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Women Who Wow Us: Week Four

Women Who Wow Us: Week Four. This week, we interviewed Erin McKeown, a multi-talented musician, writer, and producer. Her Off-Broadway musical “Miss You Like Hell”, written with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, opened at The Public Theater in 2018. It was nominated for 5 Drama Desk Awards including Best Lyrics, Best Music, and Best Orchestrations, and The Wall Street Journal named it Best Musical of 2018.

A First for Broadway: The Trombonists of KING KONG

Jennifer Wharton writes about being half of the first all-female trombone section on Broadway.

Women Who Wow Us: Week Three

Women Who Wow Us: Week Three. This week, we interviewed Elise Frawley, an accomplished viola player and an Executive Board member of Local 802, the New York metro area union for musicians. Elise has played viola in many venues and on television, from Carnegie Hall and Rockwood Music Hall to Saturday Night Live and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Women Who Wow Us: Week Two

Women Who Wow Us: Week Two. This week, we interviewed Anessa Marie, the co-founder and Associate Artistic Director of The Art Garage, a new NYC-based theatre company dedicated to producing Transgender/Gender Non-Conforming work. This year, Anessa was awarded the New York Musical Festival’s first-ever Artist Fellowship.

Women Who Wow Us: Week One

Women Who Wow Us: Week One. Our first interview is with Nancy Ford, a critically-acclaimed artist whose works have been featured on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in Regional Theaters. Nancy Ford and her writing partner Gretchen Cryer were among the very first commercially successful female composer/lyricist teams in musical theater history.

Musical of the Month Reboot: Clare Kummer’s “The Choir Rehearsal”

Thanks to Maestra, a renewed interest in composer Clare Kummer has the attention of the New York Public Library.