Stanley Lebowsky (/ləˈbaʊski/; November 26, 1926 – October 19, 1986) was a Hollywood and Broadway composer, lyricist, conductor and music director who conducted more than a dozen Broadway musicals including Chicago, Half a Sixpence, Irma La Douce, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, The 1940's Radio Hour, and The Act. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died at Mount Sinai West in Manhattan,[1][2][3] survived by his wife Carol Estey.
Lebowsky was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director in 1961 for Irma La Douce. In 1987 he was given a Drama Desk Special Award.
Works
edit- Musicals
- Gantry (1970) – composer
- Songs
- "Take Off with Us" from All That Jazz (1979) and Fosse (1999)
- "The Wayward Wind" (1956)
References
edit- ^ "Stanley Lebowsky, 59, A Top Broadway Musical Conductor". Associated Press. October 21, 1986. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
Stanley Lebowsky, who served as conductor for some of Broadway's biggest musical hits, including the current smash "Me and My Girl," is dead at 59. Mr. Lebowsky died of a heart attack Sunday in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
- ^ Fraser, C. Gerald (1986-10-20). "Stanley Lebowsky, 59, Dies; Conducted Broadway Shows". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- ^ "Stanley Lebowsky Broadway Credits". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-02-09.