Sheldon Harnick
Gender
Male
Born
Apr 30, 1924
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
Jun 23, 2023
New York, New York, USA
Performer
Writer
Lyricist
Composer
Relations
Brother of
Jay Harnick
Jay Harnick
Brother-in-law of
Barbara Barrie
Barbara Barrie
Uncle of
Aaron Harnick
Aaron Harnick
Husband of
Mary Boatner (1950 - 1957) divorced
Mary Boatner (1950 - 1957) divorced
Husband of
Elaine May (1962-1963) divorced
Elaine May (1962-1963) divorced
Husband of
Margery Gray (Nov 29, 1965 - 2023) his death
Margery Gray (Nov 29, 1965 - 2023) his death
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CREDITSPrince of Broadway (Aug 24, 2017 - Oct 29, 2017)Musical, Original
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Lee Adams, Richard Adler, Mike Batt, Betty Comden, Fred Ebb, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Charles Hart, Tim Rice, Jerry Ross, Stephen Sondheim and Richard Stilgoe
The Apple Tree (Dec 14, 2006 - Mar 11, 2007)Musical, Revival- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
A Wonderful Life (Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 12, 2005)Musical, Benefit- Book by Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by 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 with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Fred Ebb, Alan Jay Lerner, Oscar Hammerstein II, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Sheldon Harnick
Back From Broadway (Jun 17, 2002 - Jun 17, 2002)Special, Benefit- Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Alan Jay Lerner and Sheldon Harnick
Mostly Sondheim (Jan 14, 2002 - Aug 25, 2002)Special, Original- Featuring songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, E.Y. Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Gus Kahn, Carolyn Leigh, Sheldon Harnick and Ralph Blane
Cyrano - The Musical (Nov 21, 1993 - Mar 20, 1994)Musical, Original- Additional lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Feb 26, 1989 - Sep 01, 1990)Musical, Original- Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim
Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! (Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)Special, Benefit- Featuring songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jerry Ross, Fred Ebb, Sammy Cahn, Allan Sherman, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Frank Loesser, Carolyn Leigh and Richard Adler
Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre (Apr 15, 1987 - Apr 26, 1987)Special, Original- Featuring songs with lyrics by Betty Comden, Howard Dietz, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Lorenz Hart, Gus Kahn, Herbert Martin, Johnny Mercer and Carole Bayer Sager; Lyrics for original songs by David Zippel
The Madwoman of Central Park West (Jun 13, 1979 - Aug 25, 1979)Musical, Original- Featuring songs with lyrics by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Phyllis Newman, Fred Ebb, Sheldon Harnick, Martin Charnin, Joe Raposo, Ed Kleban, Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow and Leonard Bernstein; Featuring songs with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (Mar 11, 1973 - Mar 11, 1973)Special, Benefit-
Performer: Sheldon Harnick
- Special Guest - Original
The Apple Tree (Oct 18, 1966 - Nov 25, 1967)Musical, Original- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by 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 Sheldon Harnick
Never Too Late (Nov 27, 1962 - Apr 24, 1965)Play, Original- Lyrics for song "Never Too Late" cha-cha by Sheldon Harnick
Vintage '60 (Sep 12, 1960 - Sep 17, 1960)Musical, Original- Additional Material By: David Rogers, Mickey Deems, Mark Bucci, Sheldon Harnick, David Baker, Phil Green, Tommy Garlock, Fred Ebb, Paul Klein, William Lanteau, Alice Clark, David Morton, Lee Goldsmith, Michael Ross, Barbara Heller, Fay DeWitt, Ronald Axe, William Link and Richard Levinson
The Littlest Revue (May 22, 1956 - Jun 17, 1956)Musical, Original- Additional music and lyrics by: John Latouche, Sheldon Harnick, Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, John Strauss, Sidney Shaw, Sammy Cahn and Michael Brown
John Murray Anderson's Almanac (Dec 10, 1953 - Jun 26, 1954)Musical, Original- Additional lyrics by John Murray Anderson, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Gallup, Sheldon Harnick, Bart Howard, Leslie Julian Jones, Joseph McCarthy, Alan Melville, John Rox and Henry Sullivan
- Additional music by Harry Belafonte, Cy Coleman, Michael Grace, Sheldon Harnick, Bart Howard, Joseph McCarthy, John Rox, Henry Sullivan, Carl Tucker and Charles Zwar
Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952 (May 16, 1952 - Mar 28, 1953)Musical, Original- Featuring songs by Ronny Graham, Arthur Siegel, June Carroll, Sheldon Harnick, Michael Brown, Murray Grand and Francis Lemarque
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Ronny Graham, Arthur Siegel, June Carroll, Sheldon Harnick, Michael Brown, Elisse Boyd, Alan Melville, Herbert Farjeon, Francis Lemarque and Peter DeVries
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 with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim
A Christmas Carol (Oct 30, 1981 - Dec 20, 1981)Musical, Original- Book by Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
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AWARDS
Tony Award®
Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
2016 | RecipientSheldon Harnick
Pulitzer Prize
Drama Desk Award
Special Award
2016 | RecipientSheldon Harnick (New productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Rothschild and Sons, and She Loves Me this season remind us that this veteran lyricist's takes on faith, family and community are as resonant as ever.)
