54 Below Creative Consultant Scott Wittman on New York in the '70s, Directing Patti LuPone and the Rejuvenation of Cabaret
Scott Wittman won a Tony, a Grammy and a Drama Desk Award for his lyrics to the Tony-winning musical hit Hairspray, and he and his partner, Marc Shaiman, are the duo behind the music for the NBC drama Smash. But before the lights of Broadway and TV beckoned, Wittman directed cabaret concerts for divas like Bette Midler, Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole and Dame Edna, and now the very busy music pro has retu…