Robert Lopez

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Robert Lopez (born February 23, 1975) is a composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical Avenue Q with collaborator Jeff Marx. Together, they wrote all the show's 21 songs. Lopez and Marx both write lyrics and they both write music, together, in the same room, at the same time.

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February 23 - 1975 - Composer - Lyricist - Musicals - Broadway musical - Avenue Q - Jeff Marx

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Avenue Q won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical. Lopez/Marx's musical score earned them a 2004 Tony Award. A third 2004 Tony Award was awarded to Avenue Q bookwriter Jeff Whitty.

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Avenue Q - Tony Award for Best Musical - Tony Award - Jeff Whitty

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The musical's Original Cast Album, on the RCA/Victor label, was nominated for a Grammy Award. To date, it has sold over 100,000 copies.

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Lopez and Marx met in the famed BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Their very first project together, a spec Muppet movie, Kermit, Prince of Denmark, which was very loosely based on Hamlet, won them (as part of a tie) part of the $150,000 Kleban Award.

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BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop - Muppet - Hamlet

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They are currently working on an original movie musical for Universal Pictures, and a stage musical in collaboration with Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of South Park.

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Universal Pictures - Matt Stone - Trey Parker - South Park

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Lopez grew up in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. He attended Hunter College High School and received a B.A. in English from Yale University. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, the lyricist Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and their new daughter Katie (born March 25, 2005).

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Greenwich Village - New York City - Hunter College High School - Yale University

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