Leo Schwartz

The Book of Merman

Book, Music & Lyrics

Leo Schwartz

Leo Schwartz is an award-winning composer of stage, screen, and concert hall. His Till – The Musical with DC Cathro was a Next-link Production at the 2019 New York Musical Festival and won 11 awards. Till was produced by the American Theatre Group in South Orange, New Jersey in February 2020. He is the producer and writer, also with Mr. Cathro, of the Off-Broadway musical, The Book of Merman which ran for 5 months. His musical Under A Rainbow Flag, won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Work in 2013. His musical song cycle, We The People, written with Sean Chandler, was premiered by Flying Elephant Productions in January of 2018 in Chicago. He and Mr. Chandler have also written Running, a rock musical based on the multiple award-winning film script of the same name. Examples of his work are at www.leoschwartz.com

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The Book of Merman

Book, Music & Lyrics