Lynn Ahrens

Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American writer and lyricist for the musical theatre, television and film. She has collaborated with Stephen Flaherty for many years. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award for the Broadway musical Ragtime. Together with Flaherty, she has written many musicals, including Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Ragtime, Seussical, A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose, The Glorious Ones, Rocky, Little Dancer, Anastasia, and Once on This Island. She was also nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for the animated Twentieth Century Fox film Anastasia. She wrote the teleplay of her 1994 musical adaption of A Christmas Carol, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Ahrens. She was a mainstay writer and performer for ABC-TV's Schoolhouse Rock! Ahrens also wrote lyrics for the title song for After the Storm, the documentary film about young Hurricane Katrina survivors putting on Once On This Island.

Ragtime (2025 Broadway Cast Recording) - 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000000Z

A Simple Holiday - 2024-12-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Chloe Hearts Christmas - 2023-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Witness - 2023-09-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Knoxville (World Premiere Recording) - 2022-10-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Legacy - Two Song Cycles (World Premiere Recording) - 2020-12-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Artists in Residence - 2020-06-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Milford High School 2019 Winter Choral Concert - 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Opera Meets Broadway - 2019-11-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Behind the Curtain - Broadway Composers & Lyricists Sing Their Songs - 2018-12-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Once on This Island (New Broadway Cast Recording) - 2018-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

The ABRSM Songbook Plus, Grade 4 - 2017-10-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Anastasia (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - 2017-06-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Nice Fighting You - 30th Anniversary Celebration: Live at 54 Below - 2014-06-03T00:00:00.000000Z

A Little Bit of Love - 2012-10-26T00:00:00.000000Z

The First Date - 2012-10-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Ragtime (Original 2009 Broadway Cast) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Seussical (Original Off Broadway Cast) - 2010-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Schoolhouse Rock! Earth - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Best Of/20th Century - Broadway - 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dessa Rose (Original Cast Recording The Lincoln Centre Theater production) - 2005-12-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Lucky Stiff (Original Off Broadway Cast The York Theatre) - 2004-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

A Christmas Carol (Original Soundtrack from the Hallmark TV Production) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Camp (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 2003-07-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Broadway Love Songs - 2003-01-28T00:00:00.000000Z

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