Monday, September 19, 2011

Stars and Stripes - American Musicals Volume 1 of 3



America is home to some of the world's most popular and best loved musicals.
From classics such as Guys and Dolls and West Side Story to the latest hits
Legally Blonde and Rent - there is something for everyone! Please enjoy our 
first installment on American musicals - you're sure to find something to inspire
you. Make sure you take advantage of our special perusal offer - full details below!



Alan Menken
Alan Menken is one of the most successful composers of current times. His awardss include A Billboard #1 album (Pocahontas) and #1 single (A Whole New World), 8 Academy Awards®, 7 Golden Globes®, 10 GRAMMYS®, the London Evening Standard Award, the Olivier, the New York Drama Critics Award, the Drama Desk and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. His most recent works include stage adaptations of The Little Mermaid and Leap of Faith  and live-action film adaptations of A Christmas Carol and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Works include:
Disney Aladdin JR.
Disney Aladdin KIDS
Disney Beauty and the Beast
Disney Beauty and the Beast JR.
Disney Little Mermaid JR. (Coming Soon)
A Christmas Carol (Broadway)
Little Shop Of Horrors
Read more about the shows.....

 

Jonathan Larson
Jonathan Larson is best known for his award winning musical Rent. Amoung the awards it received are the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1996 Tony Award for Best Musical. In addition to scoring and song writing for Sesame Street, he created music for a number fo children's book-cassettes, including Steven Spielberg's An American Tail and Land Before Time.
Works include: 
Rent
Rent School Edition
Tick, Tick... Boom!
Read more about the shows.....

 

Jeanine Tesori
Jeanine Tesori, hailed as the one of the leading voices in American musical theatre, is an award winning composer, record producer and conductor.  She won the honor of being the only female composer to have two musicals running on Broadway concurrently - Caroline, Or Change
at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre and Thoroughly Modern Millie 
at the Marquis Theatre. Tesori's most recent stage project is Shrek The Musical, which earnt both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for her music.
Works include: 
Disney Mulan JR.
Caroline, Or Change
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie JR.  
Violet
 
Read more about the shows.....

 

Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire
Maltby and Shire have worked together as a composer and lyricist team on a number of musicals including Baby (nominated for 7 Tony Awards) and Big (nominated for 5 Tony Awards). Richard Maltby Jr. also wrote lyrics for Starting Here, Starting Now , Ain’t Misbehavin’Song and Dance and Miss Saigon. Their latest work is Take Flight, a new musical which premiered at the Charlotte Rep.
Works include:
Baby
Big, The Musical
Closer Than Ever
Starting Here, Starting Now
Read more about the shows.....

 
 
 

Stephen Flaherty and Lynne Ahrens 
Flaherty and Ahrens are best known for their work on the Broadway musical Ragtime which received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as well as two Grammy nominations. In addition to their extensive work on Broadway, they have also worked on film music with Anastasia receiving two Academy Award and two Golden Globe nominations. 2008 marked the twenty-fifth year of their collaboration.
Works include:
Dessa Rose
Emperor's New Clothes TYA
The Glorious Ones
Lucky Stiff
A Man Of No Importance
My Favorite Year
Once On This Island
Once On This Island JR.
Ragtime
Ragtime School Edition
Seussical
Seussical TYA
Seussical JR.
When The Cookie Crumbles…
Read more about the shows.....

 
 
 

Laurence O'Keefe
Laurence O'Keefe is best known for his 2007 work Legally Blonde which received both Tony and Drama Desk nominations and won the Ed Kleban Award, the ASCAP Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award and a Jonathan Larson award. His Off-Broadway credits include Bat Boy: The Musical, which has seen over 100 productions worldwide. Larry is a product of his education with the Harvard Krokodiloes, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, the Harvard Lampoon and the Actors’ Gang, and especially the incomparable Nell Benjamin.
Works include:
Bat Boy
Legally Blonde (Currently Restricted)
Read more about the shows.....



SPECIAL OFFER
THREE PERUSALS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE ON THE
SELECTED COMPOSERS UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER 2011!

Complete and return the Perusal Request Form now!

Visit our website for more information, application forms and perusal request forms.

  Finding it hard to make a decision? We’re all experienced music theatre
practitioners and we can always help you out!  

 We look forward to working with you on your next performance!  

 With warmest regards,
Music Licensing & Hire Department
Stuart Hendricks, Nikol McKail, Megan Stapleton,
Neveen Byrnes, Nikki Aitken

Please note:
Standard Perusal Terms and Conditions Apply.
Restrictions may apply to some shows - please visit our website for more details.
Legally Blonde and Disney Little Mermaid JR are not currently available for perusal.
This perusal Offer is valid from 31st August to 30th September 2011.

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