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It’s Eight Grammy Nods for Mariah, Kanye and Legend
BMI superstars Mariah Carey, Kanye West and John Legend led the list of nominees for the 48th Annual Grammy Awards with eight nods each when contenders were announced at a star-studded press conference held December 8 at Gotham Hall in New York City. Their three-way tie pushed the total number of BMI-nominated songwriters and artists to an astounding 70% in the general fields.
Workshop Master Class Welcomes Guest Speaker David Yazbek

Grammy Award-winning BMI composer David Yazbek was a guest speaker at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Master Class held recently at BMI's New York office. Moderated by BMI Workshop committee member David Spencer, the Master Class examined two musicals developed in the Workshop: Adam Overett's Call It Courage and Carla Rose Arnone and Jason Coll's Haunted.
Composer David Yasbek to Be Guest Speaker at Workshop Master Class
Grammy Award-winning BMI composer David Yazbek will be a guest speaker at the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Master Class on Thursday, September 29. The class will be held at 5:00pm at BMI's midtown office (320 West 57th Street). Admission to the Master Class is for members of the BMI Workshop and New York…
For David Yazbek, It’s Been a Three-Tuxedo Year

David Yazbek is having a very good decade. The multitalented singer/songwriter started off the new millennium by composing his very first Broadway musical, a theater adaptation of the hit UK film, The Full Monty . The resulting original score earned Yazbek Tony and Grammy nominations, as well as a Drama Desk Award for Best Score. It also won media raves like this one from the…
BMI Workshop Receives Distinguished Honor from Drama League
Congratulations to the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, which received the 2005 Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award at the 71st Annual Drama League Awards and Luncheon held May 13 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York.
‘Spamalot,’ ‘Scoundrels’ Lead BMI Tony Nominees
Musical comedies "Monty Python's Spamalot" and "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" lead the list of BMI-represented Broadway productions nominated for the 59th Annual Tony Awards, announced May 10 from the heart of New York's Theatre District. Both are up for the coveted Best Musical Tony.
Mel Brooks and “The Producers” Rule Tony Nominations
With 15 nominations in 12 categories, the mega-hit Mel Brooks musical "The Producers" set a Broadway record by earning the most Tony Award nominations of any show in history. Brooks's show surpasses the Stephen Sondheim musical "Company," which received 14 in 1971. The finalists for the 55th annual Tony Awards, presented…
David Yazbek

David Yazbek is taking Broadway by storm with the hit musical The Full Monty, based on the smash film of the same name. His background as an Emmy-winning writer for Late Night with David Letterman and as a successful commercial jingle writer might not seem the type of background one would associate with a Broadway composer. A native New Yorker, Yazbek studied…
