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Michael John LaChiusa (born 1962) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist best known for his unusual sounding compositions for shows in the "post-modern" school. He has been nominated for 5 Tony Awards for his book (with Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis) for Chronicle of a Death Foretold, for his books for Marie Christine and (with George C. Wolfe) The Wild Party, and his scores for Marie Christine and The Wild Party.

He is an adjunct professor at the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

• Triplets in Uniform book and lyrics by Jeffrey Essmann (1989)
• Buzzsaw Berkeley, book by Doug Wright (1989)
• Artificial Reality book and lyrics by Jeffrey Essmann (1991)
• Four Short Operas: Break, Agnes, Eulogy For Mr. Hamm, Lucky Nurse (1991)
• Bella, Belle of Bylorussia, book and lyrics by Jeffrey Essmann (1992)
• Desert of Roses libretto for opera by Robert Moran (1992)
• From the Towers of the Moon libretto for opera by Robert Moran (1992)
• Tania libretto for opera by Anthony Davis (1992)
• First Lady Suite (1993)
• Hello Again, based on the play La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler (1993)
• The Petrified Prince, book by Edward Gallardo, based on an unproduced screenplay by Ingmar Bergman (1994)
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold (additional material only; music by Bob Telson, adaptation by Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis), based on the novel by Gabriel García Márquez (1995)
• Broken Sleep (one-act), book by Donald Margulies (1997)
• Marie Christine, based on Medea (1999)
• The Wild Party, book with George C. Wolfe, based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March (2000)
• Lovers and Friends (Chautauqua Variations) (2001)
• The Nutcracker, book by Amon Miyamoto (2002)
• Little Fish, based on short stories "Days" and "Flotsam" by Deborah Eisenberg (2003)
• The Highest Yellow, book by John Strand (2004)
• See What I Wanna See (formerly R Shomon), based on the stories "In a Grove," "The Dragon," and "Kesa and Morito" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (2005)
• Bernarda Alba, based on the play by Federico García Lorca(2006)
• Send (who are you? i love you) (2006)
• Hotel C'est L'Amour, conceived by Daniel Henning (2006)

• Internet Broadway Database page for Michael John LaChiusa
• IMDB page for Michael's cousin, filmmaker Dean LaChiusa
• Michael John LaChiusa - Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org

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