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Kitt & Yorkey’s Winning Dynamic is ‘Next to Normal’
To look at them, the men make an unlikely pair. Tom Kitt is lean, dark, and clean-shaven, while Brian Yorkey is burley and bearded. Kitt sits straight, legs neatly crossed. Yorkey relaxes expansively. But clearly this composer and lyricist-book writer complement each other artistically. Their most recent collaboration -- the Broadway musical Next to Normal, about the effect of a woman’s bipolar disease on…
From MusicWorld, posted 7.17.09
Michael John LaChiusa Tackles ‘Giant’
Giant. Like its name, the story and cultural waves left in its wake are larger than life. A best-selling novel by Edna Ferber, the epic tale became a blockbuster film directed by George Stevens, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean. Now, audiences will experience Giant as a musical from BMI composer, lyricist and librettist Michael John LaChiusa. LaChiusa acknowledges…
From MusicWorld, posted 6.19.09
Smoking Hot Songs Presented at Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Showcase
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held its fall Smoker November 20 at BMI’s New York office. A semi-annual showcase for new songs from Workshop writers, the Smoker, now in its 11th season, is modeled after informal social gatherings at Cambridge University, where the Workshop’s two time Tony® Award-winning writer Maury Yeston performed his songs during his undergraduate days.
From News, posted 11.26.08
Valparaiso Students Receive “Fantastick” Instruction
Students in the Creative Musical Theatre Composition class at Indiana’s Valparaiso High School were treated to a one-day session of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop October 23, lead by Workshop steering committee member Frank Evans and facilitated by program designer Alice Gamble. The students, who actively write musical theatre pieces during the school year using the teachings of Workshop founder Lehman Engel,…
From News, posted 11.04.08
New Works Highlighted at Tony-Honored BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Showcase
The Drama League, Drama Desk and Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held its biannual showcase of new songs from Workshop writers June 12 at the Jerry Orbach Theatre. The showcase, which highlighted 11 new musicals and 23 Workshop writers, was made possible by a generous grant from the Cameron Mackintosh Foundation. (Front row, L-R): Michael Bush, BMI’s Jean Banks,…
From News, posted 7.02.08
BMI Workshop Offers Students Crash Course in Musical Theatre
The Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop hosted a group of 20 students from Valparaiso (Indiana) High School for a one-day "mini-workshop" session. The teens, who actively write musical theatre pieces during the school year under the direction of Alice Gambel using the teachings of Workshop founder Lehman Engel, come to New York every other year to present their works to the Workshop's esteemed faculty. …
From News, posted 11.09.06
Special Tony Awarded to BMI’s Musical Theatre Workshop
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, an innovative program widely regarded as the foremost training ground for new writing voices, was presented with a special Tony Award at the 16th Annual Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre. Tony Award winners and Workshop alumni Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty presented the prestigious award to Advanced Workshop moderators Richard Engquist and Maury…
From News, posted 10.27.06
BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Wins Special Drama Desk Award
Past and Present Members Nominated for Outstanding Music and Lyrics The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will receive a special Drama Desk Award "for nurturing, developing and promoting new talent for the musical theater." This prestigious award will be presented to the Workshop during the 2006 Drama Desk Awards ceremony, set for May 21 at LaGuardia Concert Hall at New…
From News, posted 4.30.06
Workshop Members Fire Up New Works at ‘Smoker’
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held one of its in-house "Smokers" recently, where members of each of the four Workshop classes presented the best new songs from their works-in-progress. Workshop personnel and writers who participated in the "Smoker" gather before the showcase. Pictured…
From News, posted 12.20.05
Composer Alan Menken Saluted at Concert and Reception
BMI composer Alan Menken, winner of eight Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes and 10 Grammys, was saluted by the Kaufman Center's Broadway Close Up series at a special concert entitled "Part of Your World: The Music of Alan Menken." Pictured…
From News, posted 10.03.05
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