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{{short description|American composer (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Marc Shaiman
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|caption     = Mirabal at the 2025 [[New York Film Festival]]
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| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1959|10|22}}
| birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S.
| occupation  = {{flatlist|
* Composer
* lyricist
}}
| spouse      = {{marriage|Louis Mirabal|2016}}
| website     = {{url|marcshaiman.com}}
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'''Marc Shaiman''' ({{IPAc-en|'|ʃ|eɪ|m|ə|n}} {{respell|SHAY|mən}}; born October 22, 1959) is an American composer and lyricist for films, television, and theatre, widely known for his collaborations with lyricist and director [[Scott Wittman]], actor [[Billy Crystal]], and director [[Rob Reiner]]. Shaiman has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Marc Shaiman|numerous accolades]] including two [[Grammy Awards]], two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], a [[Tony Award]] &mdash; as well as seven [[Academy Award]] nominations.

== Early life, family and education ==
Shaiman was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family in [[Newark, New Jersey]], on October 22, 1959, the son of Claire (née Goldfein) and William Robert Shaiman.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/marc-shaiman-75368|title = Marc Shaiman|website = [[Internet Broadway Database]]|accessdate = September 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Nate |date=February 2, 2012 |title=Jewish stars: Whales, ghosts and 'Smash' |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars-whales-ghosts-and-smash/article_77b968c0-4dde-11e1-a4ef-0019bb2963f4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506220459/https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars-whales-ghosts-and-smash/article_77b968c0-4dde-11e1-a4ef-0019bb2963f4.html |archive-date= May 6, 2018 | work=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]}}</ref> He grew up in [[Scotch Plains, New Jersey]], where he attended [[Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School]], but he left school at age 16 to start working in New York's theaters; he later obtained a [[GED]].<ref>{{cite web | last= Fowler| first= Linda | url= http://www.nj.com/insidejersey/index.ssf/2010/12/marc_shaiman_drops_in_on_paper.html| title = N.J. native Marc Shaiman drops in on Paper Mill's production of his Broadway hit 'Hairspray'| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151003025840/http://www.nj.com/insidejersey/index.ssf/2010/12/marc_shaiman_drops_in_on_paper.html|archivedate=October 3, 2015| website = [[The Star-Ledger]]| date= December 23, 2010| accessdate = October 1, 2015| quote= Joking with fans during this fall production, Shaiman refers to his Scotch Plains hometown as exit 135.... Reluctant but supportive, his parents let him drop out of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School at 16 — he later earned a GED — to work in Manhattan's fringe theaters.}}</ref>

==Career==
Shaiman started his career as a theatre/[[cabaret]] musical director. He started working at ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' as an arranger/writer.  He portrayed [[Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 1986–1987#The Sweeney Sisters|Skip St. Thomas]], the accompanying pianist for [[The Sweeney Sisters]], a singing duo played by [[Nora Dunn]] and [[Jan Hooks]], which earned him an Emmy nomination; he returned for an appearance on ''The [[Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special]],'' having co-created [[Martin Short]] and [[Maya Rudolph]]'s salute to musical sketch characters.<ref name="NBC Shaiman"/> He began his professional relationships with [[Billy Crystal]] and [[Martin Short]] during his tenure at the show. He also was a vocal arranger for [[Bette Midler]], eventually becoming her musical director and co-producer of many of her recordings, including "[[The Wind Beneath My Wings]]" and "[[From a Distance]]." He helped create the material for her performance on the penultimate ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''. His work with both Midler and [[Billy Crystal]] led to his involvement on their films. He later produced Midler's album ''[[It's the Girls]]'', which had the highest debut of Midler's recording career on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Album charts]], and co-wrote Crystal's farewell to [[Jay Leno]] which featured [[Carol Burnett]] and [[Oprah Winfrey]] among others.

