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Amanda Green offers 40% discount tickets for BMI members to see “Hands on a Hardbody”
Inspired by true events, this new musical features a book by DOUG WRIGHT (Pulitzer Prize winner, I Am My Own Wife), lyrics by AMANDA GREEN (Bring it On: The Musical) and music by TREY ANASTASIO (Phish) and AMANDA GREEN. Directed by NEIL PEPE (Speed-the-Plow) with musical staging by SERGIO TRUJILLO (Memphis, Jersey Boys), it is based on the acclaimed 1997 documentary of the same name by S.R. Bindler, produced…
From News, posted 3.28.13
Harrington Awards Put Spotlight on Creativity
The 13th Annual BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Awards for Creative Excellence were presented during a ceremony held on June 18 at BMI’s New York offices. The 2012 recipients of the prestigious awards are Natalie Tenenbaum, Suzanne Bradbeer, Greg Edwards, and Benjamin Velez. Funded by BMI Assistant Vice President and BMI Foundation board member Evelyn Buckstein, the awards are given to a member of each BMI Lehman…
From News, posted 6.19.12
Alan Menken, Jack Feldman Win Tony Honors for ‘Newsies’ Score
BMI composers Alan Menken and Jack Feldman took home Tony honors for Best Score on June 10 for their work on Newsies: The Musical, following up on Menken's Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music for the show. The Tony was the first for both Menken and Feldman. Menken is one of today’s most respected composers for film, television and musical theatre, having…
From News, posted 6.11.12
Amanda Green: New Adventures in Musical Theatre After High Fidelity and Bring It On
Amanda Green has musical theatre in her blood. The daughter of legendary lyricist and playwright Adolph Green (On the Town and Singin’ in the Rain) and Tony-winning actress Phyllis Newman, Green has been surrounded by Broadway her entire life. So it might seem surprising that the in-demand lyricist picked up one of her most valuable lessons for penning lyrics during her stint songwriting in Nashville. When…
From MusicWorld, posted 5.18.12
2012 Tony Nominations Go to BMI Composers
Nominees for the 66th annual Tony Awards include top-drawer members of BMI’s musical theatre family. Legendary composer Alan Menken and esteemed songwriter Jack Feldman will vie for best original score thanks to their work on Newsies, which garnered a total of eight nods. Menken composed the music for the Disney production, while Feldman wrote the lyrics. Newsies is also up for best…
From News, posted 5.01.12
BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop ‘Smoker’ Set for April 26
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will present the BMI Workshop Smoker on April 26 at BMI’s New York headquarters, located at 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 30th floor. The event, produced by Frank Evans and Frederick Freyer, will feature new works by members of the Workshop, including Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel, Gary Apple, Raymond Bokhour and…
From News, posted 4.20.12
Bette Midler To Receive Songwriters Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award
Multi-talented BMI legend Bette Midler will be the 2012 recipient of the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd Annual Induction and Awards Dinner, slated for Thursday, June 14 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, according to an announcement by Songwriters Hall of Fame Chairman Jimmy Webb announced. Midler is the legendary multi-Grammy Award-winning artist who for more than 40 years has captivated audiences as the…
From News, posted 3.08.12
Remembering Robert Sherman: 1925-2012
Legendary songwriter and composer Robert B. Sherman has died. He was 86. Mr. Sherman built a uniquely and dazzlingly successful career, composing hit singles, television themes, movie soundtracks for Disney and others, Broadway scores and more. Sherman possessed an unmatched love and mastery of language, which is especially visible in his Mary Poppins’ classics “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “Chim Chim Cherree.” Along with his brother Richard, Sherman penned unforgettable music for iconic…
From News, posted 3.06.12
Remembering Jean Banks: 1934-2012
Jean Banks, Senior Director of Jazz and Musical Theatre at BMI, passed away on February 1 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
‘Raisin’ Score Composer Judd Woldin Dies at 86
Judd Woldin, the theater composer who wrote the score for the Tony-winning musical Raisin and an original member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, died in Manhattan at the age of 86 on Sunday, November 27.The cause was cancer, according to his son Mark. Woldin first met Lehman Engel when Engel was musical director for The Beast in Me, based on James…
From News, posted 12.05.11
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