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Drama Desk Award For Outstanding Sound Design In A Musical ...
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions. The category was created in the 2010 ceremony when the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Sound Design was split in two — Sound Design in a Musical, and Sound Design in a Play. Winners and nominees 2010s 2020s See also * Laurence Olivier Award for Best Sound Design * Tony Award for Best Sound Design References * External links Drama Desk official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Drama Desk Award Sound Design Sound Design Sound design is the art and practice of creating sound tracks for a variety of needs. It involves specifying, acquiring or creating auditory elements using audio production techniques and tools. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Following the 1964 renaming as the Drama Desk Awards, Broadway productions were included beginning with the 1968–69 award season. The awards are considered a significant American theater distinction. History The Drama Desk organization was formed in 1949 by a group of New York theater critics, editors, reporters and publishers, in order to make the public aware of the vital issues concerning the theatrical industry. They debuted the presentations of the ''Vernon Rice Awards''. The name honors the ''New York Post'' critic Vernon Rice, who had pioneered Off-Broadway coverage in the New York press. The name was changed for the 1963–1964 awards season to the ''Drama Desk Awards''. In 1974, the Drama Desk became incorporated as a not-for-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Of Mormon (musical)
''The Book of Mormon'' is a musical comedy with music, lyrics, and book by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. First staged in 2011, the play is a satirical examination of the beliefs and practices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The musical ultimately endorses the positive power of love and service, according to David Brooks of ''The New York Times''. Parker and Stone were best known for creating the animated comedy ''South Park;'' Lopez had co-written the music for the musical ''Avenue Q.'' ''The Book of Mormon'' follows two Latter-day Saints missionaries as they attempt to preach the faith of the Church to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village. The earnest young men are challenged by the lack of interest from the locals, who are distracted by more pressing issues such as HIV/AIDS, famine, female genital mutilation, child molestation, and oppression by the local warlord. In 2003, after Parker and Stone saw ''Avenue Q'', they joined forces wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carole King Musical
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Passion (musical)
''Passion'' is a one-act musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story was adapted from Ettore Scola's 1981 film '' Passione d'Amore'', and its source material, Iginio Ugo Tarchetti's 1869 novel '' Fosca''. Central themes include love, sex, obsession, illness, passion, beauty, power and manipulation. ''Passion'' is notable for being one of the few projects that Stephen Sondheim himself conceived, along with ''Sweeney Todd'' and '' Road Show''. Set in Risorgimento-era Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by the obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel's homely, ailing cousin. Background and history The story originally came from a 19th-century novel by Iginio Ugo Tarchetti, an experimental Italian writer who was prominently associated with the Scapigliatura movement. His book ''Fosca'' was a fictionalized recounting of an affair he'd once had with an epileptic woman when he was a soldier. Sondheim fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Moses Schreier
Dan Moses Schreier is an American composer and sound designer. He is best known for his theatrical music work, on Broadway and elsewhere. Schreier is from Detroit, and lives in New York City. He studied music at the University of Michigan and at Columbia University. Awards Dan Moses Schreier won Drama Desk Awards for Outstanding Sound Design for ''Floyd Collins'' (1996), ''Into the Woods'' (2002), ''Assassins'' (2004), and '' American Psycho'' (2016). He received Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Sound Design for ''Spic-O-Rama'' (1993), ''God's Heart'' (1997), ''Sweeney Todd'' (2006), '' Passion'' (2013), '' A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder'' (2014),Gans, Andrew (April 25, 2014)"2014 Annual Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announced; ''Gentleman's Guide'' Earns 12 Nominations", ''Playbill''. Retrieved June 12, 2014. '' Act One'' (also 2014), and ''Pacific Overtures'' (2018), and a nomination for Outstanding Music in a Play for ''The Merchant of Venice'' (2011). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant (musical)
''Giant'' is a Musical theatre, musical based on the 1952 Edna Ferber novel of the same name, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa and the book by Sybille Pearson. The musical premiered at the Signature Theatre (Arlington VA), Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia in 2009. The story follows a ranch family in Texas over 30 years, and the effect of the Texas oil boom, oil boom. The musical premiered off-Broadway in 2012. Production history and background Edna Ferber's great-niece, Julie Gilbert (author), Julie Gilbert, had approached LaChiusa about five years earlier to write a musical based on the novel ''Giant''. LaChiusa and Pearson initially thought it impossible to stage as a musical. The novel covers decades, and has a large number of characters, with a massive backdrop in wide-open, early 20th-century Texas. "Pearson said she and LaChiusa decided to use the novel, rather than Giant (1956 film), the movie, as the basis for their adaptation because 'the movie, in it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drood