His film [[Credit (creative arts)|credits]] include ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]'', ''[[Beaches (1988 film)|Beaches]]'', ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'', ''[[City Slickers]]'', ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'', ''[[Sister Act]]'', ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'', ''[[A Few Good Men]]'', ''[[The American President]]'', ''[[The First Wives Club]]'', ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]'', ''[[In & Out (film)|In & Out]]'', ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]'', ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'', ''[[Team America: World Police]]'', ''[[Hairspray (2007 film)|Hairspray]]'', ''[[Flipped (2010 film)|Flipped]]'', ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]'' and HBO's ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]'' and ''[[61*]]''. On television, he worked on the final performances for [[Johnny Carson]]'s ''[[Tonight Show]]'' (with [[Bette Midler]]), [[Conan O'Brien]]'s ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien|Late Night]]'' (with [[Nathan Lane]]), both of Jay Leno's final ''[[Tonight Show]]'' broadcasts, and Nathan Lane's farewell to [[David Letterman]] called "Dead Inside."

Shaiman has earned seven [[Academy Award]] nominations, a [[Tony Award]] and a [[Grammy Award]] for his work on the [[Musical theater|musical]] ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'', and an [[Emmy Award]] for co-writing Billy Crystal's Academy Award performances. He has also been Grammy-nominated for his arrangements for Harry Connick Jr.'s recordings ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' and ''[[We Are in Love]]'' as well as ''[[Hairspray (2002 album)|Hairspray]]'' and ''[[Smash (TV series)|Smash]]'' and Emmy-nominated for his work on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and ''Smash''. In 2002, he was honored with the "Outstanding Achievement in Music-In-Film" award at [[The Hollywood Film Festival]], and in 2007 he was honored with [[ASCAP]]'s [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers#Annual Awards|Henry Mancini Award]] in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the music of film and television.<ref>{{cite web |title=ASCAP Henry Mancini Award |url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/mancini/index.html |publisher=ASCAP |access-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027111850/http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/mancini/index.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 }}</ref> He is the first recipient of the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Comedy Feature Film. He wrote and sang the song "Yes" for his agent's film ''[[Finding Kraftland]]'', and co-wrote (with partner [[Scott Wittman]]) songs for [[Neil Patrick Harris]] when Harris hosted the [[63rd Tony Awards]] (2009) and the [[61st Primetime Emmy Awards]] (2009), and was Emmy-nominated for musical directing and co-writing the [[82nd Academy Awards]] (2010).

Shaiman co-produced and co-wrote cuts on Mariah Carey's 2010 Christmas album ''[[Merry Christmas II You]]''. He and Wittman wrote original songs for the musical-based television show for NBC, ''[[Smash (TV series)|Smash]]'', which ran from 2012 to 2013, and served as executive producers. For their song "[[Let Me Be Your Star]]," Shaiman and co-lyricist Wittman were nominated for both an Emmy Award and a Grammy Award, and as executive producers they were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Comedy or Musical.

