A Class Act, a musical biography of Kleban with a score consisting of songs he wrote for numerous unproduced musicals. After a two-month run at the Manhattan Theatre Club, it transferred to the Ambassador Theatre on March 10, 2001 and ran for three additional months. Almost 14 years after his death, Kleban earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Original Score and Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Music and Outstanding Lyrics. References External links EdwardKleban.com Edward Kleban papers, 1960-1986, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts 1939 births 1987 deaths American musical theatre composers Broadway composers and lyricists Jewish American composers Jewish American songwriters Columbia University alumni The High School of Music & Art alumni Pulitzer Prize for Drama winners Tony Award winners Drama Desk Award winners 20th-century American composers Deaths from throat cancer Deaths from laryngeal cancer 20th-century American Jews