received Tony, Grammy and Drama Desk Awards for Hairspray. On Broadway, in concert, for television and in many a boite, Scott Wittman has conceived, written and/or directed and collaborated with the following (are you sitting?): Kristin Chenoweth, Jayne County, Sandy Duncan, Christine Ebersole, Dame Edna, Ellen Foley, Annie Golden, Debbie Gravitte, the High-Heeled Women, Allison Janney, Madeline Kahn, Lainie Kazan, Laura Kenyon (as Lainie Kazan), Nathan Lane, Ute Lemper, Darlene Love, Patti LuPone, Lypsinka, Ann Magnuson, Andrea Martin, Lonette McKee, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zora Rasmussen, John Sex, Martin Short, Elaine Stritch, Bruce Vilanch, Rufus Wainwright, Raquel Welch, Holly Woodlawn... and, his most important partner, Marc Shaiman, for 23 amazing years. He saw John Waters' Pink Flamingos at the Elgin Theatre with his friends Billy and Tracey in 1973 and has never been the same since.
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