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Writers

The playwrights, composers, lyricists and book writers behind the shows. Follow one into their shows and wherever those shows are playing.

New to theater? A musical usually has three writers: music, lyrics and the book (the spoken scenes). Here is how a show comes together. Plays, musicals, and the kinds in between · 6 min How to read a Playbill · 5 min A short history of American theater · 8 min All guides →

Melis Aker

Writer

Edward Albee

Writer

Luis Alfaro

Writer

Woody Allen

Writer

Christina Anderson

Writer

Kristen Anderson-Lopez

Writer

Benny Andersson

Writer

Liza Anne

Writer

Terence Anthony

Writer

Ngozi Anyanwu

Writer

Harold Arlen

Writer

Heidi Armbruster

Writer

Billie Joe Armstrong

Writer

Will Aronson

Writer

Roberto Athayde

Writer

Kate Attwell

Writer

David Auburn

Writer

Jon Robin Baitz

Writer

Sara Bareilles

Writer

Patrick Barlow

Writer

Clare Barron

Writer

Lionel Bart

Writer

Katie Barton

Writer

Richard Bean

Writer

Jessica Bedford

Writer

Kimberly Belflower

Writer

Eleanor Bergstein

Writer

Irving Berlin

Writer

Erica Berman

Writer

Leonard Bernstein

Writer

Hilary Bettis

Writer

Jocelyn Bioh

Writer

Charlotte Booker

Writer

Eboni Booth

Writer

Brendan Bourque-Sheil

Writer

Kayla Boye

Writer

Stephen Bray

Writer

J. Nicole Brooks

Writer

Mel Brooks

Writer

Jason Robert Brown

Writer

Mark Brown

Writer

Nacio Herb Brown

Writer

Scott Brown

Writer

Jonathan Burns

Writer

Stacey Isom Campbell

Writer

Frank Capra

Writer

Eric Carle

Writer

Guadalís Del Carmen

Writer

Shana Carroll

Writer

Scott Carter

Writer

Anton Chekhov

Writer

Angelica Chéri

Writer

Agatha Christie

Writer

Brandy Clark

Writer

Darren Clark

Writer

Gloria Bond Clunie

Writer

Jack D. Coen

Writer

Cy Coleman

Writer

Noel Coward

Writer

Billy Crystal

Writer

Lisa D'Amour

Writer

Chris D'Arienzo

Writer

Roald Dahl

Writer

David Darrow

Writer

Eisa Davis

Writer

Fabiola Decius

Writer

John Denver

Writer

Neil Diamond

Writer

Kristoffer Diaz

Writer

Charles Dickens

Writer

Joe DiPietro

Writer

Colman Domingo

Writer

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Writer

Tom Dudzick

Writer

P.D. Eastman

Writer

Jonathan Eig

Writer

Harley Elias

Writer

Rick Elice

Writer

Margaret Engel

Writer

Cole Escola

Writer

Colin Escott

Writer

Nina Faso

Writer

Hershey Felder

Writer

Edna Ferber

Writer

Monk Ferris

Writer

William Finn

Writer

Stephen Flaherty

Writer

Tom Fletcher

Writer

David Foster

Writer

Don Freeman

Writer

Max Wolf Friedlich

Writer

Bob Gaudio

Writer

Jon Gentry

Writer

Mark St. Germain

Writer

Scott Gilmour

Writer

Susan Glaspell

Writer

Rudi Goblen

Writer

Dan Goggin

Writer

James Goldman

Writer

William Goldman

Writer

Michael Gore

Writer

Philip Grecian

Writer

Daniel Green

Writer

Keiko Green

Writer

Gordon Greenberg

Writer

Ellie Greenwich

Writer

Sara Gruen

Writer

Vince Guaraldi

Writer

Dylan Guerra