Shaiman and Wittman were honored on April 28, 2014, by [[The New York Pops Orchestra]] at [[Carnegie Hall]].<ref name="NBC Shaiman">{{cite web |title=Smash - NBC Official Site: Bios |publisher=NBC TV |url=http://www.nbc.com/smash/about/bios/marc-shaiman/ |access-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203085012/http://www.nbc.com/smash/about/bios/marc-shaiman/ |archive-date=February 3, 2012 }}</ref> The following year, [[Jennifer Hudson]] sang the ''Smash'' song "[[I Can't Let Go (Smash song)|I Can't Let Go]]" at the [[87th Academy Awards]] during the in memoriam tribute, featuring revised lyrics. The duo's Broadway musical ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' ran on Broadway at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]], after finishing a four-year run on London's West End at The Royal Drury Lane Theater. Shaiman was Tony-nominated for his orchestrations for their previous Broadway musical ''[[Catch Me If You Can (musical)|Catch Me If You Can]]''. In 2021, they wrote a song titled "Save the City" for the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) in-universe Broadway production titled ''[[Rogers: The Musical]]'' featured in the first episode of [[Hawkeye (miniseries)|''Hawkeye'']], "Never Meet Your Heroes".<ref name="RogersTheMusical">{{Cite web |last=Paige |first=Rachel |date=November 10, 2021 |title='Hawkeye': Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on Bringing 'Rogers: The Musical' to Life |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/tv-shows/hawkeye-rogers-the-musical-marc-shaiman-scott-wittman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110181550/https://www.marvel.com/articles/tv-shows/hawkeye-rogers-the-musical-marc-shaiman-scott-wittman |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref> It was released as a single on November 24, the day the episode became available on [[Disney+]].<ref name="SaveTheCity">{{Cite web |last=Perine |first=Aaron |date=November 24, 2021 |title=How to Listen to Rogers: The Musical Song, "Save the City," From Hawkeye |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/how-to-listen-rogers-the-musical-song-hawkeye/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124172205/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/how-to-listen-rogers-the-musical-song-hawkeye/ |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |access-date=November 24, 2021 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref>

In February 2021, it was announced that Shaiman and Wittman were writing songs for a new [[Some Like It Hot (musical)|musical adaptation]] of ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', which premiered on Broadway in 2022 with a book by [[Amber Ruffin]] and [[Matthew Lopez (writer)|Matthew Lopez]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=February 10, 2021|title=Amber Ruffin to Co-Write Broadway-Aimed Some Like It Hot Musical|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/amber-ruffin-to-co-write-broadway-aimed-some-like-it-hot-musical|access-date=August 11, 2021|website=Playbill|language=en}}</ref>

==Activism==
In 2008, a controversy erupted nationwide when [[California Musical Theatre]]'s then artistic director Scott Eckern<ref>{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2008/11/here-is-an-exce.html|title=Sacramento theater director who donated to Prop. 8 faced storm of criticism|date=November 12, 2008| website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=May 6, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820181903/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2008/11/here-is-an-exce.html|archive-date=August 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/theater/13thea.html|title=Scott Eckern of California Musical Theater Resigns Amid Gay-Rights Ire Over Proposition 8 in California|first=Jesse|last= McKinley|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 12, 2008|access-date= May 6, 2018|url-status=live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180106060751/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/theater/13thea.html|archive-date=January 6, 2018}}</ref> resigned over the revelation of his personal donation of $1,000 to a political campaign to support [[California Proposition 8]], an amendment which enshrined into the [[California Constitution]] that "only marriage between a man and a woman [was] recognized in California". After the amendment was passed, donor information became public. Shaiman and other Broadway artists who had previously worked with the director became critical and called for a boycott of the theatre by all gay artists and performers, ending in the director's resignation days later.

To protest the passage of California Proposition 8 in November 2008, Shaiman wrote a satiric mini-musical ''Prop 8 – The Musical.''  The three-minute video was distributed on the internet at [[Funny or Die|FunnyOrDie.com]], beginning on December 3, 2008. It was written and produced in just a few days. The cast includes [[Jack Black]] (who plays Jesus), [[Neil Patrick Harris]], [[John C. Reilly]], [[Allison Janney]], [[Andy Richter]], [[Maya Rudolph]], [[Margaret Cho]], and [[Rashida Jones]]. Shaiman plays the piano and appears briefly in the video. It received 1.2&nbsp;million internet hits in its first day.<ref>{{cite news | last= Itzkoff | first= Dave| url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/marc-shaiman-on-prop-8-the-musical/?hp | title= Marc Shaiman on 'Prop 8 — The Musical' |archiveurl= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20091206204402/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/marc-shaiman-on-prop-8-the-musical/?hp |archivedate=December 6, 2009 | work =[[The New York Times]]| format= blog| date = December 4, 2008| accessdate =}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.today.com/id/28055296| title= Star-studded Web video protests Prop 8 – Spoof musical's blockbuster cast includes Jack Black as Jesus| website= today.com| agency= [[Associated Press]]| publisher= MSN| date= December 4, 2008| accessdate= | archive-date= August 14, 2020| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200814202137/http://www.today.com/id/28055296| url-status= dead}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Shaiman is openly gay,<ref>Itzkoff, Dave. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/06/arts/television/06prop.html "For This Songwriter, the Political Is Musical"] ''The New York Times'', December 6, 2008</ref> and married Louis Mirabal, a retired [[lieutenant commander (United States)|lieutenant commander]] in the U.S. Navy, on March 26, 2016.<ref>[http://www.playbill.com/article/hairspray-composer-marc-shaiman-ties-the-knot-today# "Hairspray Composer Marc Shaiman Ties The Knot"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329051726/http://www.playbill.com/article/hairspray-composer-marc-shaiman-ties-the-knot-today|date=March 29, 2016}} Playbill, March 26, 2016</ref> He lives in both [[Manhattan]] and [[upstate New York]].

