Jack Feldman (songwriter)

Jack Feldman is an American Tony Award-winning lyricist who has written songs for television, film, and Broadway. He has worked on many Disney movies ranging from Oliver & Company to The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Newsies.^[1] He wrote the lyrics for Barry Manilow's Grammy Award–winning song "Copacabana" and recently won a Tony along with Alan Menken for the stage musical version of Newsies.^[2] Feldman grew up on Long Island in New York.

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominee	Result
13th Golden Raspberry Awards	1993	Worst Original Song	for: Newsies (1992) Shared with: Alan Menken (music) For the song "High Times, Hard Times"	Won
15th Golden Raspberry Awards	1995	Worst Original Song	for: Thumbelina (1994) Shared with: Barry Manilow (music) and Bruce Sussman (lyrics) For the song "Marry The Mole!"	Won
Annie Awards	1999	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production	for: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) Shared with: Tom Snow (composer) and Marty Panzer (lyricist) For the song "We Are One"	Nominated
Tony Awards	2012	Best Original Score (Music And/Or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Newsies	Won

Tony Award for Best Original Score (2001–2025)

The Producers by Mel Brooks (2001) Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (2002) Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (2003) Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (2004) The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel (2005) The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006) Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (2007) In the Heights by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2008) Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey (2009) Memphis by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro (2010) The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011) Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman (2012) Kinky Boots by Cyndi Lauper (2013) The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown (2014) Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron (2015) Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (2016)

Complete list (1947–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

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