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Pamela Weiler GraysonPam's musical, Urban Momfare (composer/lyricist/co-book writer), won a Best Musical award, at the New York International Fringe Festival, garnered four stars and a Critics Pick from Time Out, and also played at the Fringe Encore Series. Pam's award-winning plays and musicals have been seen on stages throughout New York and nationally, including Primary Stages, Naked Angels, Theatre Now New York, The Group Rep/Lonny Chapman Theatre (North Hollywood, CA), Southwest Theatre Productions (Austin, TX - Blue Ribbon Winner of their Rising Artists Series), Arts on the Lake (Kent Lakes, NY), Cincinnati Lab Theatre, Emerging Artists Theatre (NYC - multiple works), and The Chain Theatre (NYC). Her play Observant was the recipient of a 2024 grant from The New York State Council on the Arts and a SemiFinalist in the Jewish Plays Project's 12th National Jewish Playwriting Contest. Her play The Club was one of three prize-winning plays of the Word Wave Lake Tahoe One Act Play Competition. She is the co-writer, with Alice Jankell, of Cicadas, The Musical, featured on Season 2 of the top-rated Amazon streaming series, The Other F Word. Pam's songs have been performed at The Metropolitan Room, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, The Duplex, and Don't Tell Mama. She has written for The New York Times and The New York Observer, among others. Pam is a member of Kate Moira Ryan's advanced playwriting workshop and a board member of Emerging Artists Theatre. She was a writer-in-residence at Kervigo Ensemble Theatre (NY), for the 2020–2021 season and is an inaugural member of Theatre Now New York's International Musical Writers Lab. Dramatists Guild member. Education: Brown University, Fordham Law School, New York Theatre Workshop, and The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Pam is on the New Play Exchange. See her page at newplayexchange.org/user.Alice JankellAlice is a director, writer actress as well as the Artistic Director of The Philipstown Depot Theatre.​For Disney, Alice helped to create and develop new Broadway musicals.  As Associate Artistic Director of The Williamstown Theatre Festival, her directing work included AS YOU LIKE IT,  DINAH WAS, and ENOUGH ROPE, the special event on Dorothy Parker starring Elaine Stritch.  Alice has worked and learned in venues as varied as the Mark Taper, the L.A. Opera, The Public Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, La Mama, and City Theater, among many others, as well as in film and TV.  Alice was the Creative Director of F.A.B. Women (For, About, and By Women) under The Barrow Group's Off-Broadway umbrella, helming the company of 125 professional female writers, actors and directors.  During her tenure, F.A.B. Women generated and produced 48 new plays.With Putnam Theatre Alliance, Alice co-created Freedom Project, directed and filmed MORE BEAUTIFUL, a brand new play by Craig Lucas, and co-created and directed DIRT.  Alice is currently preparing to direct Martha Pichey's new play, ASHES & INK, Off-Broadway this fall.Alice's own scripts have appeared across the country, and a collection of her plays has been published by Leicester Bay Theatricals.  Her play, THE SWEET SPOT, opened at Off-Broadway's 59E59 Theaters last winter, and her musical (with Pam Weiler Grayson) about urban motherhood (Director/Co-Writer), won a Best Musical Award from the NY International Fringe Festival, was a Critic's Choice, and garnered 4 stars from Time Out. Her many favorite acting roles include a solo performance, backed by the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, and a lead in the Off-Broadway premier of Arlene Hutton's LETTERS TO SALA.   Alice has taught acting at Carnegie Mellon.Alice is a founding member of Putnam Theatre Alliance, a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, member of The Actors Studio PDW and PDU, and The National Musical Theatre Workshop, founding member Putnam Theatre Alliance.

