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… Read more...
Richard Engquist, who led the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop for over 30 years, died on March 18. He was part of the transitional team composed of Alan Menken, Maury Yeston, Ed Kleban, Skip Kennon and David Spencer, who assured that the Workshop would continue to flourish after the death… Read more...
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… Read more...
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… Read more...
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… Read more...
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… Read more...
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… Read more...
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… Read more...
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… Read more...
Past and Present Members Nominated for Outstanding Music and Lyrics The 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… Read more...
