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JOSEPH BROOKS
(1938 - )Nationality: USA
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Brooks received the academy award for Best Song for "You Light Up My Life" from the film of the same name which he wrote, directed and produced
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In My Life MetropolisIn My Life
Synopsis:
Jenny and pop singer JT meet and fall in love. JT suffers from Tourette's Syndrome. In Heaven angel Winston has decided that the pair would be ideal for a soap opera he is planning and when JT has to have an operation on his brain he thinks this is an ideal plot twist. JT decides not to have the operation. another angel called al persuades him to have it. al is really God. the operation is a success. Winston is not happy about it. al lets Winston plan Jenny and JT's wedding. He arranges for all their friends living and dead to attend
Notes:
Music by Joseph Brooks; Lyrics by Joseph Brooks; Book by Joseph Brooks
1st Produced:
Music Box Theatre, New York 38625
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Written with Susan Brooks; music by Joseph Brooks; lyrics by Joseph Brooks And Dusty Hughes
1st Produced:
Piccadilly Theatre, London 1989
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Original cast recording: TeR (1168) 1989
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