Cabaret fred ebb biography

BIO

As a writer, lyricist, composer and director, Fred Ebb made incalculable contributions to the New York theatrical community. Mr. Ebb is a Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Olivier and Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award winning recipient.

Fred Ebb's first professional songwriting assignment came in when he and Phil Springer were hired by Columbia Records to write a song for Judy Garland called "Heartbroken." Mr. Ebb was introduced to composer John Kander in by music publisher Tommy Valando and became one of the most legendary songwriting teams in American history.

Cabaret fred ebb biography

The first successful collaboration was on the song "My Coloring Book," recorded by Barbra Streisand. Their second theatrical collaboration, Flora, the Red Menace, created a star out of Liza Minnelli in her Tony Award-winning Broadway debut.

In , their collaboration Cabaret, opened and received seven Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Score. A movie version of Cabaret starring Liza Minnelli was no