Michael Colby

Michael Colby is the librettist/lyricist of such musicals as Charlotte Sweet (Drama Desk Award nomination), Tales of Tinseltown (numerous productions), North Atlantic (Show Business Award), Delphi or Bust (Amas Musical Theatre), Ludlow Ladd (various regional productions), Slay It With Music (Off-Broadway and London), They Chose Me! (Tada!), and Mrs. McThing (Goodspeed At Chester). He has written for The Theatre By the Blind, The 92nd Street Y, and numerous benefits. Among the personalities for whom Colby has written are: Angela Lansbury, Linda Lavin, Michael Feinstein, Tony Randall, Cicely Tyson, Susan Stroman, Paul Shaffer, Lainie Kazan, Jane Powell, and Julie Wilson. Recent projects include: Dangerous, They Changed Broadway (a revue about Broadway Jewish talents), and First Family of Second Avenue (cited by NJ Star Ledger as “Best Original Score of the New Jersey season”). Mr. Colby is a member of BMI and the Dramatists Guild. For more information, visit www.MichaelColby.com.