The Richard Rodgers Award is an annual award presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was created and endowed by

Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902 – December 30, 1979) was an American Musical composition, composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the most ...

in 1978 for the development of new works in

musical theatre Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...

. These awards provide financial support for full productions, studio productions, and staged readings of new and developing works of musical theatre, and to nurture early-career

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

s, lyricists and playwrights by enabling their musicals to be produced by nonprofit theatres in New York City. The winners are selected by a jury of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Richard Rodgers Awards are the Academy's only awards for which applications are accepted. Former award recipients include Maury Yeston, for '' Nine''; Jonathan Larson, for ''

Rent Rent may refer to: Economics *Renting, an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property *Economic rent, any payment in excess of the cost of production *Rent-seeking, attempting to increase one's share of e ...

''; Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal, for ''Juan Darien'';

Lynn Ahrens Lynn Ahrens (born October 1, 1948) is an American writer and lyricist for the musical theatre, television and film. She has collaborated with Stephen Flaherty for many years. She won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Awa ...

and

Stephen Flaherty Stephen Flaherty (born September 18, 1960) is an American composer of musical theatre and film. He works most often in collaboration with the lyricist/book writer Lynn Ahrens. They are best known for writing the Broadway musicals ''Ragtime'', whi ...

, for ''Lucky Stiff''; Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley, for ''Violet'';

Scott Frankel Scott David Frankel (born May 6, 1963) is an American composer. Career Early life Frankel began his music education taking piano lessons with Betty Belkin in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Interlochen Arts Camp, Hawken School (‘81) and graduated f ...

Michael Korie Michael Korie (born April 1, 1955) is an American librettist and lyricist whose writing for musical theater and opera includes the musicals ''Grey Gardens'' and '' Far From Heaven'', and the operas ''Harvey Milk'' and ''The Grapes of Wrath''. His ...

, and Doug Wright, for '' Grey Gardens''; and Dave Malloy for '' Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812''. 2022's jury included David Lang, chairman,

, Kristoffer Diaz,

Mindi Dickstein Mindi Dickstein is an American lyricist and librettist. Dickstein wrote the lyrics for the 2005 musical production ''Little Women'', based on the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. Other notable work includes the book for '' Toy St ...

, Amanda Green,

Michael R. Jackson Michael R. Jackson (born 1981) is an American playwright, composer, and lyricist, best known for his musical ''A Strange Loop'', which won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2022 Tony Award for Best Musical. He is originally from Detroit, M ...

, Richard Maltby, Jr., and John Weidman. 2022's winners were ''Driving in Circles'' by Jay Eddy; and ''Perpetual Sunshine & the Ghost Girls'' by Sara Cooper and Lynne Shankel.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters' official site
Musical theatre awards Awards established in 1978

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