Lari White News

The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University are presenting the fourth annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project on Northwestern's Evanston, Ill. campus, June 21 to 27. The no-fee, weeklong workshop led by Tony?- and Grammy? award-winning artists is seeking talented young songwriters or writing teams from all popular music genres to participate.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Johnny Mercer, master of the American song, 'A Centennial Celebration of Johnny Mercer' (June 24 to 27) will launch the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival at the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University.

New Voices: Chicago is proud to present an exciting evening with the 2009 Johnny Mercer Songwriter's Project on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

The fifth year of the acclaimed series, ?Monday Nights, New Voices,' will continue on June 29th, with special guest host, Megan Hilty, who is currently starring in Broadway's 9 to 5.

The Theatre and Interpretation Center and American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) at Northwestern University will present the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival (June 24 to Aug. 9), featuring new works and old favorites performed by both Broadway stars and Northwestern music theatre students.

For the fourth consecutive year the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University and the Johnny Mercer Foundation in New York will present ?A Celebration of Johnny Mercer.? The weeklong revelry will include workshops, lecture demonstrations and a closing concert featuring Broadway performers Liz Callaway and Capathia Jenkins and other guest artists.

A toast to new works and Broadway favorites will mark the 2009 Summer Music Theatre Festival at the Theatre and Interpretation Center at Northwestern University.

The April 13 application deadline for the 4th annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project is fast approaching. The no-fee, weeklong songwriting intensive, presented by The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project and led by award-winning artists Craig Carnelia, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Lari White, will be held June 21 - 27 on the campus of Northwestern University just outside of Chicago.

The April 13 application deadline for the 4th annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project is fast approaching. The no-fee, weeklong songwriting intensive, presented by The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project and led by award-winning artists Craig Carnelia, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Lari White, will be held June 21 - 27 on the campus of Northwestern University just outside of Chicago.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation in association with The American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University Presents The 4th Annual Johhny Mercer Songwriters Project June 21-27, 2009 The Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project returns to Northwestern University for its fourth year! We are currently seeking talented songwriters or writing teams, ages 18-30, from all popular music genres to participate.

The Johnny Mercer Foundation and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University are presenting the fourth annual Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project on Northwestern's Evanston, Ill. campus, June 21 to 27. The no-fee, weeklong workshop led by Tony?- and Grammy? award-winning artists is seeking talented young songwriters or writing teams from all popular music genres to participate.

CAROL HALL'S 'HALLWAYS: The Songs of Carol Hall' WINS 2009 BISTRO AWARDS'ASCAP AWARD FOR OUSTANDING CD The 2009 BISTRO AWARDS have been announced. This year's ASCAP Award for Outstanding CD has been given to composer/lyricist CAROL HALL'S 'HALLWAYS, The songs of Carol Hall' which LML Music released nationally in stores and online at iTunes and Amazon.com on March 11th, 2008.

LML MUSIC released HALLWAYS, The Songs of Carol Hall on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 nationally in stores and online at iTunes and Amazon.com. The CD's critical and popular success has led to a second printing which was shipped Tuesday, January 20th nationally. The CD also remains available online at iTunes and Amazon.com. The first person ever to record one of Carol Hall's songs was the young Barbra Streisand. Subsequently, her songs were performed by such extraordinary singers as Tony Bennett, Barbara Cook, Margaret Whiting, Julie Wilson, Chita Rivera, Michael Feinstein, Mabel Mercer, Amanda McBroom, Lari White, Olivia Newton-John, Maureen McGovern, RuPaul, Miriam Makeba, David Campbell, Frederica von Stade, Kermit the Frog and Big Bird. Among others. She's also one of the few songwriters to have a hit Broadway show. Her classic musical The BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS entertained Broadway audiences for almost five years, received a Grammy nomination for its cast album, and became a popular film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. Dolly's recording of Carol's song 'Hard Candy Christmas' won an ASCAP Most Performed Country Song Award, and the film generated an ACADEMY AWARD nomination for Charles Durning, singing 'The Sidestep' as the slippery Governor of Texas.

On Monday, January 26 at 7 PM, the 7th Annual Nightlife Awards Concert, hailed as 'The Nightclub World's Equivalent of the Tony's' by Stephen Holden of the New York Times, returns once again with the most -- and the best -- entertainment of any awards show in the world. The reason is simple: there are no acceptance speeches at The Nightlife Awards.

Nationally acclaimed award-winning singer/songwriter/pianist, Johnny Rodgers will open his highly anticipated special performance at JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street) on MONDAY, DECEMBER 29th with composer/lyricist CAROL HALL'S ?Big City Boogie' which he will then follow with her ?Change In

Nationally acclaimed award-winning singer/songwriter/pianist, Johnny Rodgers will open his highly anticipated special performance at JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY at BIRDLAND (315 West 44th Street) on MONDAY, DECEMBER 29th with composer/lyricist CAROL HALL'S ?Big City Boogie' which he will then follow with her ?Change In

On Monday, January 26 at 7 PM, the 7th Annual Nightlife Awards Concert, hailed as 'The Nightclub World's Equivalent of the Tony's' by Stephen Holden of the New York Times, returns once again with the most -- and the best -- entertainment of any awards show in the world. The reason is simple: there are no acceptance speeches at The Nightlife Awards.

The Emelin Theatre has added two November concerts to its season with Simone-the accomplished jazz singer and daughter of Nina Simone- on November 7, and legendary girl group vocalist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector on November 15. In addition to the line-up of concerts this fall, including country music chart-topper Bryan White (October 24) and Tony Award-winner and jazz singer Ann Hampton Callaway (October 25), the Emelin's 2008-2009 season will feature film, music, family programs and more.

Carol Hall's new play THE SEX EDUCATION OF MY MOTHER will be read by the author/composer/lyricist for the Prospect Theater's Dark Night/Solo Series on Sunday, October 26, 2008, at 8pm at the Hudson Guild Theatre at 441 West 26th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues).

Carol Hall's new play THE SEX EDUCATION OF MY MOTHER will be read by the author/composer/lyricist for the Prospect Theater's Dark Night/Solo Series on Sunday, October 26, 2008, at 8pm at the Hudson Guild Theatre at 441 West 26th Street (between 9th and 10th Avenues).