Justin Paul
Justin Paul | |
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 Justin Paul (right) and Benj Pasek | |
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| Born | January 3, 1985 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, lyricist, singer |
Justin Paul (born January 3, 1985) is an American theater and television composer.
Biography
Paul was born in Missouri, but raised in Connecticut. He attended Music Theatre of Connecticut School of Performing Arts in Westport, Connecticut as well as Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut. He graduated from the University of Michigan in December 2006 with a BFA in Musical Theatre.[1]
He is the co-creator, with Benj Pasek of the song cycle Edges. Also with Pasek, he is one of the songwriters for the Disney Channel show Johnny and the Sprites.[2] Pasek and Paul won the Jonathan Larson Award in 2007.[3][4] He also co-wrote and co-composed the musical Dogfight, which opened Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in July 2012.[5] He also composed the musical James and the Giant Peach with Benj Pasek.
Most recently, they have created and written the score for the stage musical Dear Evan Hansen which premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in July 2015.[6] The musical, which has been called "striking for its moral complexity as well as its musical ambition", will move to Broadway in November 2016.[7]
Pasek and Paul wrote the lyrics for the film musical La La Land. The film is written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling.[8]The film is the opening film at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, on August 31, 2016.[9]
Notes
- ^ "Broadway World Bio" Broadwayworld.com
- ^ "Pasek and Paul - Bio". pasekandpaul.com
- ^ Jonathan Larson Foundation jlpaf.org
- ^ "Jonathan Larson Awards". Broadwayworld.com, February 16, 2007
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Dogfight, New Musical About Cruelty and Hope, Opens in NYC; Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena Star" Playbill, July 16, 2012
- ^ "Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Swing for the Fences with Dear Evan Hansen" The Washington Post, July 9, 2015
- ^ Paulson, Michael, "‘Dear Evan Hansen’ to Move to Broadway". New York Times, May 25, 2016.
- ^ Gans, Andrew and Viagas, Robert. "La La Land Film, With Ryan Gosling, to Feature Songs by Pasek and Paul and Justin Hurwitz" Playbill, March 8, 2016
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Watch New Trailer for Forthcoming La La Land' Movie Musical" Playbill, August 23, 2016