Question: The American actor Chip Zien is best known for this Broadway production by which American composer and lyricist who received an Academy Award and Tony Awards?

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Stephen Flaherty (born September 18, 1960) is an American composer of musical theatre.  He works most often in collaboration with the lyricist/bookwriter Lynn Ahrens.  They are best known for writing the Broadway musicals "Once on This Island", which was nominated for eight Tony Awards, "Seussical", which was nominated for the Grammy Award, and "Ragtime", which was nominated for twelve Tony Awards and won Best Original Score.  Flaherty was also nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards with Lynn Ahrens for his songs and song score for the animated film musical "Anastasia". 9 to 5: The Musical is a musical based on the 1980 movie of the same name, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton.  It features a book by Patricia Resnick, based on the screenplay by Resnick and Colin Higgins.  The musical premiered in Los Angeles in September 2008, and opened on Broadway in April 2009.  It received 15 Drama Desk Award nominations, the most received by a production in a single year, as well as four Tony Awards nominations.  The Broadway production however was short-lived, closing in September 2009.  A national tour of the US launched in 2010, followed by a UK premiere in 2012 and returns to the UK in 2017 in a new production at The Gatehouse in London with a West End cast, as part of a fringe festival. Jerome Herbert "Chip" Zien (born March 20, 1947) is an American actor.  He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim.  He has appeared in all of the "Marvin Stories" musicals by William Finn: "In Trousers", "March of the Falsettos", "Falsettoland" and "Falsettos".  He played the role of Thénardier in the Broadway production of "Les Misérables" and Mark Rothenberg in the film "United 93".  He is also known for providing the voice of Howard in the film "Howard the Duck". Alfredo James Pacino ( ; born April 25, 1940) is an American actor of stage and screen, filmmaker, and screenwriter.  Pacino has had a career spanning over five decades, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.  He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting". Glenn Slater (born 1968) is an American lyricist who collaborates with Alan Menken and other musical theatre composers.  He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score for the Broadway version of "The Little Mermaid" at the 62nd Tony Awards in 2008, his second Tony nomination for "Sister Act" at the 65th Tony Awards in 2011, and his third Tony nomination for "School of Rock" at the 70th Tony Awards in 2016. Lin-Manuel Miranda ( ; born January 16, 1980) is an American composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor best known for creating and starring in the Broadway musicals "Hamilton" and "In the Heights".  He co-wrote the songs for Disney's "Moana" soundtrack (2016) and is set to star in their upcoming film "Mary Poppins Returns".  Miranda's awards include a Pulitzer Prize, two Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and three Tony Awards. Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( ; born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre.  Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom.  He has been described by Frank Rich of "The New York Times" as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater."  His best-known works as composer and lyricist include "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "Pacific Overtures", "", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Sunday in the Park with George", "Into the Woods", "Assassins", and "Passion".  He also wrote the lyrics for "West Side Story" and "Gypsy". Ben Wright (born September 3, 1969) is best known for originating the role of "Jack" in the Tony Award-winning musical "Into the Woods".  Wright's professional acting career started with George C. Wolfe's Off-Broadway production of "Paradise" at Playwrights Horizons.  He then went on to originate leading roles on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's "Into The Woods" and the Tony nominated "State Fair", for which he received a Drama Desk Nomination.  He also created the role of Nanki Poo in Hot Mikado at the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He has worked extensively with some of Broadway’s greatest talents, including Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine, Bernadette Peters, James Hammerstein, Paul Gemignani and Joanna Gleason.  Wright's feature film credits include the Academy Award winning "Born on the Fourth of July" with Tom Cruise as well as Penny Marshall's "Renaissance Man" with Danny DeVito.  Wright's television credits include starring opposite Judd Nelson in NBC's "" and the ABC drama series "Capital News" with Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater.  Wright has performed at the Tony Awards two times and can be heard on several albums, including the original cast recording of State Fair and the Grammy Award winning recording of "Into the Woods". Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".  Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways.  The original 2005 Broadway production, directed by Mike Nichols, won three Tony Awards, including the Tony Award for Best Musical, and received 14 Tony Award nominations.  During its initial run of over 1,500 performances, it was seen by more than two million people and grossed over $175 million. Nathan Lee Graham (born September 9, 1968) is an American cabaret artist, stage, television and film actor, singer, writer and director.  His roles in feature film include Todd in "Zoolander", Frederick Montana in "Sweet Home Alabama" and Geoff in "Hitch".  He has appeared in independent films like "Confessions of an Action Star", "Bad Actress" and "Trophy Kids".  On the small screen he originated the role of Peter in "The Comeback", and had guest starring roles on "Scrubs", "Absolutely Fabulous" and "".  His stage appearances include Phil D'armano in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Awards and Grammy Award nominated "The Wild Party" and as Miss Understanding in the original Broadway cast of the Tony Awards nominated "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert".  He received a Drama League Award nomination for the role of Rey Rey in the off-Broadway production of "Wig Out" and won an Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Feature Performer in a Musical in "The Wild Party" LA Premiere in 2006.  More recently, he has appeared in the role of Carson in Hit the Wall at The Barrow Street Theatre and as Willy in The View UpStairs.  He earned a 2005 Best Classical Album Grammy Award for "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" as a soloist.

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 He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim. Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( ; born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre.  Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom.