Daniel Goldstein

Lyricist and Librettist

Playwrights debut. Winner of the 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Musical Theater Librettist. His musical Row, written with Dawn Landes about Tori Murden McClure, the first woman to row the Atlantic Ocean, was commissioned by The Public and will have its world premiere this summer at The Williamstown Theatre Festival. Daniel’s play Orange Crush, commissioned by Roundabout Theater Company, is about Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of The Art of the Deal. He is the recipient of an inaugural Calderwood Commission from the Huntington Theatre Company and The Public Theater/Joe’s Pub NY Voices Commission for New Musicals. With Michael, he is also the author of The Song Of Songs, an adaptation of the Sholem Aleichem novella. As a director, his work includes many productions on and off-Broadway and at theaters around the United States and internationally. He is a graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Performance Studies.

Appears in
Unknown Soldier