Jack Murphy (writer)

Jack Murphy is a lyricist and composer. Murphy wrote the lyrics to several international musicals such as Death Note: The Musical and broadway musical The Civil War, 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, July 10.

References
  1. "Diabelli Management".
  2. Wichita's Stage One Pays Off With Silver Dollar
  3. Zelda Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine flatrockplayhouse.org
  4. Henry Fuller, Sally (February 1, 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


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