Music rights management company BMI has announced that it is currently accepting applications to the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop for its Musical Theatre Bookwriting Workshop (formerly known as the Librettists Workshop).
"The once a week course takes place at BMI’s lower Manhattan office located at 7 World Trade Center, from September through May," they said in a statement. "The deadline to apply for the Bookwriting Workshop is June 1. Applications for the Songwriting Workshop (formerly known as the Composer/Lyricists Workshop), due August 1, will open later this month."
"The Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is a free weekly program where participants collaborate with peers to develop and cultivate their skills under the guidance of experienced instructors and veteran guest lecturers," they continued. "Notable Workshop alumni includes EGOT recipient Robert Lopez (Frozen, The Book of Mormon, Avenue Q), Academy Award-winner Kristen Anderson Lopez (Frozen, In Transit), Tony Award-winners Alan Menken (Newsies, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors), Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Shrek - The Musical, Violet), Maury Yeston (Nine, Grand Hotel, Titanic), Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island, Seussical), Tony Award-nominated Noel Carey (Death Becomes Her) and Benjamin Velez (Real Women Have Curves), and Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson (Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, The Book Thief, Between the Lines, Central Park)."
For more information and to apply to the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, please visit:https://www.bmi.com/theatre_workshop.
