Michael Colby is the librettist/lyricist of such musicals as CHARLOTTE SWEET (Drama Desk Award nomination), NORTH ATLANTIC (Show Business Award), TALES OF TINSELTOWN, MRS. McTHING, LUDLOW LADD, DELPHI OR BUST, and THEY CHOSE ME! He was chief writer for Drama Desk Award-winning New Amsterdam Theatre Company, and has been a frequent writer for Amas Musical Theatre and the Theatre By the Blind. Among the personalities for whom Colby has written special material are: Linda Lavin, Michael Feinstein, Tony Randall, Savion Glover, Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen, Susan Stroman, Cliff Robertson, Jack Gilford, Andrea Marcovicci, Lainie Kazan, Jane Powell, Edie Adams, Donna McKechnie, and Julie Wilson. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and N.Y.U. A member of BMI and the Dramatists Guild, he lives in Metuchen NJ with his wife Andrea and son Steven.