Photo Coverage: American Musical Voices Project Awards
By: Genevieve Rafter Keddy May. 17, 2006
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).
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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).
Sara Gettelfinger and Michael Arden
Ted Sperling and Howard McGillin
Audra McDonald
Mary Jo Wright and Theodore P. Shen
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)
Audra McDonald, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Celia Keenan-Bolger
Adam Guettel, Kelli O'Hara and Matthew Morrison
GrooveLily past and present band members
Theodore P. Shen, Eric Schaeffer and Mary Jo Wright
Donna English and Joseph Thalken
Eric Schaeffer and Joseph Thalken
Michael Arden and Bruce Coughlin
Charles Kopelman (Michael John LaChiusa's agent), Oskar Eustis and Michael John LaChiusa
Costume Designer Susan Hilferty and Audra McDonald
Matthew Morrison, Kelli O'Hara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Celia Keenan-Bolger and Michael Arden
Kelli O'Hara, Jason Danieley, Ricky Ian Gordon, Mary Jo Wright and Ted Shen
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