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Marian Grudeff (April 18, 1927November 4, 2006) was a Canadians concert pianist music teacher and musical theatre composer of Bulgarian origin.
Grudeff and Jessel subsequently collaborated on songs for the Broadway theatre Baker Street;Mel Atkey. A Million Miles from Broadway -- Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London. Lulu.com; 2012. . p. 137. "The case of THE TORTURED TUNESMITHS (or Quick, Watson—the music!)". Maclean's Magazine, Richard Gehman April 3, 1965 they moved to New York City, where the show ran more than 300 performances and received mixed reviews.Ethan Mordden. Open a New Window: The Broadway Musical in the 1960s. St. Martin's Press; 7 April 2015. . p. 233. New York Theatre Critics' Reviews. Vol. 26. 1965. p. 374–376. They also worked together on music for a new version of Hellzapoppin', which was staged in Montreal during Expo 67, and they cowrote the musical Life Can Be - Like Wow, which was produced at the Charlottetown Festival in 1969. "Marian Grudeff, Canadian Theatre Composer, Dies at 79". Playbill, By Robert Simonson, Nov 21, 2006
Grudeff returned to the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1972, teaching there until 1979. She resumed her concert performances in 1976, giving recitals in Toronto and Bulgaria. After 1981, she continued to teach piano privately in Toronto until her retirement. During this time she worked as a musical director at Hart House Theatre, where she became a mentor to Don McKellar and Lisa Lambert, who would go on to create the hit musical The Drowsy Chaperone.
Grudeff died in Toronto in 2006.
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