Writing
Maury Yeston
Born
1945-10-23 (81)
Place of birth
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
4 titles
Maury Yeston is an American composer, lyricist and music theorist, perhaps best known for his work on the musicals Nine (1982), Grand Hotel (1989), Phantom (1992), and Titanic (1997). Yeston also provided arrangements for the critically divisive 2009 film adaptation of Nine, as well as the 1980 album Christmas in the Stars, based on the Star Wars mythology.
Known for
6.8Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
Howard
2018
NRFeaturing K-Pop sensation Super Junior's Kyuhyun, world renowned soprano Sunhae Im and world class ballerina Joowon Kim, this lavish Korean production of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's, "Phantom", is an eye-dazzling and ear-pleasing take on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel "The Phantom of the Opera".
Phantom: The Musical
2021
NRBiographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life events.
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
NRTakarazuka Revue Flower Troupe 2011 Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.
Phantom
2011
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRFeaturing K-Pop sensation Super Junior's Kyuhyun, world renowned soprano Sunhae Im and world class ballerina Joowon Kim, this lavish Korean production of Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit's, "Phantom", is an eye-dazzling and ear-pleasing take on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel "The Phantom of the Opera".
Phantom: The Musical
2021
NRTakarazuka Revue Flower Troupe 2011 Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.
Phantom
2011
