Jack Murphy Jack Murphy has worked on a wide variety of projects as both lyricist and composer. Collaborating with Frank Wildhorn, he wrote lyrics for Linda Eder's EMI CD AND SO MUCH MORE, as well as songs on her Atlantic CD's IT'S TIME, IT'S NO SECRET ANYMORE, CHRISTMAS STAYS THE SAME, and GOLD. Jack has written one of the songs, "The Rainbow's End", on Linda's Judy Garland tribute CD For EMI. In collaboration with Mary Bracken Phillips, he composed the score for the musical SILVER DOLLAR which debuted at the Goodspeed Opera House, with a second production at the Stage One Theater in Wichita directed by Scott Schwartz. He has written and performed albums for many record labels including A&M, Verve, MGM, Elektra, Columbia and ABC Dunhill, and was a staff writer for United Artists Music. In collaboration with Frank Wildhorn and Gregory Boyd of the Alley Theater in Houston,Texas, he wrote the lyrics for THE CIVIL WAR, which garnered him a Tony Nomination for Best Score when it debuted on Broadway at the St. James Theater. He was back on Broadway again at the St. James Theater with three songs penned for the hit show, SWING. Once again in collaboration with composer Frank Wildhorn, Jack has written the Book and Lyrics of a musical about a 1920's American author and his wife, suggested by the lives of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, titled WAITING FOR THE MOON, directed by Vincent Marini at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center in Marlton, New Jersey. Frank and Jack opened RUDOLF - THE LAST KISS in Budapest, Hungary in May of 2006. A second production opened in Szeged, Hungary in July 06 and in 2007/08 season the show will premiere in Vienna, Austria. Jack is currently writing the music and lyrics as well as co-authoring the book with Vincent Marini, for a new musical written specifically for Linda Eder, which had a reading of Act One at the Lenape Regional Performing Arts Center, titled, The Seduction Of Sheila Valentine.