Gender
Male
Born
Apr 08, 1896
Died
Mar 05, 1981
Composer Director Writer Producer Lyricist
Also Known As
E.Y. Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
  • CREDITS
    After Midnight (Nov 03, 2013 - Jun 29, 2014)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, Sippie Wallace, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Harry James, Ben Pollack, Bubber Miley, Harry A. White, Cab Calloway, Sidney Easton, Ethel Waters, E.Y. Harburg, Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges
    • Additional music by Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, Sippie Wallace, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Harry James, Ben Pollack, Bubber Miley, Harry A. White, Cab Calloway, Sidney Easton, Ethel Waters, E.Y. Harburg, Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges
    Everyday Rapture (Apr 29, 2010 - Jul 11, 2010)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by John Mercer, Ted Koehler, Adam Clayton, Paul David Hewson, Laurence Mullen, Fred Rogers, Gabriel Alexander Roth, Harry Nilsson, Norman Gimbel, E.Y. Harburg, Tom Waits, Tim Rice, Vincent Dimirco and Robbie Robertson
    Finian's Rainbow (Oct 29, 2009 - Jan 17, 2010)
    Musical, Revival
    • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    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
    Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood (Jan 23, 1986 - Feb 02, 1986)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Johnny Mercer, E.Y. Harburg, Jimmy McHugh, P. G. Wodehouse, Buddy DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Bernard Dougall and Herbert Reynolds
    A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (May 01, 1980 - Sep 27, 1981)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston, Frank Loesser and Ralph Rainger
    Darling of the Day (Jan 27, 1968 - Feb 24, 1968)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    The Happiest Girl in the World (Apr 03, 1961 - Jun 24, 1961)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    • Story by E.Y. Harburg
    Finian's Rainbow (May 23, 1960 - Jun 01, 1960)
    Musical, Revival
    • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Jamaica (Oct 31, 1957 - Apr 11, 1959)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Finian's Rainbow (May 18, 1955 - May 29, 1955)
    Musical, Revival
    • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    At Home With Ethel Waters (Sep 22, 1953 - Oct 10, 1953)
    Special, Original
    • Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke; Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose; Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis; Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner; Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young; Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles; English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock; Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John Latouche; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter; Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg; Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin; Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler
    Flahooley (May 14, 1951 - Jun 16, 1951)
    Musical, Original
    • Directed by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
    • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
    • Produced in association with E.Y. Harburg
      See Full Producer List
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Finian's Rainbow (Jan 10, 1947 - Oct 02, 1948)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Bloomer Girl (Jan 06, 1947 - Feb 15, 1947)
    Musical, Revival
    • Staged by E.Y. Harburg
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Blue Holiday (May 21, 1945 - May 26, 1945)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
    • Lyrics by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
    Bloomer Girl (Oct 05, 1944 - Apr 27, 1946)
    Musical, Original
    • Staged by E.Y. Harburg
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Hold on to Your Hats (Sep 11, 1940 - Feb 01, 1941)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Hooray For What! (Dec 01, 1937 - May 21, 1938)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    • Conceived by E.Y. Harburg
    The Show is On (Sep 18, 1937 - Oct 02, 1937)
    Musical, Return Engagement
    • Additional lyrics by Stanley Adams, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Herman Hupfeld, Norman Zeno and Lorenz Hart
    The Show is On (Dec 25, 1936 - Jul 17, 1937)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Stanley Adams, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Herman Hupfeld, Norman Zeno and Lorenz Hart
    Life Begins at 8:40 (Aug 27, 1934 - Mar 16, 1935)
    Musical, Original
    • Sketches by David Freedman, H. I. Phillips, Alan Baxter, Henry Clapp Smith, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg and Frank Gabrielson
    • Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (Jan 04, 1934 - Jun 09, 1934)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Walk a Little Faster (Dec 07, 1932 - Mar 18, 1933)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Americana (Oct 05, 1932 - Dec 1932)
    Musical, Revival
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Ballyhoo of 1932 (Sep 06, 1932 - Nov 26, 1932)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Shoot the Works (Jul 21, 1931 - Oct 03, 1931)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Armin Robinson, Leo Robin, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, E.Y. Harburg, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Walter Reisch, Alexander Williams, Muriel Pollock and Joe Young
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 (Jul 01, 1931 - Nov 21, 1931)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Farrell, Mack Gordon, J.P. Murray, Barry Trivers, E.Y. Harburg, Jack Norworth and Noël Coward
    The Vanderbilt Revue (Nov 05, 1930 - Nov 1930)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg
    • Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg
    Earl Carroll's Vanities [1930] (Jul 01, 1930 - Jan 03, 1931)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Ted Keohler
    Garrick Gaieties (Jun 04, 1930 - Oct 08, 1930)
    Musical, Revival
    • Lyrics by Allen Boretz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Paul James, Ronald Jeans, John Mercer, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Josiah Titzell, Thomas McKnight, Newman Levy and Marc Blitzstein
    Earl Carroll's Sketch Book [1929] (Jul 01, 1929 - Jun 07, 1930)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney
    • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney
    The Wizard of Oz (May 01, 1998 - Jul 25, 1999)
    Musical, Original
    • With lyrics of the MGM motion picture score by Yip Harburg
    A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (Nov 20, 1981 - May 23, 1982)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Frank Loesser
    Make Mine Manhattan (Jan 10, 1949 - Mar 19, 1949)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics for 'The Good Old Days' by Ted Fetter; Lyrics for 'Noises in the Street' by Peter Barry and David Gregory; Lyrics for 'Song of the Woodman' by E.Y. Harburg
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