Prince of Broadway
(Aug 24, 2017 - Oct 29, 2017)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Lee Adams, Richard Adler, Mike Batt, Betty Comden, Fred Ebb, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Charles Hart, Tim Rice, Jerry Ross, Stephen Sondheim and Richard Stilgoe
The Apple Tree
(Dec 14, 2006 - Mar 11, 2007)
Musical, Revival
- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
A Wonderful Life
(Dec 12, 2005 - Dec 12, 2005)
Musical, Benefit
- Book by Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by 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 with lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Fred Ebb, Alan Jay Lerner, Oscar Hammerstein II, Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Sheldon Harnick
Back From Broadway
(Jun 17, 2002 - Jun 17, 2002)
Special, Benefit
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Alan Jay Lerner and Sheldon Harnick
Mostly Sondheim
(Jan 14, 2002 - Aug 25, 2002)
Special, Original
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, E.Y. Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates, L. Wolfe Gilbert, Gus Kahn, Carolyn Leigh, Sheldon Harnick and Ralph Blane
Cyrano - The Musical
(Nov 21, 1993 - Mar 20, 1994)
Musical, Original
- Additional lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
(Feb 26, 1989 - Sep 01, 1990)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim
Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott!
(Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)
Special, Benefit
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jerry Ross, Fred Ebb, Sammy Cahn, Allan Sherman, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Frank Loesser, Carolyn Leigh and Richard Adler
Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre
(Apr 15, 1987 - Apr 26, 1987)
Special, Original
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Betty Comden, Howard Dietz, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Lorenz Hart, Gus Kahn, Herbert Martin, Johnny Mercer and Carole Bayer Sager; Lyrics for original songs by David Zippel
The Madwoman of Central Park West
(Jun 13, 1979 - Aug 25, 1979)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Phyllis Newman, Fred Ebb, Sheldon Harnick, Martin Charnin, Joe Raposo, Ed Kleban, Peter Allen, Carole Bayer Sager, Bruce Sussman, Jack Feldman, Barry Manilow and Leonard Bernstein; Featuring songs with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
(Mar 11, 1973 - Mar 11, 1973)
Special, Benefit
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Performer: Sheldon Harnick
- Special Guest - Original
The Apple Tree
(Oct 18, 1966 - Nov 25, 1967)
Musical, Original
- Book by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by 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 Sheldon Harnick
Never Too Late
(Nov 27, 1962 - Apr 24, 1965)
Play, Original
- Lyrics for song "Never Too Late" cha-cha by Sheldon Harnick
Vintage '60
(Sep 12, 1960 - Sep 17, 1960)
Musical, Original
- Additional Material By: David Rogers, Mickey Deems, Mark Bucci, Sheldon Harnick, David Baker, Phil Green, Tommy Garlock, Fred Ebb, Paul Klein, William Lanteau, Alice Clark, David Morton, Lee Goldsmith, Michael Ross, Barbara Heller, Fay DeWitt, Ronald Axe, William Link and Richard Levinson
The Littlest Revue
(May 22, 1956 - Jun 17, 1956)
Musical, Original
- Additional music and lyrics by: John Latouche, Sheldon Harnick, Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, John Strauss, Sidney Shaw, Sammy Cahn and Michael Brown
John Murray Anderson's Almanac
(Dec 10, 1953 - Jun 26, 1954)
Musical, Original
- Additional lyrics by John Murray Anderson, Harry Belafonte, Sammy Gallup, Sheldon Harnick, Bart Howard, Leslie Julian Jones, Joseph McCarthy, Alan Melville, John Rox and Henry Sullivan
- Additional music by Harry Belafonte, Cy Coleman, Michael Grace, Sheldon Harnick, Bart Howard, Joseph McCarthy, John Rox, Henry Sullivan, Carl Tucker and Charles Zwar
Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952
(May 16, 1952 - Mar 28, 1953)
Musical, Original
- Featuring songs by Ronny Graham, Arthur Siegel, June Carroll, Sheldon Harnick, Michael Brown, Murray Grand and Francis Lemarque
- Featuring songs with lyrics by Ronny Graham, Arthur Siegel, June Carroll, Sheldon Harnick, Michael Brown, Elisse Boyd, Alan Melville, Herbert Farjeon, Francis Lemarque and Peter DeVries
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 with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim
A Christmas Carol
(Oct 30, 1981 - Dec 20, 1981)
Musical, Original
- Book by Sheldon Harnick
- Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Tony Award®
Special Award for Lifetime Achievement
2016 | Recipient
Sheldon Harnick
Pulitzer Prize
Drama Desk Award
Special Award
2016 | Recipient
Sheldon Harnick (New productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Rothschild and Sons, and She Loves Me this season remind us that this veteran lyricist's takes on faith, family and community are as resonant as ever.)