Writer

Adam Guettel

Writer

Lauren Gunderson

Writer

Ryan J. Haddad

Writer

Kate Hamill

Writer

Marvin Hamlisch

Writer

Mark Hampton

Writer

David Hare

Writer

Robert Harling

Writer

Joshua Harmon

Writer

Aleshea Harris

Writer

Jeffrey Hatcher

Writer

Michel Hausmann

Writer

Ben Hecht

Writer

Richard Hellesen

Writer

Beth Henley

Writer

Jerry Herman

Writer

Amy Herzog

Writer

DJ Hills

Writer

Lucas Hnath

Writer

Levi Holloway

Writer

Rupert Holmes

Writer

Jason Howland

Writer

Samuel D. Hunter

Writer

Arlene Hutton

Writer

Joe Iconis

Writer

Eric Idle

Writer

Michael Ellis Ingram

Writer

Eugène Ionesco

Writer

Michael R. Jackson

Writer

Anna K. Jacobs

Writer

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Writer

Alan Janes

Writer

Lindsay Joelle

Writer

Elton John

Writer

Randy Johnson

Writer

Cara Johnston

Writer

Rajiv Joseph

Writer

John Kander

Writer

George S. Kaufman

Writer

Moises Kaufman

Writer

Matthew J. Keenan

Writer

Kait Kerrigan

Writer

Lyle Kessler

Writer

Alicia Keys

Writer

Leslie Kimbell

Writer

Carole King

Writer

Stephen King

Writer

Joe Kinosian

Writer

Wayne Kirkpatrick

Writer

Tom Kitt

Writer

Frederick Knott

Writer

Michael Kooman

Writer

Madeleine L'Engle

Writer

Neil LaBute

Writer

Joe Landry

Writer

Jonathan Larson

Writer

Cyndi Lauper

Writer

Shirley Lauro

Writer

Warren Leight

Writer

Katie Hae Leo

Writer

Tracy Letts

Writer

C.S. Lewis

Writer

E.M. Lewis

Writer

Henry Lewis

Writer

Matthew Libby

Writer

Jeanie Linders

Writer

David Lindsay-Abaire

Writer

Andrew Lippa

Writer

Frank Loesser

Writer

Frederick Loewe

Writer

Matthew Lombardo

Writer

Adam Long

Writer

Matthew Lopez

Writer

Ken Ludwig

Writer

Steven Lutvak

Writer

Whit MacLaughlin

Writer

Jennifer Maisel

Writer

David Mamet

Writer

Barry Manilow

Writer

Donald Margulies

Writer

Johnny Marks

Writer

Toby Marlow

Writer

Claire F. Martin

Writer

Hugh Martin

Writer

Steve Martin

Writer

Stefano Massini

Writer

Julia Mattison

Writer

Marius von Mayenburg

Writer

Gabe McKinley

Writer

Conor McPherson

Writer

Ivan Menchell

Writer

Alan Menken

Writer

Ingrid Michaelson

Writer

Arthur Miller

Writer

Chris Miller

Writer

Suzie Miller

Writer

A.A. Milne

Writer

Tim Minchin

Writer

Jacob Ming-Trent

Writer

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Writer

Anaïs Mitchell

Writer

Molière

Writer

Talene Monahon

Writer

Clement Clarke Moore

Writer

Dominique Morisseau

Writer

Alanis Morissette

Writer

David Nehls

Writer

Richard Nelson

Writer

Marsha Norman

Writer

Bruce Norris

Writer

Lynn Nottage

Writer

stage adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel

Writer

Laura Numeroff

Writer

Richard O'Brien

Writer

Laurence O'Keefe

Writer

Clifford Odets

Writer

Abigail C. Onwunali

Writer

Mary Pope Osborne

Writer

Barbara Park

Writer

Trey Parker

Writer

Suzan-Lori Parks

Writer

Dolly Parton

Writer

Benj Pasek

Writer

John Patrick

Writer

