Fred Ebb Award
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next year's Award will be available here in March 2011.

ZINA GOLDRICH & MARCY HEISLER
RECEIVE THE FIFTH ANNUAL
FRED EBB AWARD FOR
MUSICAL THEATRE SONGWRITING

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell S. Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has announced that Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich have been awarded the fifth annual Fred Ebb Award. The invitation only award presentation and cocktail reception will take place on Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. at The American Airlines Theatre's Penthouse Lobby (227 West 42nd Street). Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of the Tony Award winning Signature Theatre will present the award. The Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb who passed away in September 2004.

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Author MARCY HEISLER and Composer ZINA GOLDRICH, who have been collaborating since 1993, are honored to be the recipients of this year’s Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting. They also received 2009 Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Lyrics and Music for DEAR EDWINA.. and are past recipients of ASCAP's Richard Rodgers New Horizons Theatre Award. Praised by The New York Times as a “bright inventive production” that “beguiles with rock, rag, rhythm and blues and doo wop among other attractions,” MARCY and ZINA’s JUNIE B. JONES enjoyed three highly successful off-Broadway runs under the auspices of Theatreworks USA, earning two Lucille Lortel Award nominations.  As performers, MARCY and ZINA have toured domestically and internationally, presenting their music at some of the finest venues, including Carnegie Hall, Canada's “Juste Pour Rire” comedy festival and the Kennedy Center. Raved The Village Voice, “[They] have been turning out smart lyrics and sophisticated melodies for some time. Keep in mind they're the ones whose nifty love song rhymed 'quesadilla' with 'IKEA.'” Kristin Chenoweth popularized their song, “Taylor, the Latte Boy,” performing it on The Today Show and The Rosie O’Donnell Show and in concert at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera House, and the White House. Together and apart, MARCY and ZINA have provided original songs for The Disney Channel, Disney Interactive and Feature Animation projects, Disney Theatricals, PBS, and Nickelodeon.  November 2009 marks the release of MARCY AND ZINA: The Album on Yellow Sound Label, and their Songbooks Volumes 1 and 2 are available from Hal Leonard. They have many new theatrical projects in the works, including an adaptation of the tale of Snow White and Rose Red, a Cyrano story set in the Brill Building Era, and a musical version of FREAKIN' FABULOUS, based on the bestselling book by author and stylemaker Clinton Kelly of TLC's What Not To Wear.   For more information about MARCY and ZINA, please log on to www.marcyandzina.com.
 

The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter 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.  In addition to the monetary prize, the Fred Ebb Foundation will produce a one-night-only showcase of Adam’s work in the spring of 2009.  The Fred Ebb Foundation is funded by royalties from Mr. Ebb’s vast catalogue of work.  The selection panel includes Mitchell S. Bernard, Sheldon Harnick, David Loud, Debra Monk, Tim Pinckney and Arthur Whitelaw.

The fourth annual Fred Ebb Award was given to Adam Gwon on December 1st, 2008 at The American Airlines Theatre Penthouse Lobby.

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The third annual Fred Ebb Award was given to Peter Mills on November 26th, 2007 at The American Airlines Theatre Penthouse Lounge.

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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.

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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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