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Martin Charnin
Sign in to saveAmerican lyricist, writer, and theatre director (1934–2019)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Tomorrow (from Annie) Sheet Music
- Audition Suite
- Annie Vocal Selections
- The giraffe who sounded like ol' blue eyes
- Annie
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Film & TV
New York, New York, USA
Martin Charnin was an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director, and lyricist of the musical Annie.
Known for
- Life After Tomorrow — Self2006
- Great Performances — Self1971
- Broadway: The Next Generation — Self
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 848
- Total plays
- 5,833
Martin Charnin (November 24, 1934 – July 3, 2019) was an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Charnin's best-known work is as conceiver, director and lyricist of the musical Annie. Born in New York City, Charnin graduated from The High School of Music & Art and then from The Cooper Union, where he earned a BFA. Charnin began his theatrical career as a performer, appearing as "Big Deal", one of the Jets in the original production of West Side Story. He played the role for 1,000 perfo
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- White Plains
- Occupation
- lyricist
- Educated at
- Cooper Union
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1934-11-24
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
- date of death
- 2019-07-06
- P12674
- Lynn Hung
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