92YTribeca Hosts Behind the Music-al at 92YTribeca 3/21

Behind the Music-al is an exciting behind-the-scenes look at the next generation of musical theater composers. For "Unfinished Business," emerging songwriters Adam Gwon, Randy Redd and Ewalt & Walker discuss the songs that wound up on the cutting room floor, or are still being developed for new projects. How do you take a song that never quite made it to completion and turn it into something new? How do you finish your unfinished business?

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Adam Gwon is a composer/lyricist whose musicals include Ordinary Days (Roundabout Theatre Company, London's Trafalgar Studios) and the upcoming The Boy Detective Fails (with Joe Meno), Cloudlands (with Octavio Solis) and Bernice Bobs Her Hair (with Julia Jordan). His honors include the Fred Ebb Award, the ASCAP Harold Adamson Award, the MAC John Wallowitch Award, and a MAC Award nomination for best song, as well as commissions from Signature Theatre (Arlington, VA), South Coast Repertory, Broadway Across America, and the EST/Sloan Project.

Randy Redd is a professor of musical theater at CAP 21 and NYU's Tisch School of The Arts. Along with David Pittu, he wrote What's That Smell: The Music of Jacob Stirling produced by the Atlantic Theater Company. He also helps run the "After the Storm" foundation, which helps bring music and theater to communities in New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina.

Kyle Ewalt and Michael I. Walker are co-creators of Behind the Musical with 92YTribeca. Most recently, their show Separate: Battle Songs of Youth was seen at Ars Nova and their latest musical, Bromance: the Dudesical, was at Caroline's on Broadway. Together, they have completed four musicals, and their music has been seen around NYC and the country. Bromance will next be seen in February as part of Ground UP Productions New Works Festival. Michael's play, Letter From Algeria, just completed an Off-Broadway run at the Abgindon Theater.

About 92YTribeca
92YTribeca is 92nd Street Y's downtown arts and culture venue in New York City. Opened in October 2008, 92YTribeca presents music, comedy, film, theater, talks, classes, family events, and Jewish community and holiday programs in a versatile, street-level, modern space at 200 Hudson Street. In addition to the mainstage and screening room, the venue houses an art gallery, lounge, bar, café, seminar and meeting rooms, and free Wi-Fi around the space. With programs developed by a professional curatorial team in partnership with staff, local artists and arts organizations, new-media companies, fellow presenters, and community and cause-based organizations, 92YTribeca aims to engage a diverse community of young people from around the New York area with smart, relevant programming that encourages participation and conversation. For more information, visit www.92YTribeca.org.

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