{"ID":59,"biography":"<p>John Dempsey (Book &amp; Lyrics) is a New York based writer\/lyricist whose works have been widely produced across the United States as well as throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Russia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Brazil and other countries. <span class=\"caps\">BOOK<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">AND<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">LYRICS<\/span>: <em>Saved<\/em>, <em>The Witches of Eastwick<\/em>, <em>The Fix<\/em>, <em>Zombie Prom<\/em>, <em>Dick Whittington<\/em> and <em>Circles<\/em>. <span class=\"caps\">LYRICS<\/span>: <em>A Country Christmas Carol<\/em> and <em>The Reluctant Dragon<\/em>. In addition, he has contributed lyrics to various editions of Ringling Bros. Barnum &amp; Bailey Circus as well as Boublil and Schonberg\u00eds <em>The Pirate Queen<\/em>. For his work on <em>The Witches of Eastwick<\/em> and <em>The Fix<\/em> he has been twice nominated for the Society of London Theatre\u00eds Laurence Olivier Award. <\/p>","mainImage":""}