American composer

Stephen Flaherty

Stephen Flaherty is an American composer of musical theatre and film. He works most often in collaboration with the lyricist/book writer Lynn Ahrens. They are best known for writing the Broadway musicals Ragtime, which was nominated for thirteen Tony Awards, two Grammy Awards, and won the Tony for Best Original Score; Once on This Island, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, the Olivier Award for London's Best Musical, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and eight Tony Awards; and Seussical, which was nominated for the Grammy Award. Flaherty was also nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for his songs and song score for the animated film musical Anastasia.

Born

1960

September 18

Died

Living

Era

1960s

Country

—

About

Stephen, in brief

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

1960 Born

Also on September 18

What else happened on this day, through history

96 Emperor Domitian is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. Nerva is then proclaimed as his successor.
324 Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
1048 Battle of Kapetron between a combined Byzantine-Georgian army and a Seljuq army.
1066 Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands with Tostig Godwinson at the mouth of the Humber River and begins his invasion of England.

See all of September 18 →

The world in 1960

When Stephen arrived

april 1 The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
april 13 The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
april 15 At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
april 19 Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.

Read the year 1960 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on September 18

Beth Grant 1949– American actress Fred Willard 1933–2020 American actor, comedian, and writer (born 1933) Grey Owl 1888–1938 English-Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1888) Henry Wittenberg 1918–2010 American wrestler (born 1918) Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri 1937– South African politician (died 2009) James Marsden 1973– American actor James Scullin 1876–1953 Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876) Jimmie Rodgers 1933–1933 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1897) Keith Morris 1955– American singer-songwriter

See everything on September 18 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1960

Aaron Allston 1960–2014 American game designer and author (died 2014) Akbar Ganji 1960– Iranian journalist and author Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 1960– second son of Elizabeth II Annabella Sciorra 1960– American actress Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1960– Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Ayuo Takahashi 1960– Japanese-American singer-songwriter Bernard Rose 1960–1996 English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Cem Uzan 1960– Turkish businessman and politician Craig Hodges 1960– American basketball player and coach

Read about the year 1960 →

Keep going

More to explore

Stephen's birthday September 18 Stephen's zodiac Virgo When Stephen arrived 1960