A Tony Award-winner for “Hairspray,” and a seven-time Oscar nominee, Marc Shaiman has written about his nearly 50 years in show business in a new memoir, “Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories From a Sore Winner.”
There’s a line from an old movie that says no man is a failure who has friends, and by that reasoning, meet the most successful man in town: Marc Shaiman, the legendary composer, Tony-, Grammy- and Emmy-winner, and a guy with friends like Nathan Lane… [4804 chars]
Source: CBS News | Published: 2026-03-01T15:09:00Z
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