Tom Jones (Author)

Tom Jones (born February 17, 1928 in Littlefield , Texas ) is an American musical writer. He was recognized as the author of books on musicals such as The Fantasticks and I Do! I do! known.

Life

Jones was born in Littlefield, Texas in 1928 to hatchery worker William T. and Jessie Jones. Jones met musical composer Harvey Schmidt at the University of Texas at Austin . Schmidt began accompanying acting students on the piano for Jones. A short time later, the two began writing musicals. The first published piece was a revue .

Jones' most important work is the musical The Fantasticks, which was performed 17,162 times off-Broadway between 1960 and 2002 . In 1992 Jones received a Tony Honors for Excellence in Theater award for The Fantasticks .

The next successful musicals by the Schmidt / Jones team in 1963 were 110 in the Shade (330 performances, nominated for the Tony Award in the composer and lyricist category ) and I Do! I do! (1966, 560 Broadway performances, German: ... until death do us part ).

Jones married author Elinor Wright on June 1, 1963. After a divorce, he married the choreographer Janet Watson on June 21, 1984. Jones has two sons, Sam and Michael, and lives in West Cornwall, Connecticut .

Musicals

• Shoestring '57 (1957)
• Demi-Dozen (1958)
• The Fantasticks (1960)
• 110 in the Shade (1963)
• The Game of Love (1965)
• I do! I do! (1966)
• Celebration (1969)
• Colette (1970)
• Philemon (1973)
• Colette (1982)
• Grovers Corners (1987)
• Mirette (1996)
• Roadside (2001)
• Harold and Maude (2004; Music by Joseph Thalken, based on the film of the same name )

Web links

• Tom Jones at the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Literature by and about Tom Jones in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tom Jones at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Information on Tom Jones at filmreference.com, accessed November 3, 2011.
2. ↑ The Guide to Musical Theater: Roadside (2001) - Synopsis on guidetomusicaltheatre.com, accessed October 17, 2011.