Awards & Winners

Stew

Date of Birth 16-August-1961
Place of Birth Los Angeles
(Southern California, Los Angeles County, United States of America, California)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Mark Stewart
Profession Playwright, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Orchestrator, Composer
Mark Stewart, known by his stage name Stew, is a singer/songwriter/playwright from Los Angeles. In the early 1990s, he formed a band called The Negro Problem and later went on to release albums under his own name. His 2000 release Guest Host was named Album of the Year by Entertainment Weekly and his 2002 album, The Naked Dutch Painter and Other Songs, repeated that feat. He toured in support of Love's Arthur Lee in 2002 and in 2003 he was invited to take part in the Lincoln Center's American Songbook series of concerts. Starting in 2004, he began writing the book, lyrics and music for his semi-autobiographical rock musical Passing Strange, produced with the support of the Sundance Institute and The Public Theater, which won him the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics. In 2005, he wrote and performed "Gary's Song" for the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Have You Seen This Snail?". In 2006, he and Rodewald continued to produce Passing Strange as well as working on a film project with The Sundance Institute. Passing Strange had successful runs at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California, in the fall of 2006, and off-Broadway at The Public Theater in New York City during the spring of 2007. It received critical praise from both the New York Times and Variety and opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre in February 2008 under the aegis of producer Liz McCann and the Shubert Organization. The play garnered seven Tony nominations in 2008, with Stew receiving four nominations and winning the award for Best Book. The play closed in July 2008, with Spike Lee filming the final performances for a feature film which screened at the Sundance Festival in January 2009.

Awards by Stew

Check all the awards nominated and won by Stew.

2008


Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Honored for : Passing Strange
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
Honored for : Passing Strange
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
Honored for : Passing Strange
Obie Award for Ensemble Performance
Honored for : Passing Strange
Obie Award for Best New Theater Piece
Honored for : Passing Strange

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations Passing Strange
Tony Award for Best Orchestrations Passing Strange
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical Passing Strange
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Passing Strange
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics Passing Strange
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Passing Strange
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music Passing Strange
Tony Award for Best Original Score Passing Strange