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Russell "Russ" Kaplan (born August 17, 1978 in Washington, D.C.) is an American musical theater, jazz and rock composer, librettist, and musician. Kaplan is best known as a creator of the a cappella musical In Transit, which premiered Off-Broadway at Primary Stages in Fall 2010 and opened on Broadway at Circle in the Square Theatre on December 11, 2016, where it ran for 145 performances before closing on April 17, 2017.

Kaplan's other works for the stage with In Transit co-writer Sara Wordsworth include:
 * The family musical Dear Albert Einstein, which premiered Off-Broadway in Spring 2014, produced by New York City Children's Theater (then called Making Books Sing)