Michael Stewart (playwright)

Michael Stewart (August 1, 1924 – September 20, 1987) was an American playwright and librettist for the stage.

Life and career

Born Myron Stuart Rubin in Manhattan, Stewart attended Queens College, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts in 1953.

His early work was writing sketches for the revues The Shoestring Revue (1955),The Littlest Revue (1956), and Shoestring '57 (1956, Barbizon-Plaza, New York). He then joined the staff writers of Sid Caesar's television program, Caesar's Hour.

He met Charles Strouse and Lee Adams in 1954, and several years after collaborated with them and Gower Champion on the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie. He worked again with Champion and Jerry Herman, with their musical Hello, Dolly! opening on Broadway in 1964.

Stewart died on September 20, 1987 in New York City. Jule Styne said of him: "He was an extremely talented and knowledgeable man of the theater. He was one of the great musical-theater writers, and his string of hits showed that." Stewart's sister was writer Francine Pascal.

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Michael Stewart (boxer)

Michael Stewart (born December 20, 1977, Columbia, Tennessee) is a professional boxer. He has held the USBA light welterweight title. In perhaps his most high-profile bout, he was knocked out by Ricky Hatton in round 5. He also lost an IBF title fight by decision to Sharmba Mitchell.

Michael was a contestant on the reality series, Contender Season 2 on ESPN. On it, he was picked to be a member of the Blue Team. In the first round, he fought Ebo Elder, winning by knockout, but Grady Brewer beat him by unanimous decision in the semifinals winning 50-45 on all scorecards.

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Michael Stewart (musician)

Michael “Mike” Stewart (April 19, 1945 – November 13, 2002) was the co-founder and guitarist for We Five.

Life and career

Stewart was the brother of John Stewart (1939–2008), a one-time member of The Kingston Trio and later a very successful singer/songwriter, and the father of Jamie Stewart, frontman of popular avant-garde group Xiu Xiu.

He left the music industry in the early 1990s and became a computer programmer. He later played bass in his son's band The Indestructible Beat of Palo Alto (IBOPA).

Stewart died on November 13, 2002, reportedly a result of "a long illness." However, Jamie Stewart has acknowledged that his father's death was, in fact, a suicide.

The track "Mike" from Xiu Xiu's album Fabulous Muscles concerns Jamie's reaction to his father's death.

Wounds to Bind: A Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution, a reminiscence by We Five co-founder Jerry Burgan incorporating Burgan's childhood friendship with Stewart, ponders Stewart's death, life and creative drive.