Dan Goggin is an American writer,

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, and lyricist for

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Biography

Goggin began his career as a singer in the Broadway production of '' Luther'', which starred

Albert Finney Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with '' The Entertainer'' (1960) ...

. He then toured for five years as a member of the folksinging duo, ''The Saxons'', before writing the music for and appearing in the off-Broadway musical ''Hark!''.Dan Goggin, IMDb
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/ref> Goggin began composing both music and lyrics for revues satirizing current events, trends, and personalities. He later composed incidental music for the short-lived 1976 Broadway production, ''Legend'', starring Elizabeth Ashley and F. Murray Abraham, which closed after five performances. Goggin's early life experiences, including schooling by the Marywood Dominican Sisters and his days as a seminarian, influenced him to create his greatest success. A line of greeting cards featuring a nun offering tart quips caught on so quickly that Goggin decided to expand the concept into a cabaret show called ''The Nunsense Story'', which opened for a four-day run at Manhattan's Duplex and remained for 38 weeks, encouraging its creator to expand it into a full-length theater production.Off Broadway
What followed was '' Nunsense'' (1985), one of

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's biggest commercial successes, which ran a total of 3672 performances. By the time it closed, it had become an international phenomenon translated into 21 languages with more than 5000 productions worldwide. Goggin followed it with six sequels, ''Nunsense 2: The Second Coming'', ''Sister Amnesia's Country Western Nunsense Jamboree'', ''Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical'', ''Meshuggah-Nuns!'', ''Nunsensations: The Nunsense Vegas Revue'', and ''Nunset Boulevard''. In 1998 Dan opened an all-male production of ''Nunsense'' entitled ''Nunsense A-Men!'' The show played in New York City to rave reviews. Goggin also wrote the book, music, and lyrics for ''A One-Way Ticket To Broadway'' and ''Balancing Act'', neither of which was as successful as the ''Nunsense'' franchise.

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