PhotosGo Inside the 28th Annual Kleban Prize CeremonyAlan Schmuckler, Amanda Yesnowitz, and Christian Duhamel were awarded for their work in musical theatre.
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Marc J. Franklin
February 06, 2018
Kleban Prizer winners and the Kleban Foundation Board of Directors and Officers
Marc J. Franklin
The 28th Annual Kleban Prizes for Musical Theatre were presented February 5 in a private ceremony hosted by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop at the ASCAP headquarters in New York City.
The prize for the most promising musical theatre lyricists went to Alan Schmuckler and Amanda Yesnowitz, and the prize for the most promising musical theatre librettist went to Christian Duhamel.
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Go Inside the 28th Annual Kleban Prize Ceremony
Go Inside the 28th Annual Kleban Prize Ceremony
The prize, which honored Alan Schmuckler, Amanda Yesnowitz, and Christian Duhamel, is awarded to the most promising musical theatre lyricist and librettist.
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Kleban Foundation Board of Directors and Officers
Kleban Prizer winners and the Kleban Foundation Board of Directors and Officers
Marc J. Franklin
Patrick Cook, Alan Schmuckler, Amanda Yesnowitz, Christian Duhamel, and Seth Saltzman
Alan Schmuckler, Amanda Yesnowitz, and Christian Duhamel
The Kleban Foundation was established in 1988 under the will of Edward L. Kleban, best known as the Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist of the musical A Chorus Line. Kleban’s will made provisions for two annual prizes, which in recent years have totaled $100,000 each, payable over two years.