Stephen Flaherty

Personal Information
STEPHEN FLAHERTY is the composer of the Broadway musicals Ragtime (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Grammy nominations), Seussical (Grammy and Drama Desk nominations), Once on This Island (Tony nomination, Olivier Award for London’s Best Musical), and contributed music to Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life (original songs) and Neil Simon's Proposals (incidental music). He has also written four musicals produced at Lincoln Center Theatre: this season’s The Glorious Ones, Dessa Rose (Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk nominations), A Man of No Importance (Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, Drama Desk nomination) and My Favorite Year. Off-Broadway and regionally he wrote the scores for Lucky Stiff and Loving Repeating: A Musical of Gertrude Stein (Chicago’s Jefferson Award for Best New Musical). Film credits include Anastasia (Academy Award nominations for Best Score and Best Song, two Golden Globe nominations and a gold record for its soundtrack). Concert work includes commissions from the Boston Pops, Carnegie Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. “The Ahrens and Flaherty Songbook,” a print anthology, is available through Alfred Music. Mr. Flaherty serves on the Dramatists Guild Council, where he co-chairs the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program for emerging writers with Lynn Ahrens, his longtime writing partner.
 
Credits

Author
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 A Man of No Importance East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 10/30/2022 Music
2 The Glorious Ones Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 11/05/2007 Composer
3 Seussical Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/19/2007 Book
4 Seussical Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/19/2007 Composer
5 Seussical Lucille Lortel Theatre 07/19/2007 Conceiver
6 Dessa Rose Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 03/21/2005 Composer
7 Chef's Theater: A Musical Feast The Supper Club 04/14/2004 Songs
8 A Man of No Importance Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 10/10/2002 Composer
9 Once on This Island Playwrights Horizons 05/06/1990 Composer
10 Lucky Stiff Playwrights Horizons 04/26/1988 Composer

Musician
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 A Man of No Importance East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 10/30/2022 Vocal Arrangements
2 The Glorious Ones Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 11/05/2007 Vocal Arrangements
3 Dessa Rose Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 03/21/2005 Vocal Arrangements
4 A Man of No Importance Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater 10/10/2002 Vocal Arrangements
5 Dames at Sea Lamb's Theatre 06/12/1985 Piano

Actor
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Chef's Theater: A Musical Feast The Supper Club 04/14/2004 N/A
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2023 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival A Man of No Importance Music
2 NOMINATED 2023 Drama League Award, Outstanding Revival of a Musical A Man of No Importance Music
3 NOMINATED 2008 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Revival Seussical Book
      Seussical Composer
4 NOMINATED 2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Musical The Glorious Ones Composer
5 NOMINATED 2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music The Glorious Ones Composer
6 NOMINATED 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical The Glorious Ones Composer
7 NOMINATED 2003 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music A Man of No Importance Composer