Cinco Paul

Writer

Nick Payne

Writer

Carmen Pelaez

Writer

Matt de la Peña

Writer

Eddie Perfect

Writer

Phanésia Pharel

Writer

Winsome Pinnock

Writer

Harold Pinter

Writer

Sharon Pollock

Writer

Beatrix Potter

Writer

Kemp Powers

Writer

Prince

Writer

Jessica Provenz

Writer

Deborah Wicks La Puma

Writer

Brian Quijada

Writer

Marco Ramirez

Writer

Adam Rapp

Writer

Terence Rattigan

Writer

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Writer

David West Read

Writer

Robert Reale

Writer

Theresa Rebeck

Writer

Ro Reddick

Writer

Yasmina Reza

Writer

Tania Richard

Writer

Jeff Richmond

Writer

Michele Riml

Writer

Christopher Rivas

Writer

Joseph Robinette

Writer

Richard Rodgers

Writer

Alejandro Rodriguez

Writer

Rob Rokicki

Writer

Reginald Rose

Writer

Stuart Ross

Writer

Peter Rothstein

Writer

Alex Rugman

Writer

Sarah Ruhl

Writer

Willy Russell

Writer

Sandy Rustin

Writer

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Writer

KJ Sanchez

Writer

Irene Sankoff

Writer

Zoe Sarnak

Writer

Laddy Sartin

Writer

Sharone Sayegh

Writer

Matt Schatz

Writer

Alexis Scheer

Writer

Harvey Schmidt

Writer

Claude-Michel Schonberg

Writer

Heidi Schreck

Writer

Stephen Schwartz

Writer

Dr. Seuss

Writer

Marc Shaiman

Writer

William Shakespeare

Writer

Mark Shanahan

Writer

Ian Shaw

Writer

Duncan Sheik

Writer

David Shire

Writer

Del Shores

Writer

Jen Silverman

Writer

Lucy Simon

Writer

Neil Simon

Writer

Charlie Smalls

Writer

Deborah Salem Smith

Writer

Lance Arthur Smith

Writer

Michael Jerome Smith

Writer

Roger Guenveur Smith

Writer

Tom Snow

Writer

Stephen Sondheim

Writer

Aaron Sorkin

Writer

Jonathan Spector

Writer

Jenny Stafford

Writer

Simon Stephens

Writer

Sufjan Stevens

Writer

James Still

Writer

Bram Stoker

Writer

Chadwick Stokes

Writer

Tom Stoppard

Writer

Richard Strand

Writer

August Strindberg

Writer

Charles Strouse

Writer

Jule Styne

Writer

Lloyd Suh

Writer

C. Denby Swanson

Writer

Ted Swindley

Writer

Nicole Taylor

Writer

Jeanine Tesori

Writer

Jack Thorne

Writer

Pete Townshend

Writer

Stephen Trask

Writer

Kate Trefry

Writer

Bryna Turner

Writer

Mfoniso Udofia

Writer

James Valcq

Writer

Karin Valecillos

Writer

Bernard Waber

Writer

Laura Wade

Writer

Rachel Wagstaff

Writer

Stephanie Alison Walker

Writer

York Walker

Writer

Fats Waller

Writer

Dale Wasserman

Writer

Brian Watkins

Writer

Emma Watkins

Writer

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Writer

Else Went

Writer

Calamity West

Writer

Oscar Wilde

Writer

Frank Wildhorn

Writer

Mo Willems

Writer

A. Zell Williams

Writer

Tennessee Williams

Writer

Meredith Willson

Writer

August Wilson

Writer

Lanford Wilson

Writer

Jim Wise

Writer

P.G. Wodehouse

Writer

Bess Wohl

Writer

Doug Wright

Writer

R. Hamilton Wright

Writer

David Yazbek

Writer

Habib Yazdi

Writer

Lauren Yee

Writer

Maury Yeston

Writer

avery r. young

Writer

Karen Zacarias

Writer