Jack Murphy (writer)

Jack Murphy is a lyricist and composer. He has written the lyrics to several international musicals, such as Death Note: The Musical and The Civil War, the latter of which garnered him a Tony Nomination for Best Score.^[1] He has collaborated with composer Frank Wildhorn on many projects.

Works

• Silver Dollar (1997) – lyrics by: Mary Bracken Phillips;^[2]
• The Civil War (1998) – composition by: Frank Wildhorn and playwright by Frank Wildhorn and Gregory Boyd
• Swing! (1999) – lyricist for the songs "I'm Gonna Love You Tonight" and "Boogie Woogie Country"
• Waiting for the Moon (2005) – composition by: Frank Wildhorn; World Premiere: Lenape Performing Arts Center, July 2005. Revived in 2012 as Zelda – An American Love Story at the Flat Rock Playhouse,^[3] then as Scott & Zelda in 2015 at Tokyo, Japan.
• Rudolf (2006) – music by: Frank Wildhorn, additional lyrics by Nan Knighton
• Carmen (2008) – composition by: Frank Wildhorn; Premiere in Prague, Czech Republic.
• The Count of Monte Cristo (2009) – composition by: Frank Wildhorn; World Premiere: Theater St. Gallen, March 2009.
• Mitsuko (2011) – written together with Frank Wildhorn and Shuichiro Koike as a musical concert, Vienna in 2005; Tokyo and Osaka, Japan in 2011.
• Death Note: The Musical (2015) – composition by: Frank Wildhorn; translated into Korean and Japanese.^[4]
• Wonderland (2009) – composition by: Frank Wildhorn^[5]
• Mata Hari (2016) - composition by: Frank Wildhorn; translated into Korean and Japanese
• The Man Who Laughs (2018) - composition by: Frank Wildhorn; Art Hall Opera Theater, Seoul, 10 July.

References

1. "Diabelli Management".
2. Wichita's Stage One Pays Off with Silver Dollar
3. Zelda Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine flatrockplayhouse.org
4. Henry Fuller, Sally (1 February 2015). "First Listen- Jeremy Jordan and Jarrod Spector Sing New Frank Wildhorn Tune From DEATH NOTE". BroadwayWorld.
5. New Wildhorn Musical Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure to Premiere in Tampa