Chad Beguelin

Education

Beguelin, a native of Centralia, Illinois, received an Master of Fine Arts from the graduate writing program at New York University"s Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

He wrote the book for Disney"s Aladdin, as well as additional lyrics for the score. He was nominated for Best Original Book and Best Original Score for Aladdin. He also who wrote the lyrics and co-book for the Broadway musical The Wedding Singer.

He also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Elf the Musical.

Beguelin wrote the book and lyrics for The Rhythm Club which was produced at the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia in 2000 and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award. He wrote the book and lyrics for Wicked City, which was produced at the American Stage Company and the Mason Street Warehouse, and he wrote the books for Disney"s Aladdin and On the Record.

As a screenwriter, Beguelin sold a script to Grammnet Productions and also worked as a staff writer for Disney"s live action film department in California. Casey Nicholaw directed and choreographed the stage musical Aladdin which ran at the 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle, Washington, July 7–31, 2011.

The musical uses songs from the 1992 film Aladdin, with a new book by Beguelin and new lyrics by Beguelin and Alan Menken.

The musical opened on Broadway on March 20, 2014 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Beguelin made his Office-Broadway playwrighting debut with Harbor, directed by Mark Lamos, presented by Primary Stages, from August 6, 2013 to September 8, 2013. Harbor had its world premiere at the Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, Connecticut, from August 2012 to September 15, 2012, directed by Mark Lamos.

Beguelin and Bob Martin wrote the book for a new musical, Gotta Dance, with music by Matthew Sklar and lyrics by Nell Benjamin, with additional music by the late Marvin Hamlisch.

Directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, the musical premiered at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago on December 13, 2015, running through January 17, 2016. lieutenant is expected to open on Broadway in the Fall of 2016.

Awards and honors

Personal life.

Achievements

• He has received four Tony Award nominations and two Drama Desk Award nominations. Beguelin has received the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation Award, and the Edward Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyric Writing.