007 | RecipientJohn Kander (for 42 years of excellence in advancing the art of the musical theatre)
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 Scottsboro Boys
(Oct 31, 2010 - Dec 12, 2010)
Musical, Original
- Music by John Kander and Fred Ebb
- Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Come Fly Away
(Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charles Christian, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Eyton, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Bart Howard, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny Kurtz, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Jon Hendricks, John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis, Roy Alfred, Billy May, Dolores "Vicki" Silvers, Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Johnny Burke, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lew Spence, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Henry Mayer, Hans Bradtke, Paul Desmond, Gene de Paul, Dean Kay, Kelly L. Gordon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Josef Joe Myrow and Mack Gordon
Liza's at the Palace....
(Dec 03, 2008 - Jan 04, 2009)
Special, Original
- In loving memory of Bill 'Pappy' LaVorgna; Special Thanks: Sam Harris, Sam Irvin, John Kander, Fred Ebb and Michael Feinstein
Curtains
(Mar 22, 2007 - Jun 29, 2008)
Musical, Original
- Music by John Kander
- Additional lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes
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
Gypsy
(May 01, 2003 - May 30, 2004)
Musical, Revival
- Dance arrangements by John Kander; Additional dance arrangements by Marvin Laird
Fosse
(Jan 14, 1999 - Aug 25, 2001)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Irving Berlin, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard A. Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Jule Styne, Louis Prima, Leon Barry, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell and Frederick Loewe
Candles, Snow & Mistletoe
(Dec 27, 1993 - Dec 30, 1993)
Special, Original
- Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Hap Palmer, Lyle Moraine, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Dolly Parton, Steve Allen, Hugh Martin, Johnny Marks, Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots and Al Piantadosi
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Ray Evans, Jay Livingston, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Hap Palmer, Lyle Moraine, Dolly Parton, Steve Allen, Hugh Martin, Johnny Marks, Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots and Felix F. Feist
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
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 American Dance Machine
(Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
Special, Original
- Featuring songs by Jule Styne, George M. Cohan, Richard Rodgers, Harold Rome, Sandy Wilson, John Kander, Gary Geld, Cy Coleman, Jerry Jeff Walker, David Heneker, Duke Ellington, Meredith Willson, Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Vincent Youmans and James Van Heusen
George Abbott...A Celebration
(May 02, 1976 - May 02, 1976)
Special, Benefit
-
Performer: John Kander
- Original
A Family Affair
(Jan 27, 1962 - Mar 25, 1962)
Musical, Original
- Music by James Goldman, John Kander and William Goldman
- Book by James Goldman, John Kander and William Goldman
- Lyrics by James Goldman, John Kander and William Goldman
Gypsy
(May 21, 1959 - Mar 25, 1961)
Musical, Original
- Dance arrangements by John Kander
- Rehearsal Pianist: John Kander
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
Fosse
(Sep 14, 1999 - Feb 17, 2002)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Ray Henderson, Cy Coleman, Neil Diamond, Harry Warren, Arthur Schwartz, Richard Adler, Jerry Ross, Cole Porter, Richard Whiting, Patrick S. Brady, Joseph Arrington, Jr., Lalo Schifrin, Ray Bauduc, Bob Haggart, Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, John Kander, Stephen Schwartz, Louis Prima, Jerry Jeff Walker, W. Benton Overstreet, Harry Ruby, Stanley Lebowsky, G. Harrell, Frederick Loewe and Leon Barry
Tony Award®
Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
2023 | Recipient
John Kander
Best Original Score Written for the Theatre
2011 | Nominee
| The Scottsboro Boys
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by John Kander
Lyrics by John Kander
Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Lyrics
2010 | Winner
John Kander (for "The Scottsboro Boys")
Outstanding Music
2010 | Nominee
John Kander (for "The Scottsboro Boys")
Special Award
2007 | Recipient
John Kander (for 42 years of excellence in advancing the art of the musical theatre)