Musical Theatre Photo Archive
BMI President & CEO Del Bryant stopped by the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop to congratulate BMI Broadway composer Robert Lopez on his two Tony nominations for Book of Mormon. Lopez was the day’s guest instructor at the Workshop, where he developed his Tony-award winning musical Avenue Q several years ago. View Photo
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held its Winter Smoker January 13, which featured performances by Jill Abramovitez, Leo Ash Evens, Amy Justman, Harris Doran. Pictured at the event are (back row): Ray Bokhour, David Gaines, Matt Van Brink, Kellen Blair, Michele Foor, Joe Kinosian, Mary Liz McNamara, Michael Ogborn, BMI’s Jean Banks; (middle row) Jeff Blumenkrantz, Frank Evans,… View Photo
Musical theatre actress Lyn Liechty, who has appeared in such productions as Jekyll and Hyde and Dracula the Musical, recently stopped by BMI’s New York office. Pictured are Ron Alexenburg, BMI’s Charlie Feldman, Lyn Liechty, and Ron Ponella. View Photo
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held its spring Smoker, a semi-annual showcase of new songs from the Workshop, May 20 at The Actors Temple Theatre in New York. Eleven new musicals were presented at the spring Smoker, which is modeled after the informal social gatherings held at Cambridge University. Pictured at the showcase are (back row) Stuart McMeans,… View Photo
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held a Master Class May 6 during which excerpts from the workshop’s works in progress, The Passion of Ed Wood and The Suicide, were presented. Pictured at the event held at BMI’s New York office are Master Austin Pendleton; Justin Warner and Rob Kendt, writers of The Passion of Ed Wood; Master Class… View Photo
The 11th Annual BMI Foundation Jerry Harrington Awards for Creative Excellence were presented during a ceremony held on May 10 at the BMI New York offices. These awards, funded by BMI Assistant Vice President and BMI Foundation board member Evelyn Buckstein in honor of her colleague, the late Jerry Harrington, who was passionately devoted to musical theatre, are given to… View Photo
Andy Roninson was recently named the recipient of the Robert Sherman Scholarship, funded by Sherman, the co-writer of classics including Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Pictured celebrating with Roninson are Pat Cook, Artistic Administrator of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and Co-moderator; Roninson; Rick Freyer, Co-moderator of Workshop; and BMI’s Jean Banks. View Photo
Pictured enjoying the opening of The Color Purple at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles on February 11 are Stephen Bray, American Idol: Season 7 runner-up David Archuleta, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, BMI’s Linda Livingston, and Stephen Bray’s father. Bray, Russell and Willis co-composed the acclaimed music for the production. View Photo
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held its Winter Smoker February 11 at BMI’s New York offices, where Workshop participants showcased their new works. Pictured before the event are (back row) Workshop participants Robert Maggio, Adam Mathias and Matthew Hardy; BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop Artistic Director Pat Cook; Workshop participants Kristin Bair, Andy Roninson and Sam Willmott;… View Photo
The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop held a Master Class December 3 in New York where students showcased new works: Phoebe Kreutz, Dan Israel and Adam Mathias presented “The Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project; and Blake Hackler and Peter Chernyak presented “The Wasp Woman.” Pictured are writers Adam Mathias and Dan Israel; composer and Master David Maltby; composer and… View Photo