November 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Date:
Cost:
75 – 100
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Address:
655 Penn AvenuePittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
Join us for an unforgettable evening of music featuring Carnegie Mellon School of Drama’s Music Theater Ensemble (Class of 2028) performing the songbook of two-time Tony Award winner & Pulitzer finalist Jeanine Tesori, who will be in attendance!
Tickets are $75-100* and available to reserve here or by calling 412-456-6666.
The Music Theater Songbook Cabaret has been a tradition since 2010, giving third-year students the opportunity to work with the industry’s leading songwriters & artistic leaders. The one-night only event has become a coveted ticket, filling up the Greer Cabaret in downtown Pittsburgh for an evening of unforgettable songs and performances. This year, the Cabaret will feature the music of renowned composer Jeanine Tesori whose catalogue is one of the most diverse – spanning across Broadway, opera, film, and television.
*VIP table seats come with a special School of Drama swag bag and signed poster.
The Music Theater Songbook Cabaret is directed by Rick Edinger & Michael McKelvey and produced by the CMU Center for New Work with support from the CMU School of Drama, the Richard King Mellon Foundation, and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The Center for New Work connects the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama and Pittsburgh’s established theaters to generate new work initiatives, creating a collaborative hub between higher education and regional theaters to sustain new live theatrical performance. Whether it be readings, workshops, masterclasses, or productions, the Center provides students for-credit and extracurricular learning opportunities to engage with leading theatremakers as they develop their latest creations.
Jeanine Tesori
Tony Award Winner, Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Jeanine Tesori is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. Her musicals include Kimberly Akimbo; Soft Power; Fun Home; Shrek The Musical; Caroline, or Change; Thoroughly Modern Millie; and Violet. She is a two-time recipient of the Tony Award for Best Score and a two-time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck; The Lion, The Unicorn and Me; and Blue, which received the MCANA Award for Best New Opera. For her opera Grounded, she became one of the first two women to be commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera. Tesori served as Supervising Vocal Producer on Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.
She is the Founding Artistic Director of New York City Center’s Encores! Off-Center series and a lecturer in music at Yale University.