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Marc Shaiman (born October 22, 1959) is a composer, lyricist, arranger and performer for films, television and theatre.

His film credits include Broadcast News, Beaches, When Harry Met Sally..., City Slickers, The Addams Family, Sister Act, Sleepless in Seattle, A Few Good Men, The American President, The First Wives Club, George of the Jungle, In & Out, Patch Adams, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut and HBO's From The Earth To The Moon and 61*. He frequently works on films by Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner and Trey Parker. He has also appeared in many of these films.

Shaiman has earned five Academy Award nominations, a Tony Award and a Grammy Award for his work on the musical Hairspray, and an Emmy Award for co-writing Billy Crystal's Academy Award performances. He has also been Grammy nominated twice for his arrangements for Harry Connick, Jr.'s recordings When Harry Met Sally and We Are In Love and Emmy nominated for his work on Saturday Night Live. In 2002, he was honored with the "Outstanding Achievement in Music-In-Film" award at The Hollywood Film Festival.

Fans of Saturday Night Live probably recognize him as Skip St. Thomas, the accompanying pianist for The Sweeney Sisters, a singing duo played by Nora Dunn and Jan Hooks. He began his professional relationships with Billy Crystal and Martin Short during his tenure at SNL.

He started his career as a theatre/cabaret Musical Director. He then became vocal arranger for Bette Midler, eventually becoming her musical director, and co-producer of many of her recordings, including The Wind Beneath My Wings and From A Distance. He helped create the material for her Emmy Award winning performance on the penultimate Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. His work with both Bette Midler and Billy Crystal led to his involvement on their films.

He lives in both Los Angeles and New York City.

Filmography

• Broadcast News (1987)
• Big Business (1988)
• Beaches (1988)
• When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
• Misery (1990)
• Scenes from a Mall (1991)
• City Slickers (1991)
• The Addams Family In which he has a cameo as the dance band conductor during an Addams house party(1991)
• Hot Shots! (1991)
• For the Boys (1991)
• Sister Act (1992)
• Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
• A Few Good Men (1992)
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
• Heart and Souls (1993)
• Life with Mikey (1993)
• Addams Family Values (1993)
• Sister Act 2 (1993)
• City Slickers II (1994)
• North (1994)
• Speechless (1994)
• That's Entertainment! III (1994)
• Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
• Forget Paris (1995)
• The American President (1995)
• Bogus (1996)
• Mother (1996/II)
• The First Wives Club (1996)
• Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
• George of the Jungle (1997)
• In & Out (1997)
• My Giant (1998)
• Simon Birch (1998)
• Patch Adams (1998)
• The Out-of-Towners (1999)
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
• The Story of Us (1999) with Eric Clapton
• Disney’s “The Kid” (2000)
• Get Over It (2001)
• One Night at McCool's (2001)
• The Wedding Planner (2001)
• Bowling for Columbine (2002
• Down with Love (2003)
• Alex & Emma (2003)
• Marci X (2003)
• The Cat in the Hat (2003)
• Team America: World Police (2004)
• Rumor Has It... (2005)

Television

• Bette Midler - Mondo Beyondo (1982)
• Saturday Night Live (1984-1985)
• Saturday Night Live (1986-1987)
• Comic Relief (1986)
• Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started (1986)
• Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Lost Minutes (1988)
• I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989)
• What's Alan Watching? (1989)
• Billy Crystal: Midnight Train To Moscow (1990)
• The 62nd Academy Awards (1990)
• The 63rd Academy Awards (1991)
• The 64th Academy Awards (1992)
• The 65th Academy Awards (1993)
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993)
• The 69th Academy Awards (1997)
• Bette Midler in Concert: Diva Las Vegas (1997)
• The 70th Academy Awards (1998)
• Late Night with The Conan O’Brien (1998)
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997)
• From the Earth to the Moon part eleven (1998)
• Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary (1999)
• The 72nd Academy Awards (2000)
• South Park - Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics (1999)
• Get Bruce (1999)
• Jackie's Back! (1999)
• Bette (2000)
• How Harry Met Sally... (2000)
• 61* (2001)
• South Park Episode - Cripple Fight (2001)
• Greg the Bunny (2002)
• Charlie Lawrence (2003)
• The Score with Phil Ramone (2003)
• The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003)
• Biography- Bette Midler (2004)
• The 76th Academy Awards (2004)
• The 77th Academy Awards (2005)

Theatre

Broadway

• Up in One (1979)
• Bette! Divine Madness (1980)
• André DeShield's Haarlem Nocturne (1984)
• Leader of the Pack (1985)
• An Evening with Harry Connick Jr. and Orchestra (1990)
• Patti LuPone on Broadway (1995)
• Hairspray (2002)
• The Odd Couple (2005)
• Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (2006)

Off-Broadway

• Dementos The Production Company
• Livin' Dolls The Manhattan Theatre Club
• Legends The Ahmanson Theatre
• Trilogy Of Terror Club 57
• Non Pasquale Delacorte Theatre

Discography

Bette Midler

• Thighs and Whispers
• Mud Will Be Flung Tonight
• Some People's Lives
• Experience the Divine
• Bathhouse Betty

Harry Connick, Jr.

• We Are In Love

Peter Allen

• Making Every Moment Count

Soundtracks

• Beaches
• When Harry Met Sally...
• For The Boys
• Sister Act
• Sleepless In Seattle
• The American President
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

Original Broadway Cast Recordings

• Hairspray

Concert/Cabaret work

• Peter Allen
• Jack Black & Will Ferrell
• Kristin Chenoweth
• Rosemary Clooney
• Harry Connick Jr.
• Billy Crystal
• Christine Ebersole
• Ellen Foley
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Annie Golden
• The Harlettes
• The High-Heeled Women
• Lauryn Hill
• Jennifer Holliday
• Allison Janney
• Laura Kenyon
• Nathan Lane
• Jenifer Lewis
• Ute Lemper
• Darlene Love
• Patti LuPone
• Lypsinka
• Ann Magnuson
• Andrea Martin
• Lonette McKee
• Bette Midler
• Catherine O'Hara
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Zora Rasmussen
• Ann Reinking
• Debbie Shapiro-Gravitte
• Martin Short
• Barbra Streisand
• Donald Trump
• Tracey Ullman
• Luther Vandross
• Bruce Vilanch
• Steven Webber
• Robin Williams
• Raquel Welch

Trivia

• With a group of friends, innocently started the whole "yelling at the screen at The Rocky Horror Picture Show" phenomenon one night at The Waverly Theatre in NYC.
• Wrote and played for Johnny Carson's last guest, Bette Midler and then a few days later, wrote and played for Jay Leno's first guest, Billy Crystal.
• Composed the music for the Castle Rock Entertainment title panel.
• Marc and his partner Scott Wittman (with whom he worked with on both Hairspray and Down with Love) shared a controversial kiss on national television, during the 2002 Tony Awards. They had just won the Tony for best music and lyrics.

External links

• The Musical Mind of Marc Shaiman
• Internet Broadway Database entry

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