Paul Gordon

Paul Gordon was nominated for a 2000 Tony Award for composing the music and lyrics to the Broadway musical Jane Eyre directed by John Caird and Scott Schwartz. Mr. Gordon's musical, Emma, based on the novel by Jane Austen, premiered at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto in September 2007, breaking box office records. Emma has since had successful regional productions at The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and Repertory Theater of St. Louis. Daddy-Long-Legs, written with John Caird, had its world premiere at The Rubicon Theater in Ventura, California in the fall of 2009. His other works include Lucky Break, written with Jay Gruska and Seth Friedman, based on the 1976 film "The Front", Death: The Musical, and Analogue and Vinyl. Mr. Gordon is currently working on Little Miss Scrooge, a contemporary retelling of the Dickens classic. Mr. Gordon has written several number one pop songs and is the recipient of nine ASCAP awards.