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Songwriter's ShowcaseJune 6, 2007-6 pmTickets: $10, free for MAC Members The Laurie Beechman Theater 407 West 42nd Street 212-465-2662 ascap.com macnyc.com  Lyricist Carol Hall received two Drama Desk Awards for "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," which ran for almost five years on Broadway.  Currently, Hall writes for the popular children's show "Max and Ruby."  For more than 10 years, Hall was a mainstay writer for the classic show "Sesame Street." Other guests on the showcase are the writing teams of Robert Maddock and Joe Iconis, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and Steve Silverstein and Ruth Williamson. The Showcase is produced by Michael Kerker (ASCAP) and Jamie deRoy (MAC). One of the few to write both music and lyrics, Carol Hall received two Drama Desk Awards for "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," which ran for almost five years on Broadway, received a Grammy nomination for its cast album and became a film starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton. Parton's recording of Hall's "Hard Candy Christmas," won an ASCAP Award for "Most Performed Country Song." A recent national tour of "Whorehouse" starred entertainment legend Ann-Margret. Carol Hall's additional work includes the Off-Broadway musicals "A… My Name is Alice, A… My Name is Still Alice," "To Whom It May Concern and Hats!," which has just opened a third company in Chicago. She was a major composer/lyricist for Marlo Thomas' Peabody and Emmy Award-winning TV Special, "Free to Be...You and Me" and its sequel, "Free to Be...A Family" and was a mainstay writer for "Sesame Street" for ten years. She is presently writing the score for the popular children's series "Max and Ruby." Hall's cabaret work has earned her two Bistro and MAC Awards, one of them the 2003 MAC Song of the Year, "I Dream In Technicolor." Her songs have been performed by legendary performers such as Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, and Olivia Newton-John. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul began their collaboration as freshmen at The University of Michigan and at age 21, as recipients of the 2007 Jonathan Larson Award, became the youngest winners in the history of the foundation. Robert Maddock (a recipient of a 2007 Jonathan Larson Award) and Iconis (winner of a 2007 Kleban Award and a 2006 Jonathan Larson Award) are currently working on two musicals, "Plastic!" (for which Robert wrote the book and lyrics with music by Iconis and Reza Jacobs) and "The Black Suits" (with music, lyrics and book by Iconis, with the book co-authored by Maddock). Steve Silverstein is the composer of the musical "The Human Heart (lyrics by Michael Colby), which received a grant from the Billy Rose Foundation. He is currently producing a CD for his Christmas show, "The Adventures of the Christmas Elf," which will be presented by ACT Theater Company in Dec 2007. Ruth Williamson has appeared on Broadway in the recent revival of "La Cage Aux Folles," the 2000 revival of "The Music Man," "Epic Proportions," "Little Me" with Martin Short, "Guys And Dolls" with Nathan Lane and the original "Annie," followed by a tour as Miss Hannigan. She has written Pure Heaven, about the late, great Kay Thompson (of Eloise fame). As a lyricist, her collaboration with Steve Silverstein on the song "A Strong Wind," was nominated for a 2007 MAC award. |
