The Kid
Chris Sieber and Lucas Steele
(L-R) Michael Zam, Andy Monroe, Terry Miller, D.J. Miller-Savage, Dan Savage, Jack Lechner
Premiered April 10, 2010 at The New Group, NYC
Book: Michael Zam
Music: Andy Monroe
Lyrics: Jack Lechner
Based on the book by Dan Savage
Directed by Scott Elliott
Cast: Christopher Sieber, Lucas Steele, Jill Eikenberry, Jeannine Frumess, Kevin Anthony, Susan Blackwell, Ann Harada, Tyler Maynard, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Justin Patterson, Michael Wartella
Awards
Won:
Outer Critics Circle, Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical
Jerry Bock Award
Jonathan Larson Grant
Nominated:
Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Musical
GLAAD Media Award
Five Drama Desk Awards (Outstanding Musical; Outstanding Actor in a Musical, Christopher Sieber; Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical, Jill Eikenberry; Outstanding Book of a Musical, Michael Zam; Outstanding Lyrics, Jack Lechner)
Big Shot
Premiered December 9, 2022 at Theatre Row, NYC
Music: Paul Libman
Lyrics: Gary Apple, Rob Berliner, Jack Lechner, Paul Libman, Mary Liz McNamara, Mark Pierce
Big Shot is an “original jukebox musical” — a dance show with 19 original songs, all 1960s pastiches. Jack wrote three of the lyrics, including the finale, “Tears of Joy.”
Independent Spirit Awards
Rosario Dawson and Jeremy Renner sing "Half Nelson," 2007
Macy Gray sings "Capote," 2006
Dwight Yoakam sings "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," 2006
Peter Gallagher sings "Brokeback Mountain," 2006
Lesley Ann Warren sings "The Good Girl," 2003
Neil Patrick Harris sings "American Gun," 2007
Minnie Driver sings "Pan's Labyrinth," 2007
David Alan Grier sings "Baadasssss!", 2004
Zooey Deschanel and Kyra Sedgwick sing "In America," 2004
Jack wrote song parodies for the Independent Spirit Awards from 2003 to 2008, televised variously on IFC, AMC, and Bravo. Performers included Tom Arnold, Thora Birch, Erika Christensen, Rosario Dawson, Taylor Dayne, Zooey Deschanel, Loretta Devine, Illeana Douglas, Minnie Driver, Peter Gallagher, Macy Gray, David Alan Grier, Neil Patrick Harris, Richard Kind, Juliette Lewis, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Megan Mullaly, Alessandro Nivola, Annette O’Toole, Joe Pantoliano, Elizabeth Pena, Jeremy Renner, Kyra Sedgwick, Jennifer Tilly, Nia Vardalos, Lesley Ann Warren, and Dwight Yoakam.
Blaze
Jack is currently writing the lyrics for a stage musical adaptation of the 1989 movie Blaze, with music by Paul Libman and book by the film’s writer-director, Ron Shelton.
Paul Newman and Lolita Davidovich as Earl Long and Blaze Starr in "Blaze"