Stanley Lebowsky

Stanley Lebowsky (/ləˈbaʊski/; November 26, 1926 – October 19, 1986) was a Hollywood and Broadway composer, lyricist, conductor and music director who conducted more than a dozen Broadway musicals including Chicago, Half a Sixpence, Irma La Douce, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, The 1940's Radio Hour, and The Act. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died at Mount Sinai West in Manhattan,^[1][2][3] survived by his wife Carol Estey.

Lebowsky was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director in 1961 for Irma La Douce. In 1987 he was given a Drama Desk Special Award.

Works

Musicals

• Gantry (1970) – composer

Songs

• "Take Off with Us" from All That Jazz (1979) and Fosse (1999)
• "The Wayward Wind" (1956)