William Finn - Writing Credits

Writing Credits

• In Trousers (1979, revised 1987) – Off Broadway musical – composer, lyricist
• March of the Falsettos (1981) – Off Broadway musical – composer, lyricist
• America Kicks Up Its Heels (1983) – Off Broadway musical – composer, lyricist
• Dangerous Games (1989) – Broadway musical – lyricist; music by Ástor Piazzolla
• Romance in Hard Times (1989) – Off Broadway musical – composer, lyricist
• Falsettoland (1990) – Off Broadway musical – composer, lyricist, co-writer with James Lapine
• Falsettos (1992) – Broadway musical – composer, lyricist, co-writer with James Lapine; includes March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland
• The Sisters Rosensweig (1993) – Broadway play – composer and lyricist for the song "Scarlet Pimpernel"
• A New Brain (1998) – Off Broadway musical – composer, lyricist, co-writer with James Lapine
• Love's Fire (1998) – playwright, composer and lyricist for the song "Painting"
• Elegies: A Song Cycle (2003) – Off Broadway revue – composer, lyricist
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2004) – 2005 Off Broadway musical transferred to Broadway – composer, lyricist
• Make Me a Song (2007) – Off Broadway revue – composer, lyricist
• Little Miss Sunshine (2011) – La Jolla Playhouse musical – composer, lyricist

Notable Songs:

• "Anytime (I Am There)"
• "The Baseball Game"
• "Change"
• "Four Jews in a Room Bitching"
• "Goodbye"
• "Gordo's Law of Genetics"
• "Heart and Music"
• "I'd Rather Be Sailing"
• "I Have Found"
• "The I Love You Song"
• "Infinite Joy"
• "Just Go"
• "Song of Innocence and Experience"
• "When the Earth Stopped Turning"