Douglas J Cohen Doug received the 2010 Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting and won two Richard Rodgers Awards for writing book, music, and lyrics for NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (produced twice off-Broadway resulting in over 100 productions worldwide; an upcoming NY commercial production in-the-works through producer Larry Hirschhorn) and THE GIG (O'Neill National Music Theatre Conference, Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, Goodspeed, York Theatre Company concert on CD and reading in conjunction with the Noël Coward Prize, and Sacramento Music Circus). Doug is the composer/lyricist of THE BIG TIME (book by Douglas Carter Beane) which debuted at the NYMF Festival; plans are underway for a Broadway-bound production. Nominated for a 2005 Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Lyrics, CHILDREN'S LETTERS TO GOD), he penned co-book, music, and lyrics for THE OPPOSITE OF SEX (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and received a Jonathan Larson Grant for composing BARNSTORMER, which has recently been optioned for New York by producer Lawrence Poster. Doug is the composer of GLIMMERGLASS (NAMT Conference 2000, readings through the Village Theatre and Melting Pot, productions at Goodspeed at Chester, Spirit of Broadway – Best Production of 2008) and A CHARLES DICKENS CHRISTMAS (produced by Theatreworks/USA and licensed through MTI). He also penned book and lyrics to VALENTINO'S TANGO (with music by Howard Marren, choreographed/directed by Chet Walker) and contributed original songs to JACKIE COLLINS' HOLLYWOOD LIES, and BOOZY (Robert Moses), the latter produced by Les Freres Corbusier and directed by Tony nominee Alex Timbers, which enjoyed runs at both the Ohio Theatre and Culture Project. His latest musicals are NINE WIVES with collaborator Dan Elish (which has been optioned by producers Larry Hirschhorn and Jayson Raitt and selected for the 2013 Goodspeed Festival of New Artists) HELEN OF TROY written with future West End lyricist/ playwright Zoe Samuel and workshopped at Coastal Carolina University, and BRIDGES, commissioned by The Berkeley Playhouse written with BARNSTORMER collaborator, Cheryl L. Davis. His new play, LOVELY SEND ANYWHERE, a finalist for the Laurents-Hatcher Award, has been developed at the Lark Play Development Center and received a reading in October 2012 starring Santino Fontana and Condola Rashad. A graduate of Amherst College, Doug recently joined the faculty of the Neighborhood Playhouse where he teaches the 2nd year students in song interpretation. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, and the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. How to Survive a Killer Musical: Agony and Ecstasy on the Road to Broadway When the young composer-lyricist Douglas Cohen first secured the musical rights to the novel No Way to Treat a Lady by William Goldman—the acclaimed author of The Princess Bride and Marathon Man—he hoped it would be his big break, the first step on a gilt path to artistic triumph and commercial success in the form of a hit Broadway musical. What happened after that, while memorable, was anything but. How to Survive a Killer Musical chronicles Cohen's decade-long quest to bring that musical to the stage—writing, re-writing, and shepherding it across the US and Europe amidst all manner of adversity and plain rotten luck. It's a fascinating portrait of passion, persistence, and resilience—a coming-of-age story populated with famous mentors and formidable adversaries, told with refreshing honesty and humor.

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Jason and Brett's love for books and Broadway come together in this exciting episode!  They talk to musical book writer and lyricist Kait Kerrigan about adapting The Great Gatsby for the stage, Merri Sugarman about the casting process and her new book From Craft to Career, and Matthew Chisling (aka @mattyandthebooks) about book adaptations coming to Broadway. A behind-the-scenes conversation you won't want to miss!Kait Kerrigan is an award-winning lyricist, book writer, and playwright. She is an alumnus of Barnard College and the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and a member of the Dramatists Guild. Off Broadway: book and lyrics for The Mad Ones, and Henry & Mudge. Regional: The Great Gatsby (Paper Mill Playhouse), plays (Father/Daughter and Imaginary Love) and musicals (Justice, Earthrise, and Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends). Digital credits include: A Killer Party. Her immersive house party The Bad Years (book and lyrics) had two sold-out pop-up productions in Brooklyn. Awards include: Kleban Award for libretto, Jonathan Larson Award for lyric-writing, Most Promising Lyricist Award from the Theatre Hall of Fame, Edgerton Award, and residencies at Page 73, Dramatists Guild Fellows, Rhinebeck, Goodspeed's Johnnie Mercer Project, and MacDowell.Initially an actress (Les Misérables, Aspects of Love), Merri Sugarman found herself in L.A. where she quickly made a name for herself at Liberman/Hirschfeld Casting working on such shows as Seinfeld, HBO's Band of Brothers, and the feature film My Big Fat Greek Wedding, to name a few. Following that, at Dreamworks Studios, Merri was the Casting Executive in charge of TV Pilots and Series. She is a Senior Casting Director at Tara Rubin Casting. Credits: Ain't Too Proud, Jersey Boys, Phantom Of The Opera, Les Misérables, School of Rock, Miss Saigon and A Bronx Tale. Off Broadway: Clueless and Trevor. Matthew Chisling has worked for a decade in the professional theatre space as a marketer, producer, ticketing manager and strategist. He is currently a senior director of campaign marketing at TodayTix Group, a technology company in the performing arts space. Matt is an avid reader and runs an instagram account called @mattyandthebooks**BOOKS!** Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page:https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading | By purchasing books through this Bookshop link, you can support both Gays Reading and an independent bookstore of your choice!Join our Patreon for exclusive bonus content! Purchase your Gays Reading podcast Merch! Follow us on Instagram @gaysreading | @bretts.book.stack | @jasonblitmanWhat are you reading? Send us an email or a voice memo at gaysreading@gmail.com

