On Monday, March 6th, we presented 2017 Jonathan Larson® Grants to recipients Ben Bonnema, Maggie-Kate Coleman & Erato A. Kremmyda, Ty Defoe & Tidtaya Sinutoke, and Michael R. Jackson. Four prestigious grants of $10,000 each, totaling $40,000, were given. The event featured special performances of the recipients’ work along with a prevention of one of Jonathan’s songs.
The Jonathan Larson Grants, given annually to honor emerging composers, lyricists and book writers, help to continue Tony Award®-winning composer Jonathan Larson’s dream of infusing musical theatre with a contemporary, joyful, urban vitality. Dedicated to celebrating excellence and supporting theatre, the American Theatre Wing awards the Larson Grants to artists to recognize and showcase their work with no strings attached – except to put it to the best use possible to help further the artists’ creative endeavors.
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- President Heather Hitchens with trustee William Ivey Long
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- Recipient Ben Bonnema (center) with performers
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- Recipients Maggie-Kate Coleman and Erato Kremmyda (center) with preformers
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- Recipients Tidtaya Sinutoke and Ty Defoe (center) with performers
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- Recipient Michael Jackson (center) with performers
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- Grant panelists Jill Furman and Jason Michael Webb
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- “Memory Song” from A Strange Loop
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- “Apocalypse Song” from Marie in Torrowland
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- “One Day” from Heart Island Requiem
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- “The Sky” from One Way
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- Performer Cassondra James
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- Larson family
