Colby, Michael
Michael Colby is the librettist/lyricist of such musicals as Charlotte Sweet (Drama Desk Award nomination), Tales of Tinseltown, North Atlantic(Show Business Award), Slay it with Music, MRS. McThing, They Chose Me!, and Ludlow Ladd.
He was chief writer for the Drama Desk Award-winning New Amsterdam Theatre Company, and has been a frequent writer for The NY Festival of Song as well as the Theatre By the Blind.
He wrote continuity for two benefits at the 92nd Street Y: Standing Ovations and The Longest Running Show on Broadway. He also wrote Stephen Schwartz: A Celebration.
He created special material for Animal Crackers (PaperMill Playhouse/Goodspeed), lyrics for Meester Amerika (The Garage Theatre, NJ) and The Human Heart (at Marymount Manhattan College), and the narration for The Mayor Musicals.
Movie credits include writing the title song for the film Heart of the Beholder.
A member of BMI and the Dramatists Guild, he lives in Metuchen, NJ with his wife Andrea and son Steven.
