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 (Off-Broadway 1987, revised 1996); based on the novel by William Goldman 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)