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On April 30 in New York City, BMI staged its semi-annual Spring Smoker showcase, where industry executives enjoyed performances from participants in the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. The Smoker, now in its eleventh inception, was inspired by the Cambridge University gatherings of Workshop alumnus and mentor Maury…
Smoking Hot Songs Presented at Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Showcase
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…
BMI Workshop Members to Preview Works at ‘Musicals Tonight!’
Writers from the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will participate in Musicals Tonight!, the Obie-winning company dedicated to the revival of "neglected" musicals, as part of the fall series and part of Musical Mondays Theatre Lab. Renewing its commitment to new musicals, Musicals Tonight! will take place on…
Songsmiths of Broadway to Perform at ‘Best of the BMI Workshop’ Concert
Broadway composers who honed their craft at the famed BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will join together in song for a one-night-only concert on September 14 at 59E59 Theaters (59 East 59th Street) at 8pm. The evening is a cooperative production of BMI, the Prospect Theatre Company…
BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Celebrates 40th Anniversary
by Frank Evans Broadway producers, members of the New York Press as well as BMI officers and writers packed the BMI New York Media Room for a celebratory evening of songs inaugurating the 40th Anniversary of the BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre…
‘A Class Act’ Puts BMI Theatre Workshop Center Stage
'A Class Act' Puts BMI Theatre Workshop Center Stage by Frank Evans Maury Yeston offers his insights to a current class of the BMI Lehman Engel…