     

    Best Musical

    1958 | Nominee  | Jamaica
    Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
    Book by E.Y. Harburg
After Midnight (Nov 03, 2013 - Jun 29, 2014)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, Sippie Wallace, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Harry James, Ben Pollack, Bubber Miley, Harry A. White, Cab Calloway, Sidney Easton, Ethel Waters, E.Y. Harburg, Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges
  • Additional music by Ted Koehler, Harold Arlen, Sippie Wallace, Henry Nemo, Irving Mills, Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Harry James, Ben Pollack, Bubber Miley, Harry A. White, Cab Calloway, Sidney Easton, Ethel Waters, E.Y. Harburg, Harry Carney and Johnny Hodges
Everyday Rapture (Apr 29, 2010 - Jul 11, 2010)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by John Mercer, Ted Koehler, Adam Clayton, Paul David Hewson, Laurence Mullen, Fred Rogers, Gabriel Alexander Roth, Harry Nilsson, Norman Gimbel, E.Y. Harburg, Tom Waits, Tim Rice, Vincent Dimirco and Robbie Robertson
Finian's Rainbow (Oct 29, 2009 - Jan 17, 2010)
Musical, Revival
  • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
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
Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood (Jan 23, 1986 - Feb 02, 1986)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Otto Harbach, Johnny Mercer, E.Y. Harburg, Jimmy McHugh, P. G. Wodehouse, Buddy DeSylva, Gus Kahn, Bernard Dougall and Herbert Reynolds
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (May 01, 1980 - Sep 27, 1981)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston, Frank Loesser and Ralph Rainger
Darling of the Day (Jan 27, 1968 - Feb 24, 1968)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
The Happiest Girl in the World (Apr 03, 1961 - Jun 24, 1961)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
  • Story by E.Y. Harburg
Finian's Rainbow (May 23, 1960 - Jun 01, 1960)
Musical, Revival
  • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Jamaica (Oct 31, 1957 - Apr 11, 1959)
Musical, Original
  • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Finian's Rainbow (May 18, 1955 - May 29, 1955)
Musical, Revival
  • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
At Home With Ethel Waters (Sep 22, 1953 - Oct 10, 1953)
Special, Original
  • Lyrics for "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson; Lyrics for "Sleepy Time Down South" by Clarence Muse, Leon René and Otis René; Lyrics for "Throw Dirt" by Shelton Brooks; Lyrics for "Am I Blue" by Grant Clarke; Lyrics for "Half of Me" by Peter De Rose; Lyrics for "Half of Me" and "Dinah" by Sam M. Lewis; Lyrics for "Washtub Rubstudy," "Dance Hall Hostess" and "Somethin' Told Me..." by Mann Holiner; Lyrics for "Dinah" by Joe Young; Lyrics for "Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night" by Ethel Waters and Sidney Easton; French Lyrics for "My Man" by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles; English Lyrics for "My Man" by Channing Pollock; Lyrics for "St. Louis Blues" by W. C. Handy; Lyrics for "Suppertime" by Irving Berlin; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" and "Cabin in the Sky" by John Latouche; Lyrics for "Takin' a Chance on Love" by Ted Fetter; Lyrics for "Happiness is Jes' a Thing Called Joe" by E.Y. Harburg; Lyrics for "Lady Be Good" by Ira Gershwin; Lyrics for "Stormy Weather" by Ted Koehler
Flahooley (May 14, 1951 - Jun 16, 1951)
Musical, Original
  • Directed by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
  • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
  • Produced in association with E.Y. Harburg
    See Full Producer List
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Finian's Rainbow (Jan 10, 1947 - Oct 02, 1948)
Musical, Original
  • Book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Bloomer Girl (Jan 06, 1947 - Feb 15, 1947)
Musical, Revival
  • Staged by E.Y. Harburg
