Joe Darion (30 January 1917 — 16 June 2001) was an American musical theatre
lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment.
Royalties
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, most famous for ''
Man of La Mancha'', which is considered, by some critics, as a precursor to 1980s
sung-through
A sung-through (also through-sung) musical, musical film, opera, or other work of performance art is one in which songs entirely or almost entirely replace any spoken dialogue. Conversations, speeches, and musings are communicated musically, for e ...
musicals such as ''
Les Miserables''.
Darion was born in
New York City
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and died in
Lebanon, New Hampshire
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.
References
External links
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Joe Darion Papers, 1954-1969 held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division,
New York Public Library of the Performing Arts
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, is located in Manhattan, New York City, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, between the Metr ...
American musical theatre lyricists
Broadway composers and lyricists
1917 births
2001 deaths
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American male writers
American male dramatists and playwrights
Writers from New York City
Tony Award winners
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