Daniel Seligman is a 22 Year Old Composer, Lyricist, and Playwright living in New York City. Originally from Bethesda, Maryland, Seligman is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College's Writing for the Stage program and privately studies music with Adam Guettel.
Throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic, Seligman experimented with new ways of developing musicals from home. Working with his best friend, Ian Coursey and other peers, Seligman put on 2 fully virtual workshops of new musicals, one of which featured a cast of 12 actors, all performing live from different spaces.
Alongside director Mia Ehrlich, Seligman is currently developing multiple original musicals. During his first semester of college, Seligman wrote the first version of his musical SWEET MOTHER OF CHRIST for a 48-hour Playwriting Festival. Since then, Ehrlich and Seligman held a reading of a one act version in 2022, recorded a demo-tape in Adam Guettel’s studio in 2023, and self-produced a fully staged workshop of the piece in the fall of 2024 at Open Jar Studios. You can read more about “SMOC”s development timeline here.
Seligman is also developing a 2 person musical titled THE 1000 YEAR OLD MAN with Ehrlich. A short version of this unlikely love story was first presented at Marymount Manhattan College in the spring of 2024.
Seligman works as Guettel’s assistant and worked by his side on the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES, as well as working on the original cast album. Seligman is currently assisting Guettel on the broadway premiere of FLOYD COLLINS, and has just participated in the making of the original cast album. Seligman's studio work extends to assisting on the 2025 cast recording of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS and his work in his home studio.
Seligman also writes bespoke songs for musical theatre performers. Recently, his song, “Too Little Time” was performed by Anna Zavelson at her debut 54 Below show and her concert in Ann Arbor Michigan.
Raised on Classic Rock and with inspirations from Paul McCartney to Stephen Sondheim, Seligman attempts to create a unique sound in all of his work. When he’s not writing, he’s usually thinking about writing, or his pug, Louie.