Shaiman's memoir, ''Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories From a Sore Winner'', is set to be published in January 2026.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2025/film/news/marc-shaiman-hairspray-south-park-composer-memoir-1236522576/|title = Marc Shaiman of ‘Hairspray’ and ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut’ Fame, Publishing Memoir in January (EXCLUSIVE)|last = Lang|first = Bret|date = September 23, 2025|accessdate = September 23, 2025|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

==Filmography (composer unless otherwise noted)==
===Films===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Notes
|-
| rowspan=2| 1988
| ''[[Big Business (1988 film)|Big Business]]''
| [[Jim Abrahams]]
| Songs only
|-
| ''[[Beaches (1988 film)|Beaches]]''
| [[Garry Marshall]]
| Music supervisor
|-
| 1989
| ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''
| rowspan=2| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]''
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=5| 1991
| ''[[Scenes from a Mall]]''
| [[Paul Mazursky]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[City Slickers]]''
| [[Ron Underwood]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]''
| [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Hot Shots!]]''
| [[Jim Abrahams]]
| Actor
|-
| ''[[For the Boys]]''
| [[Mark Rydell]]
| Songs only
|-
| rowspan=3| 1992
| ''[[Sister Act]]''
| [[Emile Ardolino]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Mr. Saturday Night]]''
| [[Billy Crystal]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[A Few Good Men]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=6| 1993
| ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]''
| [[Nora Ephron]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Heart and Souls]]''
| [[Ron Underwood]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Hocus Pocus (1993 film)|Hocus Pocus]]''
| [[Kenny Ortega]]
| Musical arrangement: Additional arrangements
|-
| ''[[Life with Mikey]]''
| [[James Lapine]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Addams Family Values]]''
| [[Barry Sonnenfeld]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit]]''
| [[Bill Duke]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=4| 1994
| ''[[City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold]]''
| [[Paul Weiland]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Speechless (1994 film)|Speechless]]''
| [[Ron Underwood]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[That's Entertainment! III]]''
| Bud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=3| 1995
| ''[[Stuart Saves His Family]]''
| [[Harold Ramis]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Forget Paris]]''
| [[Billy Crystal]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The American President]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=4| 1996
| ''[[Bogus (film)|Bogus]]''
| [[Norman Jewison]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Mother (1996 film)|Mother]]''
| [[Albert Brooks]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The First Wives Club]]''
| [[Hugh Wilson (director)|Hugh Wilson]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Ghosts of Mississippi]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=2| 1997
| ''[[George of the Jungle (film)|George of the Jungle]]''
| [[Sam Weisman]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[In & Out (film)|In & Out]]''
| [[Frank Oz]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=3| 1998
| ''[[My Giant]]''
| [[Michael Lehmann]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Simon Birch]]''
| [[Mark Steven Johnson]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Patch Adams (film)|Patch Adams]]''
| [[Tom Shadyac]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=4| 1999
| ''[[The Out-of-Towners (1999 film)|The Out-of-Towners]]''
| [[Sam Weisman]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]''
| [[Trey Parker]]
| First score for an animated film
|-
| ''[[The Story of Us (1999 film)|The Story of Us]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| With [[Eric Clapton]]
|-
| ''[[Get Bruce]]''
| [[Andrew J. Kuehn]]
| Appears as himself
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Disney's The Kid|The Kid]]''
| [[Jon Turteltaub]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=3| 2001
| ''[[Get Over It (film)|Get Over It]]''
| [[Tommy O'Haver]]
| Songs only
|-
| ''[[One Night at McCool's]]''
| [[Harald Zwart]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The Wedding Planner]]''
| [[Adam Shankman]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=4| 2003
| ''[[Down with Love]]''
| [[Peyton Reed]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Alex & Emma]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The Cat in the Hat (2003 film)|The Cat in the Hat]]''
| [[Bo Welch]]
| rowspan=2| Songs only
|-
| ''[[Marci X]]''
| [[Richard Benjamin]]
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Team America: World Police]]''
| [[Trey Parker]]
