Kirsten Childs
Kirsten Childs is an actor, lyricist, bookwriter whose BroadwayWorld credits include Sweet Charity, Jerry's Girls, and Bob Fosse's Dancin'. Awards include Obie Awards for 0 (2007).
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Videos
Video: Elizabeth Stanley Sings 'Back To Before' from RAGTIME at 54 Below
by Joshua Wright - 2024-05-09 11:21:03
Video: First Look at the Cast of BOB FOSSE'S DANCIN' Performing 'Dancin' Man'
by Stephi Wild - 2023-03-03 05:56:40
VIDEO: First Look at The Acting Company's THE THREE MUSKETEERS and ROMEO AND JULIET in Repertory
by Blair Ingenthron - 2022-11-05 15:05:53
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by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 5, 2026
New York Theatre Barn and the Fire Island Pines Arts Project will join forces for the 5th annual season of Barn on Fire. The summer residency on Fire Island will make space for the original musicals Trick! The Musical and Café con Leche.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 29, 2025
In January of 2026, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, Matthew Morrison and many more.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 3, 2025
Douglas Aibel will step down as Artistic Director of Vineyard Theatre, a position he has held since 1985, and in partnership with Sarah Stern since 2011. Learn more!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2025
The Acting Company has revealed its 2025-26 Season of programming. The season features Dickens' Great Expectations in a World Premiere Adaptation by Nikki Massoud, and more.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2025
The Board of Directors of Rhinebeck Writers Retreat announced that, after a nation-wide search, Erica Rotstein has been chosen to succeed Founding Executive Director Kathy Evans as Executive Director.
by Stephi Wild - Jun 11, 2025
This summer, New York Theatre Barn and the Fire Island Pines Arts Project will join forces for the 4th annual season of Barn on Fire. Learn more about the lineup here!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 30, 2025
Last night, the Dramatists Guild of America honored the recipients of their 2025 Awards with a ceremony at Green Fig at which playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists celebrated their fellow theatre writers. Check out photos here!
by Stephi Wild - Apr 10, 2025
Center Theatre Group presents the premiere of a new, Hitchcockian noir take on Hamlet by William Shakespeare, from director Robert O'Hara. Learn more here!
by Stephi Wild - Feb 19, 2025
National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the NAMT Member Theatre and Writer Recipients for the 2024/2025 Writers Residency Grants, part of the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 21, 2025
Theatre Now New York has been awarded a Writers Residency Grant through the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT).
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 13, 2025
The Sankofa Collective has revealed the 2024-25 season, including exciting benefit concerts, a modern twist on classics and a world premiere play. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 3, 2025
Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Linda Eder, Derek Klena and more.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 27, 2024
In January, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Derek Klena, Kerry Ellis, and many more! Learn how to purchase tickets.
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2024
United Hospital Fund, with grant support from Venturous Theater Fund, has released Risky Business: A Guide for Dramatists (and Other Theater Workers) on Finding Affordable Health Coverage and Care,.
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 29, 2024
Playwrights Horizons has renamed its Mainstage Theater the Judith O. Rubin Theater,.
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 26, 2024
The cast for the upcoming production of THE LION KING at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco has been announced, featuring a mix of new and returning performers.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2024
Jeanine Tesori and Bess Wohl have joined The Dramatists Guild Council, the leadership team of the Guild.
by Pamela Roberts - May 28, 2024
Creative Cauldron stages a positively effervescent musical, THE BUBBLY BLACK GIRL SHEDS HER CHAMELEON SKIN, a coming-of-age story that ably balances light humorous moments with pointed questions of growing up a Black woman in the latter part of the 20th century.
by Joshua Wright - May 9, 2024
Watch as Tony Award nominee Elizabeth Stanley sings 'Back to Before' from Ragtime at 54 Below. In celebration of Women’s History Month, acclaimed women musical theatre writers who are Council members of the Dramatists Guild of America gathered at 54 Below to share stories and introduce some of the songs they’ve written from Broadway and beyond.
by A.A. Cristi - May 3, 2024
In May, Creative Cauldron will present The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin. A show about a girl who is stuck between two worlds within her own identity, as she strives to make a name for herself in the bright lights of Broadway.
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Kirsten Childs has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.
Kirsten Childs has not appeared in the West End.
Voice Judges (Obie Awards), Music and Lyrics (Obie Awards) for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Outstanding Music (Drama Desk Awards) for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin and Most promising musical theatre lyricist ().
Kirsten Childs has won numerous awards throughout her Broadway career. She received Obie Awards for Voice Judges and for Music and Lyrics for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin. Additionally, she earned three Drama Desk Awards for the same production: Outstanding Book of a Musical, Outstanding Lyrics, and Outstanding Music. She has also been recognized as Most Promising Musical Theatre Lyricist.
Kirsten Childs has written 7 shows including The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin (Bookwriter), Miracle Brothers (Bookwriter/Composer/Lyricist), Miracle Brothers (Bookwriter), If You Give A Mouse A Cookie & Other Story Books (Adaptation), Doris to Darlene A Cautionary Valentine (Songs), Bella: An American Tall Tale (Book, Music, and Lyrics), Fly (Lyricist).
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