Douglas J. Cohen

Douglas J. Cohen is an American composer and lyricist. He is a member of ASCAP, BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop, and the Dramatists Guild of America.

Works

 * The Big Time - Book by Douglas Carter Beane, music & lyrics by Cohen.
 * No Way To Treat A Lady
 * The Gig
 * Children's Letters to God - Book by Stoo Hample, music by David Evans, and lyrics by Cohen
 * The Opposite of Sex
 * Barnstormer - with Cheryl L. Davis
 * Glimmerglass - Book by Jonathan Bolt and lyrics by Ted Drachman
 * A Charles Dickens Christmas
 * Boozy
 * Valentino's Tango - Music by Howard Marren
 * Columbus
 * When The Cookie Crumbles, You Can Still Pick Up The Pieces
 * God's Hand
 * How to Survive a Killer Musical: Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway (Applause Books, 2023, 9781493075744)

Awards and grants

 * Richard Rodgers Development Grant from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters - (No Way To Treat A Lady)
 * Richard Rodgers Development Grant from American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters - (The Gig)
 * Nominated for 2 Outer Critics Circle Award (No Way To Treat A Lady)
 * 1998 Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation Award - (Glimmerglass, No Way To Treat A Lady, The Big Time, The Gig)
 * 2005 Jonathan Larson Award - (Barnstormer)
 * 2005 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyricist - (Children's Letters to God)
 * 2009 Noël Coward Award - (The Gig)