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Benj Pasek (left) and Justin Paul, 2009
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GenresMusical Theatre
MembersBenj Pasek
Justin Paul
Website pasekandpaul.com
Benj Pasek
Born (1985-06-09) June 9, 1985 (age 38)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • lyricist
Justin Paul
Born (1985-01-03) January 3, 1985 (age 39)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • lyricist

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul , known together as Pasek and Paul, are an American songwriting duo and composing team for musical theater, films and television. [1] [2] Their works include A Christmas Story , Dogfight , Edges , Dear Evan Hansen , and James and the Giant Peach . Their original songs have been featured on NBC's Smash and in the films La La Land , for which they won both the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "City of Stars", and The Greatest Showman . [3] [4] [5] Their work on the original musical Dear Evan Hansen has received widespread critical acclaim and earned them the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical and Best Original Score. In 2022, they won the Tony Award for Best Musical for serving as producers for the Broadway production of Michael R. Jackson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop .

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While Pasek usually writes lyrics and Paul usually writes music, they share credit for both elements. [6] Both are graduates of the University of Michigan [7] and winners of the American Theatre Wing's 2007 Jonathan Larson Grant, [8] which honors achievement by composers, lyricists and librettists.

History

Start at the University of Michigan

Pasek and Paul started working together as freshmen at the University of Michigan. [9] Both got "background" roles in the school's musical theater production, which inspired them to write Edges , a song cycle about the trials and tribulations of moving into adulthood and the search for meaning. Edges premiered in Ann Arbor, Michigan on April 3, 2005. [7]

On May 14, 2006, the duo made their New York City premiere: a benefit concert of original songs titled Become: The Music of Pasek & Paul. Presented by Jamie McGonnigal, [10] performers included Gavin Creel, Cheyenne Jackson, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Steven Pasquale. [11] They also contributed to the 2006 off-Broadway musical White Noise: A Cautionary Musical, which won Talkin' Broadway's 2006 Summer Theatre Festival Citation for Outstanding Original Score. [12]

In December 2006, they completed their BFA degrees in musical theatre.

Musical theatre

Early projects

Edges proved popular on social media [13] and within several years it had over 200 productions worldwide, with countries including Australia, [14] South Africa, [15] Denmark, [16] [17] France, [18] South Korea, the United Kingdom, [19] Canada, [20] the Philippines, [21] and the United States. [22]

Pasek and Paul wrote the score to the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach , which premiered in 2010 through Goodspeed Musicals. [23] Other early works include If You Give A Pig A Pancake (2010) and Duck For President for Theatreworks USA, [24] and Dr. Williams, written for the Orchard Project's 24 Hour Musicals benefit. The show starred Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Cheyenne Jackson. Pasek and Paul were featured in the 2011 documentary film One Night Stand about the process. [25] They wrote the lyrics and music to the 2012 musical Dogfight , [26] also contributing to A Christmas Story, The Musical , which was nominated for a Tony Award in 2013 for Best Original Score. [27]

Dear Evan Hansen (2015)

Pasek and Paul wrote the music and lyrics to their musical Dear Evan Hansen. The musical, inspired by the death of a fellow student while Pasek was in high school, features book by Steven Levenson. Directed by Michael Greif and starring Ben Platt in the title role, it premiered at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2015. [28] [29] [30] It made its Off-Broadway debut in March 2016 at the Second Stage Theatre, [31] and on Broadway on November 14, 2016, opening three weeks later at the Music Box Theatre. At the 71st Tony Awards, it was nominated for nine awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Actor in a Musical for Platt. It won six awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score for the duo. At the 2018 Grammy Awards, Dear Evan Hansen won Best Musical Theater Album. [32] The musical received the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and a 2016 Obie Award for Musical Theatre. [33] The show broke box office records at the Music Box Theatre and became the longest-running production to play the venue in Broadway’s history. [34]

The musical made its West End debut at the Noël Coward Theatre in London on November 19, 2019, following previews in October of the same year. The show was nominated for seven Laurence Olivier Awards at the 2020 ceremony and won three: Best New Musical, Best Actor in a Musical for star Sam Tutty and Best Original Score or New Orchestrations for Pasek and Paul. [35]

Television

The duo have written original music for several television shows. In 2007 and 2008 Pasek and Paul wrote music for the Disney Channel show Johnny and the Sprites , [12] with songs used in six episodes and for one story in the season's premiere.

Their original material was featured on season 2 of NBC's Smash in 2013, [36] and have risen to the Top 25 on the iTunes Pop Charts.

Pasek and Paul also wrote the original song "Runnin' Home to You" performed by Grant Gustin for The Flash episode "Duet", a musical crossover between The Flash and Supergirl . [37] Melissa Benoist sang it in Supergirl's "Crisis on Earth-X" crossover episode. [38]

They also wrote original songs for an episode of the Hulu show Only Murders in the Building, including "Look for the Light", a duet sung by Meryl Streep and Ashley Park. [39] Another song, "Which of Pickwick Triplets Did It?" was written by Pasek and Paul working for the first time in collaboration with Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman of Hairspray fame. The tongue-twisting patter song was performed primarily by Only Murders actor Steve Martin, and also by Matthew Broderick for one episode, followed by Martin Short. [40] [41]

Films

Pasek and Paul wrote the 2016 song "Get Back Up Again" for the film Trolls , [42] as well as five original songs for the 2016 animated direct-to-video feature Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz . [43]

They wrote the lyrics for the musical romantic comedy-drama film La La Land , which had music written by Justin Hurwitz. [44] The film, in its world premiere, was the opening film at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2016. [45] The film's track "City of Stars", with their lyrics and composition by Justin Hurwitz, won the 2017 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. [4] "City of Stars" and "Audition" received nominations for Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards, [46] and they won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "City of Stars." [47] It was then announced in February 2023 that they would reunite with Hurwitz on a stage musical adaptation of the film currently in development, with a book by Ayad Akhtar and Matthew Decker and direction by Bartlett Sher. [48]

Pasek and Paul wrote the songs for the 2017 musical drama film The Greatest Showman . About the Barnum & Bailey Circus, the film premiered on December 8, 2017. [49] The duo's song "This Is Me" won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song [50] and was nominated for Best Original Song at the 90th Academy Awards.

