Barry Michael Harman
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Barry Michael Harman is an American Emmy Award
-winning writer and producer for television, and a Tony nominated book writer and lyricist for the Broadway theater. He wrote and directed the Broadway musical ROMANCE/ROMANCE, which starred Scott Bakula and Alison Fraser, and which received five Tony nominations (including Best Musical, Best Lyrics and Best Book), four Outer Critics Circle Awards and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Lyrics. His off-Broadway musical OLYMPUS ON MY MIND won him an Outer Critics Award for Best Lyrics and received three Drama Desk nominations. His work in TV includes winning Emmy Awards on his very first professional job, working a staff writer on the classic THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW. He followed that with an Emmy Award for an episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY, and he also co-wrote the premiere episode of THE JEFFERSONS.
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning writer and producer for television, and a Tony nominated book writer and lyricist for the Broadway theater. He wrote and directed the Broadway musical ROMANCE/ROMANCE, which starred Scott Bakula and Alison Fraser, and which received five Tony nominations (including Best Musical, Best Lyrics and Best Book), four Outer Critics Circle Awards and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Lyrics. His off-Broadway musical OLYMPUS ON MY MIND won him an Outer Critics Award for Best Lyrics and received three Drama Desk nominations. His work in TV includes winning Emmy Awards on his very first professional job, working a staff writer on the classic THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW. He followed that with an Emmy Award for an episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY, and he also co-wrote the premiere episode of THE JEFFERSONS.