To apply for the librettist workshop, please visit: https://www.bmi.com/theatre_workshop/application_requirements#librettists. The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is now accepting applications for its first-year composer and lyricist class. The application deadline is end of day on Thursday, August 1. This prestigious workshop begins in September 2019 and will conclude in June… Read more...
On Monday, April 1, the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held a special performance of memorable songs created during this year’s workshop at the quaint Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York City. This esteemed workshop has been cultivating rising talent since 1961 and fostered some of the brilliant… Read more...
BMI congratulates Alexandre Desplat on winning his second Best Original Score Oscar, this year for his score for The Shape of Water. The coveted award adds to the Golden Globe and BAFTA trophies that Desplat took home earlier this year for the same score. Desplat, who has been nominated a total… Read more...
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will proudly present its winter “Smoker” on Thursday, March 8, at 5:00 PM at BMI’s NYC office (7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St. 30th Floor). The highly-anticipated event, which is FREE and open to the public with a required reservation, will showcase new… Read more...
On the eve of this year’s announcement of the Tony Award nominations, the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop proudly presented its top works in this year’s showcase held at The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater in New York City. The event premiered performances of the best songs written and composed… Read more...
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 financial… Read more...
BMI congratulates the seven members of the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, who were winners of its annual Musical Theatre Awards, which consist of the Jerry Harrington Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Musical Theatre, the Jean Banks Award, and the Ellen Schwartz Award for Outstanding Literary Merit… Read more...
The Drama League, Drama Desk and Tony® honored BMI/Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will present its winter “Smoker,” an evening of songs written and performed by recent members of the renowned workshop. The event, which is free and open to the public with RSVP, will take place at 5PM on Thursday,… Read more...
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,… Read more...
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,… Read more...
