Awards & Winners

Tom Jones

Date of Birth 17-February-1928
Place of Birth Littlefield
(Lamb County, Texas)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Jones, Tom
Profession Writer, Lyricist, Librettist, Screenwriter
Tom Jones, is an American lyricist of musical theatre. His best-known work is The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 until 2002, and the hit song from the same, "Try to Remember". Other songs from The Fantasticks include "Soon It's Gonna Rain", "Much More" and "I Can See It". He also wrote the screenplay for the 1995 feature film adaptation. Jones acted in a New York City revival of The Fantasticks, which he also directed. He played the part of the Old Actor, which he played when the musical opened in 1960, from April 26, 2010, to June 6, 2010. He was credited as an actor in the show as Thomas Bruce. Jones is also the author of Making Musicals: An Informal Introduction to the World of Musical Theater, about which Elyse Sommer wrote on January 15, 1998 in CurtainUp: All of Jones' major musicals were written with Harvey Schmidt, whom he met at the University of Texas at Austin.

Awards by Tom Jones

Check all the awards nominated and won by Tom Jones.

1992


Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre
Honored for : The Fantasticks

1975


1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score I Do! I Do!
Tony Award for Best Musical I Do! I Do!

1964


Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score 110 in the Shade

1961


Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award
Honored for : The Fantasticks

Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award The Fantasticks