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BMI is pleased to announce the launch of “The George Bailey Fund” in conjunction with the new fund’s administrator, the Dramatist Guild Fund (DGF). The new fund is designed to benefit participants of the esteemed BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop by providing first and second-year workshop members with…
BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Presents Free Concert on May 1
The renowned BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will proudly present its top works in this year’s showcase on Monday, May 1, at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York City (10 West 64th Street). The free concert, hosted and produced by workshop director, BMI’s Patrick Cook, will…
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,…
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…
Special Tony Awarded to BMI’s Musical Theatre Workshop
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…
BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Wins Special Drama Desk Award
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…
BMI Foundation Presents 3rd Annual Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards
The BMI Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 3rd Annual Jerry Harrington Musical Theatre Awards in recognition of Outstanding Creative Achievement in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Certificates and cash prizes were given out during a reception on June 17 at BMI’s…
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…