Musical talent ran in Marvin Hamlisch's family - his father was an accordionist, and at seven Hamlisch was the youngest student ever accepted by Manhattan's Julliard School of Music. Hamlich furthered his education by taking night classes at Queens College and working during the day as a rehearsal pianist for Broadway shows. He eventually began composing songs for stage productions. In 1968 he met film producer Sam Spiegel , resulting in his first film score for The Swimmer (1968) (he had previously written some songs for a low-budget teenpic, Ski Party (1965), but did not do the score for it). Hamlisch became well versed in the very specialized field of film scoring. In addition to scoring films, he ventured into film production as co-producer of The Entertainer (1976) (TV). In 1976 he won a Tony award for his scoring of the Broadway show "A Chorus Line."
At the age of seven, he was the youngest student ever accepted at the acclaimed Juiliard School of Music. Made movie history in 1974 when he became the first individual ever to win three Academy Awards in one night in all three music categories. One for the song, "The Way We Were" (with co-writers Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman ), another for the score to the movie The Way We Were (1973) and one for the adaption of Scott Joplin 's ragtime music for The Sting (1973). In 1994, he conducted the London orchestra for Barbra Streisand 's first British concert.He was the accompanist and straight man for Groucho Marx , when he toured in 1974-75.Marvin Hamlisch won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical "A Chorus Line", collaborating with Nicholas Dante , Michael Bennett , James Kirkwood Jr. and Ed Kleban .He is one of nine artists who have won all four major entertainment awards (Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy).Engaged to Emma Samms in the early 1980s.Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986.After legendary musical composer Richard Rodgers , Hamlisch is the second only artist to have won the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy and Pulitzer Prize.His musical, "A Chorus Line," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2011 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Production of a Musical (Large).
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Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.