Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards

By: May. 17, 2006
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The American Musical Voices Project's presentation of composer grants and Leadership Awards took place on Monday, May 15, at a cocktail reception at New World Stages in New York City (340 West 50th Street).

At the awards, composer/lyricist Michael John LaChiusa (Bernarda Alba, See What I Wanna See) and composers Ricky Ian Gordon (Dream True, My Life with Albertine) and Joseph Thalken (Harold and Maude) were awarded
million dollar musical theatre composer grants donated to Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA by the Shen Family Foundation, as part of the American Musical Voices Project. The $25,000 that each receives each year over the course of four years will also enable him to fully workshop a new musical during the 2006-2007 season. During the 2009-2010 season, the musical will then be fully staged at Signature.

In addition, four time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald, Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza), Ted Sperling (director of See What I Wanna See, Tony Award for co-orchestrating The Light in the Piazza) and orchestrator Bruce Coughlin (Tony Award-winner for additional orchestrations to The Light in the Piazza) each received a one-time grant of $25,000 as part of the first musical theatre Leadership Awards.

The reception also featured performances of the honored composers work by some of the musical theatre's brightest stars, including McDonald (Ragtime), Tony-nominee Kelli O'Hara (The Pajama Game, The Light in the Piazza) and Tony-nominee Howard McGillin (The Phantom of the Opera).

Visit www.sig-online.org for more information.

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Sara Gettelfinger and Michael Arden

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Ted Sperling and Howard McGillin

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Audra McDonald

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Mary Jo Wright and Theodore P. Shen

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
The Signature Theater staff: Sam Sweet (Managing Director), Olivia Haas (Director of PR and Marketing), Sarah Valente (Vice Chair of Board of Directors), Sara Jaffe (Director of Development) and Eric Schaeffer (Artistic Director)

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Audra McDonald, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Celia Keenan-Bolger

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Adam Guettel, Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Morrison

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
GrooveLily past and present band members

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Theodore P. Shen, Eric Schaeffer and Mary Jo Wright

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Donna English and Joseph Thalken

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Eric Schaeffer and Joseph Thalken

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Michael Arden and Bruce Coughlin

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Charles Kopelman (Michael John LaChiusa's agent), Oskar Eustis and Michael John LaChiusa

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Costume Designer Susan Hilferty and Audra McDonald

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Matthew Morrison, Kelli O'Hara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Michael Arden

Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
Kelli O'Hara, Jason Danieley, Ricky Ian Gordon, Mary Jo Wright and Ted Shen


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