A MUSICAL SALUTE! 2015
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A MUSICAL SALUTE! 2014 Gala Honorary Chairman |
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| Tony and Academy Award Winning Legend JOEL GREY |
Celebrated & Award Winning Composer JEANINE TESORI |
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| Joel Grey | Jeanine Tesori | |||||||||||||||
| CABARET (original Broadway & Film); COME BLOW YOUR HORN, STOP THE WORLD – I WANT TO GET OFF, HALF A SIXPENCE, GEORGE M!, GOODTIME CHARLEY, THE GRAND TOUR, CHICAGO, WICKED, and ANYTHING GOES, THE NORMAL HEART, Broadway Revival and numerous Television and Film appearances. |
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, SHREK, THE MUSICAL, VIOLET, CAROLINE OR CHANGE in collaboration with Tony Kushner, TWELFTH NIGHT at Lincoln Center, FUN HOME, MOTHER COURAGE for the NYSF starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline; Opera scores, and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, Mulan II, and Kronk's New Groove film scores for Disney. |
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A MUSICAL SALUTE! 2013SHELDON HARNICK
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Sheldon Harnick's musical theater career began in the 1950's in New York City with his first song in a Broadway show, "The Boston Beguine," for New Faces of 1952. In 1957 he teamed up with composer Jerry Bock to create the scores for some of the most beloved and memorable musicals on Broadway. His witty and brilliant lyrics caught the attention of many Broadway composers, and he collaborated with Richard Rodgers, Joe Raposo, Michel Legrand, and Cy Coleman. The opera world has heard his librettos for operas by Jack Beeson and Thomas Z Shepard, along with his translation/adaptations of The Merry Widow, Carmen and many other works. |
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| Fiorello, She Loves Me, Fiddler On the Roof, The Rothschilds, The Apple
Tree, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Pinocchio, A Wonderful Life, Free To Be....You and Me |
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| We at Encompass are proud to have been the benefactor of his guidance as Chairman of our Advisory Board for over three decades. | |
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Read about the Gala honoring Sheldon Harnick and see more photos here. |
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| As Stephen Sondheim wrote in 2004 for Encompass's Musical Salute:
"Sentimental or satiric, nimblewitted or symphonic, there is nothing like a lyric from the pen of Sheldon Honic." |
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A Musical Salute! 2012
Honoring and Celebrating the Music of
ALAN MENKEN
Newsies, Sister Act, Beauty and the Beast,
The Little Mermaid, Little Shop of Horrors
Read about the Gala honoring Alan Menken and see more photos here.
A Musical Salute! 2011
November 20, 2011 at The National Arts Club
Encompass Honored
Composer Marvin Hamlisch
Legendary Composer Marvin Hamlisch has won every major award in musical theatre, film and recording: Oscars, Grammys, Emmys, a Tony and Golden Globes. He wrote the music for Broadway's They're Playing Our Song, Seesaw, Sweet Smell of Success, The Goodbye Girl and his smash hit A Chorus Line, which received a Pulitzer Prize. He compsed scores for Woody Allen films Take the Money and Run and Bananas. He won two Oscars for The Way We Were and third for The Sting (his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music). With Carol Bayer Sager, Hamlisch co-wrote Nobody Does It Better, the theme to the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. He arranged and orchestrated music for Liza's at the Palace and Minelli on Minelli, and was Musical Director/arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour. Marvin is principal pops conductor for the Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Dallas, Pasadena, Seattle and San Diego Symphony Orchestras.
"Music makes a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can."
............................................................................................................................ -Marvin HamlischClick here for photos and more from the wonderful evening.
A Musical Salute! 2010
November 14, 2010 at The National Arts Club
Honoring Academy-Award and Tony-Award winning creators:
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David Shire has composed for theatre, films, television and recordings (winning the Academy Award for Best Song from the film Norma Rae). He and lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr. wrote the scores for the Tony nominated Broadway musicals Baby and Big (book by John Weidman); and the Off Broadway reviews, Starting Here, Starting Now (Grammy nomination for Best Cast Album) and Closer Than Ever.
Richard Maltby, Jr. was the co-lyricist for Miss Saigon, and he conceived and directed Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Fosse, the only two musical revues ever to win the Tony Award for Best Musical. He was director/co-lyricist for the American version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Song and Dance starring Bernadette Peters.
John Weidman wrote the book for Pacific Overtures (Tony Award nominations, Best Book and Best Musical), Score by Stephen Sondheim, and Assassins (Tony Award, Best Musical revival), Score by Stephen Sondheim; and he co-created Contact (Tony Award, Best Musical) with choreographer/director Susan Stroman. Since 1986, he has written for Sesame Street, receiving 11 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Children’s Program.
Stars of Broadway, Television & Film
* Fred Applegate * Liz Callaway * Mario Cantone * Cicily Daniels *
* Michael K. Lee * Julia Lema * Arthur W. Marks *
* James Moye * Michael Rose * Tony Perry *
Amy Jo Phillips * Alexander Scheitinger *
* Lynne Wintersteller * B. D. Wong * Karen Ziemba *
Pianists: Beth Ertz, Paul Ford, Scott Frankel, Alva Nelson, Alex Rybeck
And surprise guests!
Performed a variety of music by David Shire & Richard Maltby, Jr.
and selections from the musicals of Scott Frankel,
Stephen Sondheim & John WeidmanRecollections By Sheldon Harnick * Susan Stroman * Maury Yeston
A Musical Salute! 2009
October 4, 2009 at The National Arts Club
Encompass Honored
Composer Maury Yeston
Tony Award winning Composer for
Best Musical and Best Score for NINE and TITANIC!
Tony Award Nominated for GRAND HOTEL.
Encompass Honors Maury Yeston
The Encompass New Opera Theatre honored esteemed BMI composer Maury Yeston at its 2009 Jazz Gala, held Sunday, October 4 in New York. Yeston is the musical force behind the Tony Award-winning Nine and Titanic, both of which garnered Best Musical and Best Score honors, as well as the Tony-nominatedGrand Hotel. The director of the prestigious BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop for two decades, Yeston is also a bold and generous mentor.
Presenting Yeston a lifetime achievement award, Encompass celebrated his career contributions with performances of his work by special guests including Tommy Tune, Karen Akers and Yeston himself.
