Robert Lopez

ABOUT Robert Lopez

A native of Greenwich Village in New York, Robert Lopez graduated from Yale, where he was member of the celebrated a cappella club, the Spizzwinks. In 1998 he participated in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, where he met lyricist Jeff Marx. Their first collaboration was Kermit, Prince of Denmark, a Muppet send-up of Shakespeare's Dane. The show was awarded the Kleban Award for Best Lyrics.

Lopez and Marx stayed with the idea of puppets for their next show, Avenue Q (2003). First presented off Broadway in March 2003, the show made the move to Broadway's John Golden Theatre four months later. Robert Lopez won the 2004 Tony^® for Best Musical Score and the production also won the 2004 Tony^® for Best Musical.

Robert Lopez is currently working with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the cartoon series South Park, on Mormons, a musical slated to open in the near future.

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