Matt Sklar News

An original cast member off and on B'way and in London, Ann rejoined the show for its final months.

Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of the Tony Award®-winning Signature Theatre, today announced that Signature Theatre is expanding its American Musical Voices Project (AMVP) for a fourth year with the commission and production of a new musical by Adam Guettel for its 2011-2012 season. Also announced as part of The Next Generation segment of the AMVP were two additional musical commissions awarded to Peter Foley and Marisa Michelson as well as honoree grants given to Chris Miller and Scott Davenport Richards for the development of future musical ideas. Signature, with the support of The Shen Family Foundation, has awarded $595,000 to artists in honors and commissions in the past three years. The American Musical Voices Project is the largest single musical theater commissioning and producing initiative at any non-profit theater in America.

Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co. Inc, whose Broadway roster includes Maury Yeston (Nine, Titanic), Jason Howland (Little Women) and the team of Matt Sklar and Chad Begulin (The Wedding Singer), has announced the renewal of an exclusive, worldwide administration agreement with veteran songwriter, lyricist and librettist Leslie Bricusse for his Stage & Screen Music catalog