Marc Shaiman

Marc Shaiman is a composer/lyricist/arranger/performer working in films, television, musical theater and recordings. He has won several honors including a Tony, an Emmy, A Grammy, plus seven Oscar nominations. Recent projects include “Rogers: The Musical” for Marvel/Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, incidental music for the Broadway revival of Plaza Suite and Co-Music Producer on “Hocus Pocus 2” due for release on Disney+, Fall, 2022. He also wrote the score for Billy Eichner’s Universal romcom “Bros,” which made history as the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio. For “Mary Poppins Returns” he was nominated for two Oscars, a BAFTA, A Golden Globe and a Grammy. His other Oscar nominations have been for “Sleepless in Seattle”, “Patch Adams”, “The First Wives Club”, “The American President”, and “South Park-Bigger, Longer & Uncut”. Other film credits include “Beaches”, “When Harry Met Sally”, “City Slickers”, “The Addams Family”, “Sister Act”, “A Few Good Men”, “Hocus Pocus”, “The Bucket List” and “Hairspray.” He and Marian Carey were nominated for a Golden Globe for their title song for the animated film “The Star”. For Broadway, he and co-lyricist Scott Wittman have written Hairspray (Tony & Grammy Awards), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Catch Me If You Can (Tony nomination) and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Television credits include “Saturday Night Live” (Emmy and Golden Globe nominations), “Smash” (Emmy & Golden Globe nominations), The Oscars with Billy Crystal (Emmy Award), Bette Midler (final guest with Johnny Carson) and countless appearances with Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Lane, Jennifer Hudson, Jack Black & Will Ferrell, among others. He has produced/arranged recordings wand performances for Bette Midler, Harry Connick Jr., Peter Allen, Eric Clapton, Diane Keaton, Patti LuPone, Steve Martin, Barbara Streisand, Robin Williams and many more. His onlie opus “Prop8-The Musical” was a Webbie Award winner.