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New Songs Highlighted at Tony-Honored BMI Theatre Workshop Showcase

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Musical theatre enthusiasts eager for new offerings from bourgeoning songwriters were treated to a smorgasbord of songs at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop biannual showcase, held November 3 at the Marjorie S Deane Little Theatre in New York. The showcase, presented in association with the Musical Mondays Theatre Lab, featured 14 new songs from a crop of lyricists and composers who are members of the…


From News, posted 11.08.11

Preparations Underway for BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Annual Showcase

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BMI’s Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop has helped develop top talent for half a century. Lyricists and composers behind award-winning productions such as A Chorus Line, Little Shop of Horrors, Nine, Once On This Island, Ragtime, Avenue Q, Next To Normal, and The Book of Mormon are members of the workshop, which received a special Tony Award in 2007 and a Drama Desk Award in 2006. The…


From News, posted 10.21.11

BMI Songwriters Dominate First Six Months of 2011 Awards Season

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Half of 2011 is already history, complete with a suite of awards ceremonies celebrating music’s best. From the Grammys to the Tonys, the cultural supremacy of BMI’s deep repertoire has been on full display. January The year launched with a high bar, as Atticus Ross’s music for The Social Network earned Best Original Score at the 68th Annual Golden Globes and 83rd


From News, posted 7.18.11

Outer Critics Circle Awards Tap BMI Musicals ‘The Book of Mormon,’ ‘The Kid’

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The Outer Critics Circle recently announced recipients of its 61st Annual Awards, and BMI’s musical theatre vanguard earned three of the organization’s prestigious honors. Robert Lopez garnered two trophies: Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Score, both for runaway hit The Book of Mormon. Lyricist Jack Lechner and composer Andy Monroe earned Outstanding New Off-Broadway Musical honors for The Kid.…


From News, posted 5.17.11

Monroe, Lechner Awarded Larson Grants

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The American Theatre Wing has announced that two BMI members, composer Andy Monroe and lyricist Jack Lechner, have been awarded Jonathan Larson Grants. The Jonathan Larson Grants are distributed annually to bourgeoning composers, lyricists, and librettists in honor of the late Larson, who wrote the musical Rent. The grants, totalling $10,000, will be presented March 29 at a private event in New York. Monroe and Lechner, members of…


From News, posted 3.09.11

‘Broadway on Broadway’ Highlights BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Scribes

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The Tony®-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop participated in Symphony Space’s Broadway on Broadway, a 13-hour tribute to musical theatre, on Sunday, May 16. Three writers from the Workshop, Andy Monroe, Jack Letchner and Michael Zam, were interviewed by Workshop artistic coordinator Patrick Cook about their upcoming production of The Kid, based on the memoir by Village…


From News, posted 5.19.09

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 to Showcase New Musicals at Manhattan Theatre Club June 5

The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will present a showcase of new musical works on Monday, June 5 at the Manhattan Theatre Club (131 W. 55th Street). The show will start at 6 p.m. and run until approximately 7:45 p.m. Limited tickets are available free of cost to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to request tickets. Members of the entertainment industry…


From News, posted 5.31.06

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

BMI Foundation Presents 3rd Annual Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards

The BMI Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards in recognition of Outstanding Creative Achievement in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Certificates and cash prizes were given out during a reception on June 17 at BMI’s New York office.


From News, posted 6.20.02

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