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2008 Fred Ebb Award
Eligibility Criteria and Application Form (Adobe PDF format)
PETER MILLS
RECEIVES 2007 FRED EBB AWARD
The
Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard,
Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre
Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic
Director) announced that Peter Mills has been awarded
the third annual Fred Ebb Award. The award is named in honor of the late
award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb who passed
away in September 2004.
Click here to view photos of
the event.
Read the Playbill.com article.
Peter Mills
Peter Mills received 2005 Drama Desk Award nominations for his show THE PURSUIT OF PERSEPHONE (Best Music and Best Orchestrations), the 2003 Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award from the ASCAP Foundation, and received a 2002 grant from the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation. Most recently, he wrote music and lyrics for THE ROCKAE, a rock musical based on The Bacchae. Other recent projects include lyrics for IRON CURTAIN (music by Stephen Weiner, book by Susan DiLallo), and music and lyrics for THE ALCHEMISTS, ILLYRIA (a musical adaptation of Twelfth Night, which had its regional premiere at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Fall 2004, with a cast album released in April 2005) and THE TAXI CABARET (published by Samuel French in Fall 2004). With Cara Reichel, he wrote THE FLOOD, which was selected for the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop (2001). MARCO POLO, written with composer Deborah Abramson, was selected for the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop in 2000, and Peter and Deborah were chosen as 2000-01 Dramatists Guild Fellows. Peter holds an M.F.A. in Musical Theater Writing from New York University's Tisch School for the Arts and a degree in English/Dramatic Literature from Princeton University. He is a founding member of Prospect Theater Company.
The
Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee)
in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd
Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to announce the
Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters.
The award is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist
Fred Ebb.
The
Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre
songwriting, by a lyricist, composer, or songwriting team
that has not yet achieved significant commercial success.
The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters
to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes
a $50,000 award.
The
first annual Fred Ebb Award was given to composer John
Bucchino on November 29th, 2005 at The American Airlines
Theatre Penthouse Lounge. Visit John's website at:
johnbucchino.com.
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here to view photos of
the event.
The
second annual Fred Ebb Award was given to Robert
L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak on November 28th, 2006 at The American Airlines
Theatre Penthouse Lounge.
Click here to view photos of
the event.
See
pictures of the event from Broadway.com.
See pictures of the event from Broadwayworld.com.
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