Stanley Lebowsky (/ləˈbaʊski/; November 26, 1926 – October 19, 1986) was a Hollywood and Broadway composer, lyricist, conductor and music director who conducted more than a dozen Broadway musicals including Chicago, Half a Sixpence, Irma La Douce, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, The 1940's Radio Hour, and The Act. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and died at Mount Sinai West in Manhattan, survived by his wife Carol Estey.
Lebowsky was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director in 1961 for Irma La Douce. In 1987 he was given a Drama Desk Special Award.
Works
- Musicals
- Gantry (1970) – composer
- Songs
- "Take Off with Us" from All That Jazz (1979) and Fosse (1999)
- "The Wayward Wind" (1956)
References
- "Stanley Lebowsky, 59, A Top Broadway Musical Conductor". Associated Press. October 21, 1986. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
Stanley Lebowsky, who served as conductor for some of Broadway's biggest musical hits, including the current smash "Me and My Girl," is dead at 59. Mr. Lebowsky died of a heart attack Sunday in St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
- Fraser, C. Gerald (1986-10-20). "Stanley Lebowsky, 59, Dies; Conducted Broadway Shows". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
- "Stanley Lebowsky Broadway Credits". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
