
Michael Stewart
1 August 1924 – 20 September 1987
17 works on record
Biography
**Michael Stewart** was a prominent Broadway playwright and librettist.<p></p>
Born Michael Stuart Rubin in New York, Stewart attended Queens College before earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1953 from the Yale School of Drama.<p></p>
His early work was writing sketches for the revues *The Shoestring Revue* (1955), *The Littlest Revue* (1957), and *Shoestring '57*. He then joined the staff writers of Sid Caesar's television program, *Caesar's Hour*.<p></p>
Stewart's sister was writer [Francine Pascal][1]; his brother-in-law, writer [John Pascal][2].<p></p>
**Major Works, Awards, and Nominations**
<ul><li><i>Bye Bye Birdie</i> (1960) - musical - bookwriter - Tony Award for Best Musical
<li><i>Carnival!</i> (1961) - musical - bookwriter - Tony Nomination for Best Musical, Tony Nomination for Best Author of a Musical
<li><i>Hello, Dolly!</i> (1964) - musical - bookwriter - Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Author of a Musical
<li><i>Those That Play the Clowns</i> (1966) - play - playwright
<li><i>George M!</i> (1968) - musical - co-bookwriter with sister Francine Pascal and her husband John Pascal
<li><i>Mack & Mabel</i> (1974) - musical - bookwriter - Tony Nomination for Best Book of a Musical
<li><i>I Love My Wife</i> (1977) - musical - lyricist and bookwriter - Tony Nomination for Best Original Score, Tony Nomination for Best Book of a Musical
<li><i>The Grand Tour</i> (1979) - musical - co-bookwriter
<li><i>Barnum</i> (1980) - musical - lyricist - Tony Nomination for Best Original Score
<li><i>42nd Street</i> (1980) - musical - co-bookwriter - Tony Co-Nomination for Best Book of a Musical
<li><i>Bring Back Birdie</i> (1981) - musical - bookwriter
<li><i>Pieces of Eight</i> (1985) - music - co-bookwriter
<li><i>Harrigan 'n Hart</i> (1985) - musical - bookwriter - Tony Nomination for Best Book of a Musical</ul>
[1]: http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL716700A/Francine_Pascal
[2]: http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL6784290A/John_Pascal
Works

George M!

Harrigan 'n Hart

Barnum

Bye Bye Birdie

Those that play the clowns

Belle
Vocal Selections from Barnum
Vocal Selections from Barnum
1997
Hē to Hecuba
Hē to Hecuba
1968
He to Hecuba
He to Hecuba
1968
Hello, Dolly
Hello, Dolly
1964
Mack & Mabel
Mack & Mabel
Razzle dazzle
Razzle dazzle
He to Hecuba (A Play in Three Acts)
He to Hecuba (A Play in Three Acts)
Mack and Mabel
Mack and Mabel
Halo Doli
Halo Doli
Carnival
Carnival
Prodigy
Prodigy