Cutting-Edge Composers is working to create greater exposure for the New Generation of Musical
Theatre Songwriters. It is presented by Josh Young and Laura Pietropinto.
The target date for the third production of
Cutting-Edge Composers: A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters
is March 2010. If you are a songwriter who would like to participate,
please submit three songs in the form of MP3s or Youtube clips to
.
The second installment of Cutting-Edge Composers: A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters
was held at 8:00pm on November 9, 2009 at the Canal Room
in New York City.
Presented by Josh Young and Laura Pietropinto, the concert featured the songs of Jeremy Schonfeld,
Peter Lerman,
Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan, Jonathan Reid Gealt,
Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen,
Carmel Dean and Anna Jacobs, Creighton Irons and Sean Mahoney,
Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham, Joe Iconis,
and Ryan Scott Oliver. Laura Pietropinto directed and Julie McBride was music director.
Performers included
Tituss Burgess (Guys and Dolls),
Lilli Cooper (Spring Awakening),
Matt Doyle (Spring Awakening),
Molly Hager (Factory Girls),
Michael Hunsaker (Ragtime),
Jay A. Johnson (Hair),
Morgan Karr (Spring Awakening),
Lauren Kennedy (Vanities),
Jeremy Kushnier (Jersey Boys),
Brooke Sunny Moriber (The Threepenny Opera),
Allison Posner (Factory Girls),
Lance Rubin (The Black Suits),
Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent),
Katie Thompson (R.R.R.E.D.),
Clarke Thorell (Hairspray),
Jason "Sweettooth" Williams (The Black Suits) and
Josh Young (Les Misérables).
The first installment of Cutting-Edge Composers: A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters
was held on July 27, 2009 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City.
Presented by Josh Young, the concert featured the songs of Brad Alexander and Adam Mathias,
Eli Bolin and Sam Forman, Bobby Cronin, Adam Gwon, Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler, Rick Hip-Flores,
Peter Lerman, Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan, J. Oconer Navarro and Joel B. New, and
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
Performers included Steven Booth (Avenue Q),
Lilli Cooper (Spring Awakening),
Gemma-Ashley Kaplan (The Hatpin),
Michelle Kinney,
Kerry O'Malley (Into the Woods),
Kate Pazakis (Jerry Springer the Opera),
Allison Posner (Factory Girls),
Zachary Prince (Jersey Boys),
Krysta Rodriguez (The Addam's Family),
Phoebe Strole (Spring Awakening),
Marty Thomas (Xanadu)
and Josh Young (Les Miserables).
The show was produced by Josh Young and Laura Pietropinto and directed by Laura Pietropinto.
Music direction by Julie McBride.
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