Today, I Wanna Be Like Robert Horn! Robert Horn is a Tony Award winning Book Writer for his work on Tootsie alongside David Yazbek! Prior to working in theater, Robert had a successful career in TV/Film writing on Designing Women, Living Single and High Society to name a few. He’s penned some successful television movies for Disney Channel including the High School Musical spinoff Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, The Suite Life Movie and Teen Beach Movie! Robert began his career writing musicals by working alongside Jason Robert Brown on the musical 13 which starred Ariana Grande and subsequently wrote the film version that Netflix acquired in 2022. Since winning his Tony, Robert wrote the Tony Award nominated musical Shucked which is currently on tour and in the West End as well as the stage adaptation of Hercules currently running in Germany and the West End! He’s got many new projects in development and gets to discussing the keys to comedy as well as what makes a successful book for a musical!
I WANNA BE LIKE ROBERT HORN CHAPTERS
1. 00:00 Intro WITH ROBERT
2. 02:08 Robert’s I Wanna Be Like You as a Kid
3. 07:25 Theater Beginnings
4. 12:26 Donna Murphy & Bette Midler
5. 14:30 Moving to LA
6. 16:50 Designing Women
7. 19:20 Living Single, Pilot Season and Overall Deals
8. 31:10 Moving Back To NY, Working in Theater
9. 32:20 13 The Musical
10. 39:55 13 The Movie
11. 43:10 Partners
12. 46:00 Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, The Suite Life Movie and Teen Beach Movie
13. 54:10 Moving Back to NYC/Writing Musicals
14. 56:00 Moonshine: The Hee Haw Musical
15. 1:00:00 Tootsie
16. 1:11:00 Comedy in Theater
17. 1:16:10 Tootsie on Broadway!
18. 1:19:50 WINNING THE TONY
19. 1:23:30 Shucked!
20. 1:37:10 Hercules Stage Adaptation
21. 1:44:30 Bathroom Break
22. 1:45:30 Dream People To Write For
23. 1:46:45 What’s Next?!?!
24. 1:48:50 Advice For Younger Self
25. 1:51:15 State Of The Industry
26. 1:52:10 Dream Guest Manifestation
27. 1:53:33 Robert’s I Wanna Be Like You NOW!