Joan Ross Sorkin (Librettist) is an opera librettist, playwright, and musical theatre bookwriter and lyricist. Operas: Strange Fruit, Premiere, Long Leaf Opera, New York City Opera's VOX, In Concert, Harlem School of the Arts in association with City Opera; White Witch, A Monodrama for Contralto and Percussion, Premiere, Symphony Space. Musicals: Monet, In The Theatre, The Real McCoy, Go Green! and Isabelle and The Pretty-Ugly Spell. Plays: (mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story (Drama Desk nom. for Capathia Jenkins), The Survival Collection, Hamlet in Bensonhurst, The Confessional and others. Member, Dramatists Guild, BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, and ASCAP. (www.joanrosssorkin.com) A production of 'Dandelion' runs from April 29 - May 14th, 2023 at the Playhouse on Park, West Hartford, CT Ticket info: https://www.playhouseonpark.org/web2/Season14/TYA_Dandelion.html

A widely accomplished musical director, conductor, pianist, composer, and arranger, working primarily in the realm of musical theatre. His experience on Broadway includes both conducting and playing keyboards for Cinderella, How to Succeed in Business…, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Phantom of the Opera and Carousel. Larry has also served as Musical Director for national tours of Anastasia, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Les Misérables, South Pacific, The Producers, Sunset Blvd. and Cats, as well as many regional productions. He has been a frequent collaborator with the Boston Pops Orchestra, contributing both vocal and orchestral arrangements, performing as pianist, coaching vocal soloists and music directing concert performances of Carousel and A Little Night Music. As a composer and lyricist, Larry has written the scores for the shows Big Bad Wolf and the Endangered Forest (Portland Opera Young Artists); Reality! (Stamford Center for the Arts reading); Groundhog Day (with lyricist Jack Lechner, BMI Musical Theatre Workshop); and Grounded For Life (with comedian Pat Hazell, York Theatre staged reading). His music and songs were regularly featured on the Pittsburgh children's TV show. Let's Read a Story, as well as the syndicated TV special Secrets of Success. He was also the 1st Prize Winner of the 1988 International Jewish Music Competition for his chamber opera A Test of Faith.

Joan is a playwright, musical theatre bookwriter and lyricist, opera librettist, and screenwriter. She is currently writing the book and lyrics for a new blues-infused musical, Black Swan Blues with composer Randy Klein, excerpts of which have been presented by Music Theatre of Connecticut. Other musicals include Imagining Monet (previously titled Monet) with composer/lyricist Carmel Owen, developed at The York Theatre, CAP21 with a generous grant from the Florence Gould Foundation, and at the French Consulate in an evening of songs and story; and In The Theatre with composer/lyricist/co-bookwriter Steven Fisher, developed at The York Theatre and The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. joanrosssorkin.com

