Neil Bartram

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Neil Bartram
Born Derby, United Kingdom
OccupationComposer & Lyricist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityCanadian & American
Years active1993–present
Notable workmusic & lyrics for Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Story of My Life (musical), The Theory of Relativity
Notable awards2009 Drama Desk Award nominee
Website
BartramAndHill.com

Neil Bartram is a musical theatre composer/lyricist based in New York. Bartram is the composer and lyricist of Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks , The Theory of Relativity and Broadway's The Story of My Life with book writer Brian Hill.

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Awards include a Jeff Award nomination for his score for Shakespeare in Love at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the ASCAP Foundation’s Yellen Award, a Jonathan Larson Foundation Award, a Dramatists Guild Fellowship and a Dora Award. [1]

Music Theatre International licenses The Story of My Life and The Theory of Relativity. Concord Theatricals licenses The Adventures of Pinocchio. The Story of My Life and The Theory of Relativity cast albums were produced by PS Classics. 

Bartram is a Dramatists Guild member, ASCAP member, and an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Music Theatre Workshop. His work is published by Warner/Chappell Music. 

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