Jenny Giering News

On behalf of the Kleban Foundation, New Dramatists is pleased to announce that the 18th Annual Kleban Award for the most promising musical theater lyricist has gone to DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE.

The World Premiere of Three Commissioned Works Presented by PREMIERES (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director) Featuring TRES NIÑAS By Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa Directed by Jonathan Butterell Music Direction by Todd Almond Starring Tony Award Winner Victoria Clark ALICE UNWRAPPED By Laura Harrington and Jenny Giering Directed by Jeremy Dobrish Music Direction by Julie McBride Starring Jennifer Damiano A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND By Michele Lowe and Scott Davenport Richards Directed by Jack Cummings III Music Direction by Jon DiPinto Starring Tony Nominee Barbara Walsh Limited Three-Week Engagement Begins Monday, May 12 At The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street) PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents. INNER VOICES will feature librettos by Ellen Fitzhugh, Laura Harrington and Michelle Lowe; scores by Michael John LaChiusa, Jenny Giering and Scott Davenport Richards, the work of directors Jonathan Buttrell, Jeremy Dobrish and Jack Cummings III, and performances by Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, Jennifer Damiano (Spring Awakening) and Tony nominee Barbara Walsh (Company). INNER VOICES will begin its limited, 12-performance run on Monday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. at The Zipper Factory Theater (336 West 37th Street). The press opening is scheduled for Sunday, May 18. The solo musicals featured in INNER VOICES are: TRES NIÑAS by Ellen Fitzhugh and Michael John LaChiusa Directed by Jonathan Butterell Music Direction by Todd Almond Starring Victoria Clark TRES NIÑAS is the musical telling of a white American woman's affecting and being affected by 'The Other' at three stages of her life. ALICE UNWRAPPED by Laura Harrington and Jenny Giering Directed by Jeremy Dobrish Music Direction by Julie McBride Starring Jennifer Damiano In ALICE UNWRAPPED, a fifteen year-old girl has big shoes to fill with her dad missing in action, Mom refusing to come out of her bedroom, and a younger sister demanding normalcy - or else. A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND by Michele Lowe and Scott Davenport Richards Directed by Jack Cummings III Music Direction by Jon diPinto Starring Barbara Walsh When a mother's legendary silence is broken as she lies dying in a hospital room, her daughter embarks on a journey into the power of the unspoken word.

PREMIERES, a not-for-profit musical theater development company, proudly announces the world premiere of INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS, three new works created by and starring some of the industry's brightest talents.

This month you can join Broadway actor-singer, Michael Winther (Mamma Mia, 1776, Songs From An Unmade Bed) and one of Broadway's top musical directors, Kimberly Grigsby (Grease, Spring Awakening, Light In The Piazza) with special guest, Sally Wilfert (William Finn's Make Me A Song) for a unique, romantic evening of new love songs by some of our best contemporary theater composers and lyricists. Among the songwriters represented will be Deborah Abramson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jason Robert Brown, Mark Campbell, William Finn, Jenny Giering, Ricky Ian Gordan, Adam Guettel, Fred Hersch, Steve Marzullo, Chris Miller, Joe Thalken and more. The songs were selected especially for Valentine's week.

Enter to win two (2) free tickets to the new off-Broadway musical CROSSING BROOKLYN!

Transport Group's heart-tugging musical 'Crossing Brooklyn' deals with post 9/11 stress while MCC's 'Spain' is a whimsical tale of a modern day woman and a Spanish conquistador

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, has announced that the company will host a series of audience talkbacks for its current production of the world premiere musical Crossing Brooklyn with music by Jenny Giering and book and lyrics by Laura Harrington, and directed by Artistic Director Jack Cummings III.

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, will present Crossing Brooklyn, a world premiere musical, with music by Jenny Giering and book and lyrics by Laura Harrington, and directed by Artistic Director Jack Cummings III (a Drama Desk nominee for Transport Group's The Audience) beginning performances Friday, October 19, at the Connelly Theatre, 220 East 4th Street, between Avenues A and B. The opening has been scheduled for Sunday, October 28.

BroadwayWorld brings you to the first rehearsal of a brand new Off-Broadway musical, Crossing Brooklyn. Assembled in the same room for the first time on September 11th, this special video features some musical highlights and inteviews with the cast and creative.

Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, has announced that the company's 2007-2008 season will include two world premiere musicals: Crossing Brooklyn with music by Jenny Giering and book and lyrics by Laura Harrington, and Marcy in the Galaxy with music and lyrics by Nancy Shayne and book by 'Sex and the City' producer/writer/director Michael Patrick King and Shayne. Artistic Director Jack Cummings III will direct both.

Having moved gracefully through the moral shadowlands of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Doubt, acclaimed actress Adriane Lenox now finds herself in a lighter realm - that of Noel Coward's hilarious classic Blithe Spirit, which plays the Williamstown Theatre Festival from July 18th through 29th.

The ASCAP Foundation has announced that four new musical works have been selected for presentation at its annual ASCAP Foundation / Disney Musical Theatre Workshop in New York

Peter Sachon once again brings his ambitious solo project to the intimate setting of the Lenoard Nimoy Thalia.

On August 28th, composer Jenny Giering will celebrate the release of her solo CD with a concert at Joe's Pub

On Sunday, June 25th, new musical theatre composers and lyricists be recognized in 'Green: A Celebration of Tomorrow's Brightest Talent'

Goodspeed Musicals will present three new shows--Caraboo, Princess of Javasu, The '60s Project and Meet John Doe--at the Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, Connecticut as part of its Brand New Musical! program

On Wednesday, March 29th from 6 to 7 PM, Michael Winther will perform some Songs from an Unmade Bed as well as sign CDs; the event will take place at Tower Records at Lincoln Center

BroadwayWorld.com and Ghostlight/Sh-K-Boom Records announce the winners of the 'See What I Wanna See' and 'Songs From An Unmade Bed' CD Giveaway!