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The profound influence on musical theater of lyricist and composer Jonathan Larson, creator of Rent and Tick, Tick, Boom, and Larson’s impact on those who have followed him will be the focus of a program debuting in New York this weekend.
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Jane Levere, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
For this collaboration with Colombian lyricist Nanpa Básico, Ivy sings over hypnotizing Afrobeats about an undeniable energy between two people who are just finding their perfect rhythm.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
The following year, her suspicions proved correct, when Olson showed up on behalf of her then-husband, the lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner, nominated for 1951’s An American in Paris.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
The rousing offering injected new life into the visionary chestnut Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Sir Tim Rice first offered audiences in 1969.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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Jane Levere, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
For this collaboration with Colombian lyricist Nanpa Básico, Ivy sings over hypnotizing Afrobeats about an undeniable energy between two people who are just finding their perfect rhythm.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
The following year, her suspicions proved correct, when Olson showed up on behalf of her then-husband, the lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner, nominated for 1951’s An American in Paris.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
The rousing offering injected new life into the visionary chestnut Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Sir Tim Rice first offered audiences in 1969.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Lyricist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lyricist. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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