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Blue Holiday (May 21, 1945 - May 26, 1945)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
  • Lyrics by Al Moritz, Duke Ellington, E.Y. Harburg and Morey Amsterdam
Bloomer Girl (Oct 05, 1944 - Apr 27, 1946)
Musical, Original
  • Staged by E.Y. Harburg
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Hold on to Your Hats (Sep 11, 1940 - Feb 01, 1941)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Hooray For What! (Dec 01, 1937 - May 21, 1938)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
  • Conceived by E.Y. Harburg
The Show is On (Sep 18, 1937 - Oct 02, 1937)
Musical, Return Engagement
  • Additional lyrics by Stanley Adams, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Herman Hupfeld, Norman Zeno and Lorenz Hart
The Show is On (Dec 25, 1936 - Jul 17, 1937)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Stanley Adams, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Herman Hupfeld, Norman Zeno and Lorenz Hart
Life Begins at 8:40 (Aug 27, 1934 - Mar 16, 1935)
Musical, Original
  • Sketches by David Freedman, H. I. Phillips, Alan Baxter, Henry Clapp Smith, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg and Frank Gabrielson
  • Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and E.Y. Harburg
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (Jan 04, 1934 - Jun 09, 1934)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Walk a Little Faster (Dec 07, 1932 - Mar 18, 1933)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Americana (Oct 05, 1932 - Dec 1932)
Musical, Revival
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Ballyhoo of 1932 (Sep 06, 1932 - Nov 26, 1932)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Shoot the Works (Jul 21, 1931 - Oct 03, 1931)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Armin Robinson, Leo Robin, Dorothy Fields, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, E.Y. Harburg, Max Lief, Nathaniel Lief, Walter Reisch, Alexander Williams, Muriel Pollock and Joe Young
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 (Jul 01, 1931 - Nov 21, 1931)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Charles Farrell, Mack Gordon, J.P. Murray, Barry Trivers, E.Y. Harburg, Jack Norworth and Noël Coward
The Vanderbilt Revue (Nov 05, 1930 - Nov 1930)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg
  • Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, Jacques Fray, Mario Braggiotti and E.Y. Harburg
Earl Carroll's Vanities [1930] (Jul 01, 1930 - Jan 03, 1931)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Ted Keohler
Garrick Gaieties (Jun 04, 1930 - Oct 08, 1930)
Musical, Revival
  • Lyrics by Allen Boretz, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg, Paul James, Ronald Jeans, John Mercer, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Josiah Titzell, Thomas McKnight, Newman Levy and Marc Blitzstein
Earl Carroll's Sketch Book [1929] (Jul 01, 1929 - Jun 07, 1930)
Musical, Original
  • Music by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney
  • Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and Jay Gorney
The Wizard of Oz (May 01, 1998 - Jul 25, 1999)
Musical, Original
  • With lyrics of the MGM motion picture score by Yip Harburg
A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (Nov 20, 1981 - May 23, 1982)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Frank Lazarus, Leo Robin, Joseph R. Alden, Raymond B. Egan, Cole Porter, E.Y. Harburg, Richard A. Whiting, Sidney Clare, Johnny Mercer, Gus Kahn, Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston and Frank Loesser
Make Mine Manhattan (Jan 10, 1949 - Mar 19, 1949)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics for 'The Good Old Days' by Ted Fetter; Lyrics for 'Noises in the Street' by Peter Barry and David Gregory; Lyrics for 'Song of the Woodman' by E.Y. Harburg

Tony Award®

 

Best Musical

1958 | Nominee  | Jamaica
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Book by E.Y. Harburg

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