| Song only <br />Score was rejected and replaced by [[Harry Gregson-Williams]]
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Rumor Has It...]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=3| 2007
| ''[[Hairspray (2007 film)|Hairspray]]''
| [[Adam Shankman]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[The Bucket List]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Bee Movie]]''
| [[Simon J. Smith]] and [[Steve Hickner]]
| Song in end credits only
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Flipped (2010 film)|Flipped]]''
| rowspan=2| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan=2| 2012
| ''[[The Magic of Belle Isle]]''
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Parental Guidance (film)|Parental Guidance]]''
| [[Andy Fickman]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2014
| ''[[And So It Goes (film)|And So It Goes]]''
| rowspan=2| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2016
| ''[[LBJ (2016 film)|LBJ]]''
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Star (2017 film)|The Star]]''
| [[Timothy Reckart]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Mary Poppins Returns]]''
| [[Rob Marshall]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Tick, Tick... Boom! (film)|Tick, Tick... Boom!]]''
| [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]]
| Cameo appearance
|-
| rowspan=2|2022
| ''[[Bros (film)|Bros]]''
| [[Nicholas Stoller]]
| {{N/A}}
|-
| ''[[Hocus Pocus 2]]''
| [[Anne Fletcher]]
| Additional lyrics / song and vocal producer
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Albert Brooks: Defending My Life]]''
| [[Rob Reiner]]
| {{N/A}}
|}

===Television===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
|-
| 1984–1985,<br />1986–1987
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 1986
| ''[[Comic Relief USA|Comic Relief]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Billy Crystal]]: Don't Get Me Started''
| Television special
|-
| 1987
| ''Billy Crystal: Don't Get Me Started - The Lost Minutes''
| Television special
|-
| 1988
| ''The Mondo Beyondo Show''
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 1989
| ''I, [[Martin Short]], Goes Hollywood''
| Television film
|-
| ''[[What's Alan Watching?]]''
| Television special
|-
| rowspan=2| 1990
| ''Billy Crystal: Midnight Train To Moscow''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[62nd Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| 1991
| ''[[63rd Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| rowspan=2| 1992
| ''[[64th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
| Episode: "Robin Williams/Bette Midler"
|-
| 1993
| ''[[65th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| rowspan=2| 1997
| ''[[69th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[Bette Midler]] in Concert: [[Diva Las Vegas]]''
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 1998
| ''[[70th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]''
| Episode: "The Original Wives Club"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special]]''
| Television special
|-
| 1999, 2002
| ''[[South Park]]''
| Composer (Episode: "[[Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics]]") <br />Actor (Episode: "[[Cripple Fight]]")
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Jackie's Back]]''
| Television film
|-
| rowspan=2|2000
| ''[[72nd Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[Bette (TV series)|Bette]]''
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[61*]]''
| Television film
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Greg the Bunny]]''
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2003
| ''[[Charlie Lawrence]]''
|
|-
| ''The Score''
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2004
| ''[[Biography (TV program)|Biography]]''
| Episode: "Bette Midler"
|-
| ''[[76th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| 2005
| ''[[77th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| 2007
| ''[[79th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| ''[[63rd Tony Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[61st Primetime Emmy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
| ''[[82nd Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[The Kennedy Center Honors]]''
| Television special
|-
| 2012
| ''[[84th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| 2012–2013
| ''[[Smash (TV series)|Smash]]''
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special]]''
| Television special
|-
| ''[[87th Academy Awards]]''
| Television special
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Hairspray Live!]]''
| Television special
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special]]''
| Television special
|-
| rowspan=2|2021
| ''[[The Prince (TV series)|The Prince]]''
| Episode: "School Musical Part 2"
|-
| ''[[Hawkeye (miniseries)|Hawkeye]]''
| 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2 |2023
| ''[[Only Murders in the Building]]''
|
|-
| ''[[Kennedy Center Honors|The Kennedy Center Honors]]''
| Television special
|}