Feeling stressed? Anxious? or just need a moment to connect with yourself? Well—in this inaugural MICRODOSE episode of Clarity is King, Miller guides you through a breathing exercise to help you center yourself and bring calm to your day. Sit back or lay down, whichever you like and enjoy taking a moment to celebrate you! and if you enjoy this episode, feel free to come back to it when you need that moment to sit with yourself. Enjoy! Check Out Get Clear: A Mindfulness Workbook Get Clear: Your Mindfulness Journal About Brandon Brandon Webster is a Brooklyn-based Composer, Dramaturg & Storyteller working in Afro-futurism and Afro-Surrealism. His storytelling with music explores complex questions relating to Blackness, Masculinity, Queerness, and Community. Brandon is a 2021-2022 winner of the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University's Lewis Center For The Arts, part of the inaugural class of MAKERS at Musical Theatre Factory, The 2017 MCC Theater Artistic Fellow, and BMI Musical Theatre Workshop class of 2013. Contact info: Facebook: BrandonWebsterMusic IG Digital Portfolio: @BrandonWebsterMusic Linked In: linkedin.com/in/brandonwebstermusic Email: BrandonWebsterMusic@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/clarityisking/message

Brad Alexander - Today on the podcast I welcome Brad Alexander, composer, musical genius, and as you'll hear, an all round gracious guy who is talented in his own right and is quick to recognize and compliment the brilliance of his colleagues. I'm excited to introduce you to Brad and give you a peak into how he figured out how to make it as an award winning composer in the big apple. Brad is the composer of DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL - now running at the Lucille Lortel Theater in New York City and it will be on national tour this fall. He is the recipient of the 2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, six Drama Desk nominations, the Richard Rodgers Award, and The BMI Foundation Jerry Bock Award. Brad has written music for PBS's Emmy Award-winning PEG + CAT, VH1's "Celebreality" campaign, SiriusXM's STAGE DOOR SUPPER CLUB, and the web series SUBMISSIONS ONLY.  In addition to Dog Man: The Musical, Brad has scored numerous shows for Theaterworks USA including the music and orchestrations for CLICK CLACK MOO, the music for JUST SO STORIES and MARTHA SPEAKS and songs for DUCK FOR PRESIDENT, FLY GUY & OTHER STORIES, and WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS! Brad is currently lead composer for the upcoming CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG from Scholastic, Amazon and PBS KIDS. He is also working on the musical, BREAD AND ROSES, presented by Amas Musical Theatre and NYMF’s Developmental Reading Series, and LIKE A BILLION LIKES, developed at Johnny Mercer Writers Colony at Goodspeed Musicals. And if that wasn't enough, he is the co-founder of Flying Ivories, a dueling piano entertainment company with locations in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. Brad is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, Dramatists Guild of America and member Emeritus of The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. Let's Figure It Out with Brad Alexander. _________________________ For tickets to DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL visit twusa.org/dogman Instagram - @bradlibs Website - https://www.bradalexander.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bradalexandermusic Twitter - https://twitter.com/bradlib Flying Ivories - https://www.flyingivories.com Bread and Roses Musical - https://www.breadandrosesmusical.com

Daniel Israel is Assistant Manager of Touring at New York City’s world famous Jazz at Lincoln Center, whose mission is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education and advocacy. Because jass is improvisational it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Daniel is also a musical composer who has been a part of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop for over a decade where he worked with a lyricist to produce a number of musicals including Austin the Unstoppable. Prior to joining Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis, Daniel worked for almost 6 years as an artist representative, or agent, in the jazz industry.  Daniel graduated from the University of Rochester where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Music. The post 133: What To Do To Turn Your Love of Music Into a Career w/ Daniel Israel, Jazz at Lincoln Center [Main T4C episode] appeared first on Time4Coffee.

Denver chats with writer and lyricist Betina Hershey about her start as a musical theatre performer, the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, and her process of writing lyrics.

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 songwriting career, recalls his acceptance into the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop under the tutelage of the legendary Lehman Engel, describes his collaboration with lyricist, bookwriter and director Howard Ashman, recounts his parents' dismay over certain content in "Little Shop Of Horrors" -- and plays and sings bits of some of the new songs from "Mermaid" and songs that were cut from "Little Shop". Original air date - December 21, 2007.

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 songwriting career, recalls his acceptance into the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop under the tutelage of the legendary Lehman Engel, describes his collaboration with lyricist, bookwriter and director Howard Ashman, recounts his parents' dismay over certain content in "Little Shop Of Horrors" -- and plays and sings bits of some of the new songs from "Mermaid" and songs that were cut from "Little Shop". Original air date - December 21, 2007.