Anecdotes

The twelfth person and eighth man to receive the status of EGOT. The other recipients (chronologically) are Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, John Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan Tunick, Mel Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Goldberg, Scott Rudin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, John Legend, Alan Menken, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis and Elton John. In fact, Robert Lopez is actually the first person ever to achieve a double EGOT (meaning having won at least two Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tonys). As of 2024, he has three Emmys, three Grammys, two Oscars, and three Tonys.

Won Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Score (Music and/or Lyrics) with collaborator Jeff Marx for "Avenue Q."

Along with Kristen Anderson-Lopez, of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014].

Father of Katie Lopez.

Won two 2011 Tony Awards for co-writing the hit musical "The Book Of Mormon" with Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

Jef Marx and his musical, "Avenue Q," performed at the Nightblue Performing Arts Centre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2013 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.

Wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez is a Tony win away from joining Robert as an EGOT. In fact, if she were to receive that status, they would be the first married couple to achieve that distinction.

Jeff Marx and his musical, "Avenue Q" at the Mercury Theater in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2014 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Midsize Musical Production.

"Avenue Q" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 2008 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Touring Production.