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Peter Melnick
Peter Melnick

Peter Melnick

Peter Melnick's musical Adrift in Macao, a parody of film noir written with librettist Christopher Durang, was presented off-Broadway at Primary Stages after a successful and award-winning run at the Philadelphia Theater Company. The New York production earned Melnick a Drama Desk Award nomination for his music. Melnick also composed the score to Twyla Tharp’s Sextet and, with Bill Russell, wrote two musical one-acts, Patter for the Floating Lady, based on Steve Martin’s eponymous play, and A Bad Spell. He is currently collaborating on a musical for Broadway based on Pete Hamill’s novel Snow in August, with book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and lyrics by Mindi Dickstein. Melnick’s film scoring credits include L.A. Story, the Steve Martin comedy; The Only Thrill, starring Diane Keaton and Sam Shepard; Horton Foote’s Convicts, with Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones; and Bob Saget’s truly obscene Farce of the Penguins, with penguins. Melnick’s television credits include the recent PBS feature-length documentary Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood; Indictment: The McMartin Trial; Grand Avenue; and Lily Dale.

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