Charles Leipart is an award-winning American musical theatre bookwriter-lyricist and playwright. He was born in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University.

Works include

Mr. Pickwick's Haunted Christmas, the new Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...

 mystery musical, music by Eric Schorr.

Me and Miss Monroe, an original musical, music by William Goldstein.

Enchanted April, a musical adapted from Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim

Elizabeth von Arnim , born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Gräfin von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell...

's novel The Enchanted April, music by Richard B. Evans.

Swimming at the Ritz, a stage play about Pamela Churchill Harriman.

Frog Kiss, a musical adapted from The Frog Price by Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell

Stephen Mitchell is a poet, translator, scholar, and anthologist. He is married to author Byron Katie. They live in Ojai, California.-Early life:...

, music by Eric Schorr.

The Showgirl of 52nd Street, an original musical, music by John Kroner.

Underfoot in Show Business, a stage play adapted from the comic memoir by Helene Hanff

Helene Hanff

Helene Hanff was an American writer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is best known as the author of the book 84, Charing Cross Road, which became the basis for a stage play, , and film of the same name.- Career :...

.

The Price of Everything, an original musical adapted from Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Bunde Veblen, born Torsten Bunde Veblen was an American economist and sociologist, and a leader of the so-called institutional economics movement...

's Theory of The Leisure Class, music by Richard B. Evans.

espresso trasho, an original musical, music by Eric Schorr.

The Doctor's Wife, a musical adapted from Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert was a French writer who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary , and for his scrupulous devotion to his art and style.-Early life and education:Flaubert was born on December 12, 1821, in Rouen,...

's Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and is considered his masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life...

, music by Eric Schorr.

Mr. & Mrs. "A", a stage play

Deep Sleepers, a one-act comedy, published by Dramatists' Play Service

The Undefeated Rhumba Champ, a one-act comedy, published by Dramatists Play Service

Awards

Excellence in Writing: Lyrics, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss

Most Promising Musical, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss Honorable Mention

Excellence in Writing: Book, New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2010, Frog Kiss Honorable Mention

Finalist, The Fred Ebb Award, 2005, 2006 & 2008

Global Search for New Musicals, Cardiff, Wales, 2005, Frog Kiss

Edward Kleban Foundation Award—Outstanding Librettist, 2001, The Showgirl of 52nd Street

External links

• www.charlesleipart.com
• http://offbroadway.broadwayworld.com/article/Rachel_York_Leads_AMAS_ME_AND_MISS_MONROE_42123_20110321
• http://www.amasmusical.org/recentevents.html
• http://www.frogkissthemusical.com/FROG_KISS_THE_MUSICAL/The_Lilly_Pad.html
• http://www.playbill.com/news/article/144966-PHOTO-CALL-Bebe-Neuwirth-Chita-Rivera-Joshua-Henry-and-More-at-the-NYMF-Awards
• http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/10-2010/nymf-2010-roundup-2_31017.html
• http://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/theatre/argustheatrereviews/8915539.Swimming_At_The_Ritz__Devonshire_Park_Theatre__Eastbourne__March_15/
• http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/review_swimming_at_the_ritz_1_1434158
• http://www.playbill.com/news/article/58925-Leipart-Bucchino-and-Cook-Win-2001-Kleban-Award