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Bob Martin

BOB MARTIN

  (1962 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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Bob has been working as an actor and writer in theatre, film and television for 3 decades. He has a won multiple Writer's Guild of Canada, Gemini, and Canadian Comedy awards. He has had a long association with the Toronto Second City, where he co-wrote and performed in four Second City revues, directed three, and had a stint as Artistic Director. He is a co-creator of The Drowsy Chaperone, and has performed in many of its incarnations: Toronto Fringe, Theatre Passe Muraille (Toronto), Winter Garden & Elgin (Toronto), Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles), Marquis Theatre (Broadway), Novello (London). Bob won a number of awards for his work on Drowsy including an LA Drama Critics Circle Award, an L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award. He is also co-creator of Slings & Arrows, a critically acclaimed dramatic series about life at a large not for profit theatre company, which was recently named one of the ten best TV shows of the past decade by a number of publications including New York Magazine. Recent TV projects include Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays (Rhombus Media/CBC), Sensitive Skin (Rhombus Media/HBO), and Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (NBC). Recent theatre projects include Elf (Broadway), Minsky's (Ahmanson LA), Gotta Dance (in dev  Dreamworks), One Night in Heaven (in dev  Dreamworks), The Sting (in dev  Araca), Millions (in dev - Marc Platt), and The Princess Bride (in dev  Disney).

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Drowsy Chaperone, The         Elf         Half Time         Minksy's         Prom, The         Shoe Store         Sting, The
Drowsy Chaperone, The

Drowsy Chaperone, The
To chase his blues away, a modern-day musical theatre addict known simply as 'man in Chair' drops the needle on his favorite LP, the 1928 musical comedy 'the Drowsy Chaperone'. From the crackle of his hi-fi, the musical magically bursts to life on the stage, telling the tale of a pampered Broadway starlet who wants to give up show business to get married, her producer who sets out to sabotage her nuptials, her chaperone, the debonair groom, the dizzy chorine, the Latin lover, and a pair of gangsters who double as pastry chefs.
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Notes:
music And lyrics by Lisa Lambert And Greg Morrison; book by Bob Martin And Don McKellar

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Genre:
musical comedy 105 min Musical

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Male:  9            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Elf

Elf
This is a new musical based on the 2003 New Line Cinema film that starred Will Ferrell. Elf is the tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Buddy is raised unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth Father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh reality that his Father is on the naughty list and his step-brother doesn't even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
- nytheatre.com

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book by Thomas Meehan And Bob Martin; lyrics by Chad Beguelin; music by Matthew Sklar

1st Produced:
Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036     14 Nov 2010

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Original cast recording: Ghostlight 2011

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Half Time

Half Time
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Music by Matthew Sklar; lyrics by Neil Benjamin; book by Chad Beguelin; Bob Martin. Originally entitled "Gotta Sing"

1st Produced:
Bank of America Theater, Chicago     2018

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Original cast recording: Sony Classical 2019

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Musical

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Minksy's

Synopsis:
Billy Minsky is struggling to keep his burlesque theatre open during the Depression. Politician Randolph Sumner wants to close it down. Billy meets and falls in love with Mary then he finds out she is the daughter of Sumner. He pretends that he is not Minsky but a political activist. He invites them to see a show at his theatre in the hopes of getting a compromising photo of Sumner. Which he succeeds in doing

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Music by Charles Strous; lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; book by Bob Martin. Based on the movie "The Night They Raided Minsky's" screenplay by Norman Lear; Sidney Michaels; Arnold Schulman

1st Produced:
Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles     21 Jan 2009

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Musical

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Prom, The

Prom, The
Dee Dee and Barry have their opening night on Broadway. The "New York Times" pans it and the show closes. They are at a loose end and decide to find a cause to attach themselves to and get good publicity. Friend Angie joins them - she has been in "Chicago" for twenty years but the management will not let her play Roxie. another friend Trent has just been offered a part in the US tour of "Godspell".They find their cause. In Indiana a girl has not been allowed to attend the Prom with her girlfriend and then the school governors cancelled the Prom

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Music by Matthew Sklar; lyrics by Chad Beguelin; book by Chad Beguelin; Bob Martin

1st Produced:
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta     2016

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Original Broadway recording: Master Works Broadway 2019

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Genre:
Musical - Lesbian musical

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Shoe Store

Synopsis:
A salesman tries to sell a woman a pair of life changing high heels

Notes:
Written by Bob Martin And Melody Johnson

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Contained in: "Snappy Shorts At the Tarragon" published by Playwrights Canada Press 2005   

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Genre:
Short play

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Sting, The

Synopsis:
Chicago 1936. Two con men plan to bring down a corrupt racketeer

Notes:
Original music Scott Joplin; Music and lyrics by Harry Connick Jr; Mark Hollmann; Greg Kotis; book by Bob Martin. Based on the movie "The Sting" screenplay by David S Ward

1st Produced:
Paper Mill Theatre, Milburn, New Jersey     March 2018

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Genre:
Musical

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