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Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 21 (Shaina Taub)

February 19, 2021

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 21. We interviewed Shaina Taub, a songwriter and performer. She has the won the Jonathan Larson Grant, the Kleban Prize, the Fred Ebb Award, the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award and more, and is currently collaborating on many amazing projects including The Devil Wears Prada musical with Elton John.

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 10 (Rona Siddiqui)

September 28, 2019

Women Who Wow Us: Spotlight 10. We interviewed Rona Siddiqui, an award-winning composer/lyricist and music director based in NYC. Her show Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan, an autobiographical comedy about growing up bi-ethnic in America, will be receiving a workshop in the fall of 2019, and she is the recipient of this year’s Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award.

Women Who Wow Us: Week Six (Masi Asare)

August 12, 2019

Women Who Wow Us: Week Six. This week, we interviewed Masi Asare, the first-ever recipient of the Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award. Masi is a composer/lyricist, playwright, singer, and voice coach with a PhD in Performance Studies. This past April, she received an Emerging Artist Grant from the Theater Hall of Fame, and this past May, she received the Stacey Mindich “Go Write a Musical” award at The Lilly Awards.