''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' (or simply ''Drood'') is a musical based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel. Written by Rupert Holmes, the show was the first ever Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). The musical won five Tony Awards out of eleven nominations, including Best Musical. Holmes received Tony awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score. The musical debuted as part of the New York Shakespeare Festival in August 1985, and following revision, transferred to Broadway, where it ran until May 1987. Two national tours and production in London's West End followed. The Roundabout Theatre Company revived the musical in 2012. History Inspiration The musical ''Drood'' is derived from two major inspirations: Charles Dickens' final (and unfinished) novel, ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', and the British pantomime and music hall traditions that reached the height of their popularity in the years following Dickens' death. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Musical
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Hands On A Hardbody (musical)
''Hands on a Hardbody'' is a musical based on S.R. Bindler's 1997 documentary film '' Hands on a Hardbody''. The book is by Doug Wright, music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green, lyrics by Amanda Green. The documentary was adapted into a musical commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California.Hetrick, Adam and Jones, Kenneth"New Musical ''Hands On A Hardbody'' Will Roll Into La Jolla Playhouse in 2012"playbill.com, October 14, 2011 Production history ''Hands on a Hardbody'' had a private reading in April 2011 in New York City. The musical had its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse, California, running from April 2012 through June 2012. Broadway previews began February 23, 2013 at the Brooks Atkinson Theater, with the official opening on March 21, 2013. Directed by Neil Pepe, the cast featured Allison Case, Keith Carradine, Jon Rua, Hunter Foster, Keala Settle and Mary Gordon Murray. Musical staging is by Sergio Trujillo, scenic design by Christine Jones, costumes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Takes A Holiday (musical)
''Death Takes a Holiday'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan. The story is adapted from the 1924 Italian play ''La Morte in Vacanza'' by Alberto Casella, which was adapted in English for Broadway in 1929 by Walter Ferris. That play was made into a 1934 film of the same name starring Fredric March, which was remade in 1998 as ''Meet Joe Black'', starring Brad Pitt. Isherwood, Charles (July 21, 2011)"Set Aside That Scythe, and Let's Put on a Show" ''The New York Times''. The story of the musical is about lonely Death, who takes the form of a handsome young prince to understand human emotion. He falls in love with an engaged young woman and learns about love and sacrifice. The show played off-Broadway for a limited run in the summer of 2011 in a production by Roundabout Theatre Company and received eleven nominations for the 2011–12 Drama Desk Awards, though it did not win any. It was listed by ''Time'' magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesus Christ Superstar
''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with much of the plot centered on Judas, who is dissatisfied with the direction in which Jesus is steering his disciples. Contemporary attitudes, sensibilities and slang pervade the rock opera's lyrics, and ironic allusions to modern life are scattered throughout the depiction of political events. Stage and film productions accordingly contain many intentional anachronisms. Initially unable to get backing for a stage production, the composers released it as a concept album, the success of which led to the show's Broadway on-stage debut in 1971. By 1980, the musical had grossed more than worldwide. Running for over eight years in London between 1972 and 1980, it held the record for longest-running West End musical before it was overtaken by '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follies
''Follies'' is a Musical theater, musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Follies''). The evening follows a reunion of the Weismann Girls who performed during the interwar period. Several of the former showgirls perform their old numbers, often accompanied by the ghosts of their younger selves. The score offers a pastiche of 1920s and 1930s musical styles, evoking a nostalgic tone. The original Broadway production, directed by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett (theater), Michael Bennett, with choreography by Bennett, opened April 4, 1971. The musical was nominated for 11 Tony Awards and won seven. The original production, among the most costly on Broadway, ran for over 500 performances but ultimately lost its entire investment. The musical has had a number of major revivals, and several of its song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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