20TH ANNUAL KLEBAN PRIZES AWARDED TO PETER MILLS AND BARRY WYNER
Published 2010-04-19
The Kleban
Foundation has announced that the 20th Annual Kleban Prize for the most
promising musical theater lyricist has gone to Peter
Mills and the award
for the most promising musical theater librettist has gone to
Barry Wyner. The 2010
awards will be presented on June 21, 2010, in a private ceremony (by invitation
only) at ASCAP.
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. The will made provision
for two annual prizes, each in the amount of $100,000 payable over two years, to
be given to the most promising lyricist and librettist in American Musical
Theater. The judges making the final determination this year were Craig Carnelia (Tony Award nominated
lyricist, Working and Sweet Smell of Success), Susan Drury (Grants Administrator of the
Dramatists’ Guild Fund) and playwright and librettist Jeffrey Sweet (Luv and I Sent a Letter to My
Love).
“For two
decades, The Kleban Prize has recognized and honored the American Musical
Theatre’s brightest developing talents,” says Tony Award winner Richard Maltby,
Jr, President of the Kleban Foundation. “The Kleban Prize is unique in that it
is bestowed not just for an artist’s previous achievements, but for the promise
of creativity to come. In Ed Kleban’s experience, young composers always seemed
able to support themselves in the theatre, but promising lyricists and
librettists often had to struggle. This Prize was Kleban’s attempt to help
promising writers when they needed support most -- when starting out. The Prize
has recognized musical theatre artists who went on to create such notable
productions as Off-Broadway's Avenue Q, Grey Gardens, The Wild Party, Parade, Shrek, The Last Five Years, The Little Mermaid, Assassins, The Wedding Singer and Legally Blonde.”
Previous recipients of the annual Kleban Prize include David Lindsay-Abaire (Shrek), Jason Robert Brown (Parade, Off-Broadway's The Last Five Years), John Bucchino (A Catered Affair, It’s Only Life), Gretchen Cryer (I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road, The Last Sweet Days of Isaac), Michael Korie (Grey Gardens, Happiness), Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Avenue Q), Michael John LaChiusa (See What I Want To See, The Wild Party), Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid) and John Weidman (Pacific Overtures, Road Show, Assassins).
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