Trish talks with Broadway composer Andrew Lippa about his new composition, I Am Harvey Milk, that will premiere this month starring himself as Harvey Milk along with Tony Award winner Laura Benanti and the San Francisco Gay Mens Chorus. Andrew Lippa wrote the music and lyrics for the upcoming Broadway musical Big Fish which opens in October, 2013. He also wrote the Tony-nominated music and lyrics for the Broadway musical The Addams Family as well as the music for the Broadway production of Aaron Sorkin's new play The Farnsworth Invention. Other musicals include Asphalt Beach, The Wild Party, A Little Princess, jon & jen, and Youre A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Andrew was music director for Kristin Chenoweth's sold-out shows at the Metropolitan Opera House and Carnegie Hall. His accolades include a Tony and Grammy nomination, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Award, ASCAP's Richard Rodgers/New Horizons Award, The Drama Desk, and The Outer Critics Circle Award. All replays can be heard on ArousedWoman.com. Like what you hear? Leave a comment on ArousedWomanBlog.com.
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