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News Composer Adam Guettel to Offer Six-Week Songwriting Workshop Musical Theatre Works will offer a six-week songwriting workshop with composer Adam Guettel this fall in Manhattan.

Guettel, the grandson of famed composer Richard Rodgers, will teach the workshop in his loft over six Wednesday evenings, from Oct. 29 to Dec. 10. According to a press release, the purpose of the workshop is "to broaden your creative approach to help generate new work, rather than develop your existing material." Adam Guettel has been hailed by The New York Times as “a young composer of strength and sophistication.” His latest musical, The Light in the Piazza, is a fairy tale romance about the love affair of an American woman — who is not all that she seems — with an Italian man in Florence. Piazzarecently debuted at Seattle’s Intiman Theatre with a cast led by Titanic’s Victoria Clark.

Only 20 participants will be accepted to the program, and tuition is priced at $450 . Those wishing to apply should call (212) 677-0040, ext. 304. An application may also be downloaded by visiting www.mtwnyc.org.

Musical Theatre Works, which is currently in its 20th year, is a not-for profit theatre decidated to new musicals. Workshops, such as the Guettel songwriting offer, help support the company's artistic programs.

 
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