Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Composers and Lyricists
A panel of acclaimed, Tony Award-winning composers and lyricists - Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, William Finn and Adam Guettel - discuss their first theatrical experiences, the process of writing and composing, what’s involved in working with a partner, early influences on their music, and where they find inspiration; offer advice for students; and [...]
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
Alan Menken
Composer of The Little Mermaid.
Alan Menken, composer of both the film and Broadway musical versions of The Little Mermaid and Beauty And The Beast, talks about going “under the sea” with Ariel so many years after writing the score for the Disney film, reflects on the impact of puberty and The Beatles on his [...]
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
Composer and Lyricist
Oscar, Emmy and five-time American Theatre Wing Tony Award winner, Peter Stone moderates this discussion with lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Triumph of Love, Jelly’s Last Jam), composers/lyricists John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago, Woman of the Year, Steel Pier, The Act), composer Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, They’re Playing Our Song, The Sweet [...]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Production: Hairspray
The creative team behind the Broadway musical Hairspray, producers Richard Frankel and Margo Lion, co-book writer Thomas Meehan, choreographer Jerry Mitchell, director Jack O’Brien, co-book writer Mark O’Donnell, composer Marc Shaiman and lyricist Scott Wittman outline the journey the piece took from being a John Waters and Divine cult movie to hitting the Broadway [...]
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Monday, May 7th, 2007
Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg
Authors of The Pirate Queen and Les Misérables.
The team of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil talk about why they broke from their usual practice of originating their own projects and took on writing The Pirate Queen; how they first began to collaborate in the wake of Jesus Christ Superstar; the immediate [...]
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