In collaboration with Alan Menken, Pasek and Paul wrote the lyrics for two new songs for Disney's 2019 live action film adaptation of Aladdin . The film also includes original 1992 song compositions written by Menken, Howard Ashman, and Tim Rice. [51]

Pasek and Paul also adapted Dear Evan Hansen as a feature film for Universal Pictures and director Stephen Chbosky. They wrote two new songs for the film, including "The Anonymous Ones," which was written in collaboration with Amandla Stenberg for the character of Alana Beck, whom Stenberg plays in the film. They also wrote "A Little Closer" for the character of Connor Murphy, played by Colton Ryan, who reprises the role in which he understudied in the Broadway production. [52] Paul also composed the film's underscore with Dan Romer. [53] It premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2021, followed by a release in theaters on September 24, 2021. [54] [55] [56]

The duo has also written original songs for Sony Pictures Entertainment's live-action/animated adaptation of Bernard Waber's children's book Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (released on October 7, 2022) [57] [58] and Apple Original Films' Spirited (November 11, 2022). [59] As of 2023, Pasek and Paul are writing new songs for Disney's upcoming live-action film, Snow White . [60] [61]

Personal lives

Pasek is the son of Temple University professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. [62] His alma mater is the University of Michigan and Friends' Central School. [6] He is gay. [6]

Paul's alma mater is the University of Michigan and Staples High School. Paul is married; he and his wife have a daughter, born in 2016. [6]

Musicals

YearTitleNotes
2005 Edges
  • Written at the University of Michigan
2010 James and the Giant Peach Book by Timothy Allen McDonald
2012 Dogfight Book by Peter Duchan
2012 A Christmas Story: The Musical Book by Joseph Robinette
2016 Dear Evan Hansen Book by Steven Levenson

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2016 Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
  • Film songwriting debut
  • Wrote 5 new songs, including: "There's No Place Like Home," "All Hail! (What's Mine is Mine)," "Oh My, Oh My, Oh My!" and "A Mighty Fine Affair."
Trolls Writers of "Get Back Up Again"
La La Land
2017 The Greatest Showman
2019 Aladdin Wrote the lyrics for two new songs in collaboration with Alan Menken, including "Speechless"
2021 Dear Evan Hansen [54]
2022 Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile [57] Also executive producers
Spirited Also executive producers
2023 Only Murders in the Building Composed songs for Season 3's "Death Rattle Dazzle" musical
2025 Snow White [60] New songs

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResult
2007 Dramatists Guild Fellowship (2007–2008)N/AN/AHonorees
Jonathan Larson Grant †Honorees
2011 American Academy of Arts and Letters Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater Honorees
ASCAP Foundation Award Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award Honorees
Songwriter's Fellowship AwardHonorees
Sundance Institute Fellowship N/AHonorees
2013 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Music A Christmas Story: The Musical Nominated
Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Musical Dogfight Won
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New ScoreNominated
Tony Award Best Original Score A Christmas Story: The MusicalNominated
2016The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Original New Play or Musical Dear Evan Hansen Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Award Best Song "Audition" (from La La Land )Nominated
"City of Stars" (from La La Land)Won
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Lyrics Dear Evan HansenWon
Golden Globe Award Best Original Song "City of Stars" (from La La Land)Won
Hollywood Music in Media Award Best Song in a Feature FilmWon
Houston Film Critics Society Award Best Original Song"Audition" (from La La Land)Nominated
"City of Stars" (from La La Land)Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best MusicLa La LandWon
Obie Award Musical Theater, Music and LyricsDear Evan HansenWon
Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding New ScoreNominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardBest Song"Audition" (from La La Land)Won
"City of Stars" (from La La Land)Nominated
Satellite Award Best Original Song "Audition" (from La La Land)Nominated
"City of Stars" (from La La Land)Won
2017 Academy Award Best Original Song "Audition" (from La La Land)Nominated
"City of Stars" (from La La Land)Won
Tony AwardBest Original ScoreDear Evan HansenWon
Best MusicalWon
2018Academy AwardBest Original Song"This Is Me" (from The Greatest Showman )Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie AwardBest SongNominated
Golden Globe AwardBest Original SongWon
Grammy Award Best Musical Theater Album Dear Evan HansenWon
Best Song Written for Visual Media "City of Stars" (from La La Land)Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Award Best Song in a Feature Film"This Is Me" (from The Greatest Showman)Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics "In The Market for a Miracle" (from A Christmas Story Live! )Nominated
2019Critics' Choice Movie AwardBest Song"Speechless" (from Aladdin )Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media AwardBest Song in a Feature FilmNominated
2020 Laurence Olivier Award Best Original Score or New Orchestrations Dear Evan HansenWon
2022 Grammy Award Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Dear Evan HansenNominated
Best Song Written for Visual Media "All I Know So Far" (from Pink: All I Know So Far )Nominated
Tony Award Best Musical A Strange LoopWon

†: Pasek and Paul were the youngest winners of the Jonathan Larson Grant in history.

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