Martin Charnin
Cast · Writer · Director
- Born
- November 24, 1934 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- July 6, 2019
- Birth name
- Martin Jay Charnin
Songwriter ("Easy Come, Easy Go"), composer, actor and author. He performed in the Broadway stage production of "West Side Story", and wrote the lyrics for other stage offerings, including the off-Broadway production "Fallout", Julius Monk's night club revues, the Broadway show "The Girls Against the Boys", and the 1964 New York World's Fair show "To Broadway With Love". He wrote the Broadway stage score for "Hot Spot". Joining ASCAP in 1962, his chief musical collaborator was Mary Rodgers, and his other popular-song compositions include "Perfect Strangers", "Gabie", "Hey, Love", "I Think the World of You", "Welcome to Our Country", "A Little Trouble Goes a Long, Long Way", "Nebraska", "Big Meeting Tonight", "That's Good - That's Bad", and "Ten Good Years".
Cast
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
- 2017Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
- 2017Paul O'Grady's HollywoodSelf - Lyricist, Annie
- 2016West Side Stories: The Making of a ClassicSelf
- 2006Life After TomorrowSelf
- 1985Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American MusicSelf
- 1982The 36th Annual Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
- 1982Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center TonightSelf
- 1981The SongwritersSelf
- 1977The 31st Annual Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
- 1976Working in the TheatreSelf
- 197690 Minutes LiveSelf
- 1971Great PerformancesSelf
- 1970Looks FamiliarSelf - Guest