The Producers (musical) in history and becoming one of the few musicals to win in every category for which it was nominated – it received two nominations for leading actor and three for featured actor. Its record for most nominations was tied in 2009 by "Billy Elliot the Musical" and broken in 2016 when "Hamilton" received 16 nominations, but its record number of wins still stands, as of 2018. "Hamilton" is second, with 11 wins. The Producers (musical) The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks
John Morris (composer) to Independence, Kansas while he was young, and continued studying piano. By the late 1940s, he moved back to New York City, where he studied at both Juilliard School and at The New School for Social Research. From the 1950s through the 1970s, Morris helped to compose incidental music and dance numbers for a number of Broadway productions, including "Wildcat" (1960), "Hot Spot" (1963), "Baker Street" (1965), "Dear World" (1969), "Mack & Mabel" (1974), and "Hamlet" (1975). He had written and produced his own musical, "A Time for Singing", released in 1966. Morris worked with Mel Brooks, starting with Brooks'