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Musical Theatre
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
There’s Music Everywhere, and Sara Wordsworth Wants You to Hear It
If Sara Wordsworth is correct and there is “music all around you, all the time,” she must like what she’s hearing. Along with Kristen Anderson-Lopez, James-Allen Ford and Russ Kaplan, Wordsworth served as a lyricist and librettist for In Transit, a critically acclaimed, award-winning a cappella musical. The show had a successful off-Broadway run at Critical Stages in 2010, and the production team anticipates its commercial reopening…
From MusicWorld, posted 11.16.11
New Songs Highlighted at Tony-Honored BMI Theatre Workshop Showcase
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
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
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