Douglas J. Cohen

Douglas J. Cohen is an American composer and lyricist. He is a member of ASCAP, BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, and the Dramatists Guild of America.

Works

• The Big Time - Book by Douglas Carter Beane, music & lyrics by Cohen.
• No Way to Treat a Lady (Off-Broadway 1987, revised 1996); based on the novel by William Goldman
• The Gig
• Children's Letters to God - Book by Stoo Hample, music by David Evans, and lyrics by Cohen
• The Opposite of Sex
• Barnstormer - with Cheryl L. Davis
• Glimmerglass - Book by Jonathan Bolt and lyrics by Ted Drachman
• A Charles Dickens Christmas
• Boozy
• Valentino's Tango - Music by Howard Marren
• Columbus
• When The Cookie Crumbles, You Can Still Pick Up The Pieces
• God's Hand
• How to Survive a Killer Musical: Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway (Applause Books, 2023, 9781493075744)

Awards and grants

• Richard Rodgers Development Grant from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters - (No Way To Treat A Lady)
• Richard Rodgers Development Grant from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters - (The Gig)
• Nominated for 2 Outer Critics Circle Award (No Way To Treat A Lady)
• 1998 Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation Award - (Glimmerglass, No Way To Treat A Lady, The Big Time, The Gig)
• 2005 Jonathan Larson Award - (Barnstormer)
• 2005 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyricist - (Children's Letters to God)
• 2009 Noël Coward Award - (The Gig)

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