===Theatre===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}

'''[[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]'''
* ''Peter Allen: Up in One'' (1979)
* ''Bette! [[Divine Madness (film)|Divine Madness]]'' (1980)
* ''[[André De Shields]]' Haarlem Nocturne'' (1984)
* ''[[Leader of the Pack (musical)|Leader of the Pack]]'' (1985)
* ''An Evening with [[Harry Connick Jr.]] and Orchestra'' (1990)
* ''[[Patti LuPone]] on Broadway'' (1995)
* ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The Odd Couple (play)|The Odd Couple]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Martin Short]]: Fame Becomes Me'' (2006)
* ''[[Catch Me If You Can (musical)|Catch Me If You Can]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Some Like It Hot (musical)|Some Like It Hot]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Smash (musical)|Smash]]'' (2025)
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'''[[West End theatre|West End]]'''
* ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' (2013)

'''[[Off-Broadway]]'''
* ''Dementos'' - The Production Company
* ''Livin' Dolls'' - [[Manhattan Theatre Club]]
* ''[[Legends (play)|Legends]]'' - [[Ahmanson Theatre]]
* ''The Sound of Muzak'' - [[Anna Genovese#Club 82|Club 82]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vvstaging.villagevoice.com/2002/07/23/ny-mirror-254/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925215338/https://vvstaging.villagevoice.com/2002/07/23/ny-mirror-254/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 25, 2021 |title=NY Mirror |last=Musto |first=Michael |authorlink=Michael Musto |date=July 23, 2002 |work=[[The Village Voice]] |access-date=September 25, 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Trilogy of Terror]]'' - [[Club 57 (nightclub)|Club 57]]
* ''Non Pasquale'' - [[Delacorte Theatre]]

'''[[Disney Parks]]'''
* ''[[Rogers: The Musical]]'' - [[Hyperion Theatre]]
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===Internet===
* ''[[Prop 8 - The Musical]]'' (2008) (composer, lyricist, pianist) - 2009 "Webby" winner for Best Comedy: Short or Individual Episode
* ''Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film and TV Music Community'' (2020) ("The End Titles" song)

==Discography==
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'''Mariah Carey'''
* ''[[Merry Christmas II You]]''

'''Bette Midler'''
* ''[[Thighs and Whispers]]''
* ''[[Mud Will Be Flung Tonight]]''
* ''[[Some People's Lives]]''
* ''[[Experience the Divine]]''
* ''[[Bette (album)|Bette]]''
* ''[[Bathhouse Betty]]''
* ''[[It's the Girls!]]''

