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EDWARD KLEBAN
EDWARD KLEBAN(1939-1987). A Chorus Line was Mr. Kleban’s first Broadway musical, and his lyrics won 1975 Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize. He died in 1987 at the age of 48. Mr. Kleban’s music and lyrics comprise the score of the musical A Class Act, produced on Broadway in 2001, for which he was posthumously nominated for a Tony and a Drama Desk Award. In addition to his legacy as a songwriter, Mr. Kleban created the Kleban Foundation, which awards grants to aspiring theatre lyricists. To date, the foundation’s grants total more than $3 million.
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