Dan Goggin
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Dan Goggin came to New York from Alma, Michigan to study as a singer.
He sang in the Broadway production of "Luther" starring Albert Finney.
He began writing while appearing in a comic folk-duo called "The
Saxons". The first show he wrote the music for was "Hark". In 1986
Goggin received the Outer Critics' Circle Awards given to Nunsense for
Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Music. Nunsense, in addition to
running 10 years in New York City, has now run in thousands of theatres
around the world. There have been over 30,000 "nuns" in the Nunsense
family. Goggin followed that with the off Broadway show "Balancing Act"
which ran at the West Side Theatre in NYC. Subsequent productions of
Nunsense included Nunsense 2, Nunsense Jamboree, Nunsense A-Men!,
Nuncrackers, Meshuggah-Nuns, and Nunsensations. Nunsense and Nunsense
2: The Second Coming, both starring Rue McClanahan have been videotaped
for the A&E Television Network and also aired on PBS. Both shows won
Telly Awards. Nunsense 3: The Jamboree toured the U.S. starring Georgia
Engel and has been recorded for television at the Grand Ole Opry
starring Vicki Lawrence. The Nuncrackers television special playing the
PBS network starring Rue McClanahan with guest star John Ritter,
received an Emmy nomination for Best Musical Score. Danny is currently
working on a new musical, A Nunsensequel - Hollywood - The Final
Frontier.