'''Harry Connick Jr.'''
* ''[[We Are in Love]]''

'''Peter Allen'''
* ''[[Making Every Moment Count]]''

'''Original Broadway cast recordings'''
* ''[[Hairspray (2002 album)|Hairspray]]''
* ''[[Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me]]''
* ''[[Catch Me If You Can (musical)|Catch Me If You Can]]''
* ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical]]'' (West End musical)
* ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical]]'' (Broadway musical)
* ''[[Some Like It Hot (cast album)|Some Like It Hot]]'' (Broadway musical)
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'''Soundtracks'''
* ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]''
* ''[[Addams Family Values]]''
* ''[[Beaches (1988 film)|Beaches]]''
* ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]''
* ''[[Heart and Souls]]''
* ''[[For the Boys]]''
* ''[[City Slickers]]''
* ''[[A Few Good Men]]''
* ''[[Sister Act]]''
* ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]''
* ''[[Hocus Pocus (1993 film)|Hocus Pocus]]''
* ''[[North (1994 film)|North]]''
* ''[[The American President]]''
* ''[[The Out-of-Towners (1999 film)|The Out-of-Towners]]''
* ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (soundtrack)#Track listing|South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]''
* ''[[Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics#CD|Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics]]''
* ''[[The Story of Us (1999 film)|The Story of Us]]''
* ''[[Alex & Emma]]''
* ''[[Rumor Has It...]]''
* ''[[Hairspray (2007 soundtrack)|Hairspray]]''
* ''[[The Bucket List]]''
* ''[[Smash (TV series)|Smash]]'' Season One
* ''[[Smash (TV series)|Smash]]'' Season Two
* ''[[Bombshell (musical)|Bombshell]]''
* ''[[Hairspray Live!]]''
* ''[[The Star (2017 film)|The Star]]''
* ''[[Mary Poppins Returns (soundtrack)|Mary Poppins Returns]]''
* ''[[Hocus Pocus 2]]''
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==Concert/cabaret work==
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* [[Peter Allen (musician)|Peter Allen]]
* [[Jack Black]] & [[Will Ferrell]]
* [[Kristin Chenoweth]]
* [[Rosemary Clooney]]
* [[Harry Connick Jr.]]
* [[Billy Crystal]]
* [[Christine Ebersole]]
* [[Ellen Foley]]
* [[Whoopi Goldberg]]
* [[Annie Golden]]
* [[The Harlettes]]
* The High-Heeled Women
* [[Lauryn Hill]]
* [[Jennifer Holliday]]
* [[Allison Janney]]
* Laura Kenyon
* [[Nathan Lane]]
* [[Ute Lemper]]
* [[Jenifer Lewis]]
* [[Darlene Love]]
* [[Patti LuPone]]
* [[Lypsinka]]
* [[Ann Magnuson]]
* [[Andrea Martin]]
* [[Lonette McKee]]
* [[Bette Midler]]
* [[Catherine O'Hara]]
* [[Sarah Jessica Parker]]
* Zora Rasmussen
* [[Ann Reinking]]
* [[Debbie Shapiro Gravitte]]
* [[Martin Short]]
* [[Barbra Streisand]]
* [[Donald Trump]]
* [[Tracey Ullman]]
* [[Luther Vandross]]
* [[Bruce Vilanch]]
* [[Steven Weber]]
* [[Raquel Welch]]
* [[Robin Williams]]
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== Accolades ==
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For his work as a composer and lyricist for films, television, and [[musical theatre|theatre]], Shaiman has received numerous accolades including two [[Emmy Awards]], two [[Grammy Awards]] and a [[Tony Award]] as well as nominations for seven [[Academy Awards]], two [[BAFTA Awards]], and two [[Golden Globe Awards]]. He earned the [[Hollywood Film Award]] for Outstanding Contribution to Music and Film in 2002.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040608120821/http://shaiman.filmmusic.com/ The Musical Mind of Marc Shaiman]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080118085300/http://musicaltalk.co.uk/episodes_0061.html MusicalTalk Interview] with Marc Shaiman

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