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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…
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…
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…
BMI Foundation Presents Annual Jerry Harrington Awards
The 12th Annual BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Awards for Creative Excellence were presented during a ceremony held on June 13 at BMI’s New York offices. The prestigious awards, funded by BMI Assistant Vice President and BMI Foundation board member Evelyn Buckstein in honor of her colleague, the late Jerry Harrington,…
‘Broadway on Broadway’ Highlights BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Scribes
The Tony®-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop participated in Symphony Space’s Broadway on Broadway, a 13-hour tribute to musical theatre, on Sunday, May 16. Three writers from the Workshop, Andy Monroe, Jack Letchner and Michael Zam, were interviewed by Workshop artistic coordinator Patrick Cook about their upcoming production of…
Spring Smoker Showcases New Lehman-Engel Workshop Material
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…
Valparaiso Students Receive “Fantastick” Instruction
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…
New Works Highlighted at Tony-Honored BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Showcase
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…
New Works Ignite Workshop ‘Smoker’
Members of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and invited industry professionals gathered at BMI’s New York office for an in-house “Smoker,” where the standing-room-only crowd enjoyed a presentation of new songs from the Workshop. Produced by Workshop committee members Frank Evans, who serves as Public Relations…