Maury. Yeston.
Jim Steinman.
It would be neat to hear what Jim Steinman has up his sleeve...
But I adore Jason Robert Brown (always thought it would interesting to see what he could have done with a show like RAGTIME)
and after hearing Live Out Loud from A Little Princess by Andrew Lippa I am dying to hear more of his work.
Adam Guettel
Jason Robert Brown
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Understudy Joined: 7/12/07
Of course Sondheim, but not another Bounce. Strouse Strouse Strouse. I know he has a huge amount of flops, but listen to the scores of Golden Boy, Rags, Dance a little Closer. What happened to Marty?
David Yazbek, no question! His "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" was genius. I hope he's working on something as we speak.
J.R. Brown
Guettel
Lippa
LaChiusa
Sondheim
Wildhorn
Yazbeck
William Finn Definately!
Frankel and Korie together again-their music is gorgeous
and Lippa
Adam Guettel
Jason Robert Brown
The team of Dempsey & Rowe
Michael John LaChiusa
As many have mentioned before,Frankel and Korie and Guettel.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
Guettel and Ricky Ian Gordon. JRB too I suppose, though I didn't much care for 13.
Adam Guettel. Whoever said he was terrible deserves a f****** great slap, if you ask me.
David Yazbek. Absolutely hilarious, but nowhere near prolific enough.
Marc Shaiman. Or perhaps I'm just ever so keen to see how 'Catch me If You Can' turns out.
Jim Steinman. I wish the 'Batman' musical hadn't died. ;_;
Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/04
Jeanine Tesori
Ricky Ian Gordon (more like Dream True or Only Heaven, less like Orpheus & Euridice or My Life With Albertine)
Pasek & Paul
Brian Lowdermilk
Chris Miller & Nathan Tysen
Steve Marzullo
Jeff Blumenkrantz
Jenny Giering
Joshua Salzman (I Love You Because)
Jason Howland (Little Women... I'd love to see what he could do with a better lyricist than Mindi Dickstein)
David Kirshenbaum
Joe Iconis
Maybe that long of a list cheapens the significance, but I honestly want to hear more from all of these composers. I didn't include some of my favorite composers (Michael John LaChiusa, Adam Guettel, William Finn, Stephen Flaherty) because I feel like we have a lot from them already and some of them have started recycling. So for them I'm not dying for a new show immediately...I'd rather they spend time to do it as well as I know they all can.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
I forgot about Lowdermilk!
Aww, I like My Life With Albertine
Jenny Giering!! I just discovered this morning that she has an album and almost pissed my pants in joy!
also the guy that wrote The View from Here!
Swing Joined: 9/28/06
Guettel and Finn for me.
My favorite newcomer is Robert Rokicki. He has a new show coming, and its supposed to be great!
Chorus Member Joined: 6/1/03
Hate to break it to you, but PRINCESS BRIDE is dead, and has been for a while. Guettel had creative and financial differences with William Goldman.
The composer I'm ALWAYS wanting to hear more from is shockingly obvious :)
The Ahrens & Flaherty website
LaChiusa, Ricky Ian Gordon, and Joseph Thalken all received grants from Signature Theatre to develop and execute a workshop/full production of a new show over the next three seasons. I believe it is one show from one composer each season, or at least that was how it was explained at the recent cabaret highlighting their work.
http://www.signature-theatre.org/american_voices.htm
So, we will hear more (new stuff) from them. I am particularly glad about the LaChiusa case. I would also like to hear more from Guettel and Ahrens and Flaherty.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
What is Guettel working on now that Goldman is being a ninny and Princess Bride is over?
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