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Remembering Jean Banks: 1934-2012
Jean Banks, Senior Director of Jazz and Musical Theatre at BMI, passed away on February 2 in her Lower East Side home after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 77 years old. Jean got her first taste of show business when she worked as an executive secretary for the New York office of Seven-Arts Productions. After her stint at Seven Arts, she also worked for a time at…
From News, posted 2.02.12
‘Next to Normal,’ Hank Williams Win 2010 Pulitzer Prizes
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The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced Monday, April 12, and three prominent BMI songwriters and composers number among the heady list of honorees: Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey earned the Pulitzer for Drama in recognition of their acclaimed musical Next to Normal, while legend Hank Williams received a special citation of lifetime achievement. In the citation explaining their decision to…
From News, posted 4.13.10
BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Accepting Applications
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is now accepting applications for its first year composer/lyricist class. The August 1, 2009 deadline is quickly approaching and applicants are asked to send in the requested materials as soon as possible. The Workshop begins September 21, 2009 and runs through June 2010. A recipient of the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre Award, the Lehman Engel Musical Workshop consists…
From News, posted 7.20.09
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
‘Billy Elliot,’ ‘Next to Normal’ Win Big at 2009 Tonys
Uplifting hit Billy Elliot has enjoyed a charmed run that culminated with ten wins at the 2009 Tony Awards, held Sunday, June 7 in New York. The winner of Best Musical, Billy Elliot features music and lyrics by legend Sir Elton John (PRS). Next to Normalalso enjoyed a big night as it garnered three awards, including Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, composed…
From News, posted 6.08.09
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