Graduate Musical Theatre Writing

Biography

Mr. Finn is the writer and composer of FALSETTOS, for which he received two Tony Awards, Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. He has also written and composed IN TROUSERS, MARCH OF THE FALSETTOS and FALSETTOLAND (Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, two Los Angeles Drama Critics Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, the Lucille Lortel Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwrighting). Mr. Finn wrote the lyrics to Graciela Daniele's TANGO APASIONADO (music by the great Astor Piazolla) and with Michael Starobin, the music to James Lapine's version of THE WINTER'S TALE. His musical ROMANCE IN HARD TIMES was presented at the Public Theatre. For television, Mr. Finn provided the music and lyrics for the Ace Award-winning HBO cartoon "Ira Sleeps Over" and the score for "Poky Puppy's First Christmas". With Ellen Fitzhugh, he wrote the two next "Brave Little Toaster" cartoons, coming out soon. He's presently working on the music and lyrics for THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY (book by Richard Greenberg, to be directed by Jerry Zaks).