Greg Morrison is a Canadian composer and writer best known for his work on the Tony Award winning musical ''

The Drowsy Chaperone ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theater fan who, feeling "blue", decides to p ...

'', written with songwriting partner, Lisa Lambert. ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' was their first collaboration. In 1999 Lambert asked Morrison to work on a musical to perform at the wedding stag party of their friends, Bob Martin and Janet Van De Graaff. Also a part of this original writing team was filmmaker,

Don McKellar Don McKellar (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. He is known for directing and writing th ...

. That was the first incarnation of ''The Drowsy Chaperone.'' This was followed by an expanded production of the show at the Toronto Fringe festival, where Martin joined as a co-writer and performer. Greg is a graduate of the Humber College Jazz program in Toronto. He began his theatre career as musical director for the touring company of

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in Toronto. As well as working for The Second City, Greg composed and performed scores and musical direction for a variety of Toronto artists, most notably, playwright

Karen Hines Karen Hines is a Canadian actor, writer and director. She is the artistic director and producer of "Keep Frozen: Pochsy Productions." Born in Chicago, raised in Toronto, she now lives in Calgary where she was playwright in Residence at Albert ...

, powerhouse horror clown duo, Mump and Smoot and Canadian theatre icon

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. He continues to write for theatre as well as writing songs for television and film.

Theater credits

Composer and lyricist

*''The Drowsy Chaperone''. Co-composer with Lisa Lambert. *''Hello ... Hello'' (Tarragon Theatre) *''Pochsy Unplugged'' (Toronto Fringe premiere, Canadian/U.S. tours) *''Mump and Smoot in Something Else'' (Canadian Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre) *''Mump and Smoot in Flux'' (Canadian Stage) *''An Awkward Evening With Martin and Johnson'' (Tim Sims Playhouse) *''The Age of Dorian'' (Artword Theatre). *''Pochsy's Lips'' *''Oh, Baby'' *''Citizen Pochsy''

Musical director

*''Mump and Smoot'' *''The Second City National Touring Company and the Alumni Caf''e (Tim Sims Playhouse) *''The Chumps and The Muckrakers'' (

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Television songwriting

*'' Slings & Arrows'' (

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) *'' Getting Along Famously'' (CBC) * ''Sensitive Skin'' (Rhombus Media)

Awards and nominations

* Tony Award for Best Original Score ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006) – Winner * Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006) – Winner *

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''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006) – Winner *

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''The Drowsy Chaperone'' (2006) – Nominee *Canadian Comedy Award *Sterling Award for Original Composition *Cream of Comedy Award '98

External links

Official website
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