MAC/ASCAP
SHOWCASE TO FEATURE NOMINATED SONGS & DAVID ZIPPEL
The
next MAC/ASCAP Songwriter Showcase will be held at THE LIGHTHOUSE
(111 East 59th Street, NYC) on Wednesday, March 24th at 6:00 pm with
special guest, lyricist David Zippel. The show will be hosted by Jamie
deRoy. The 2004 MAC Nominated Songs & Special Material will be featured
and performed at the event. Admission to the showcase for MAC/ASCAP
members is $5, all others $15. Remember, you can't make reservations
for this event - seating is "first-come, first-seated."
David Zippel's
lyrics have won him the Tony Award, two Academy Award Nominations,
two Grammy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations. He is one
of the few lyricists to have achieved success on Broadway, in Hollywood
and in the world of Pop music. His songs appear on over 25 million
CDs around the world. With composer Cy Coleman and bookwriter Larry
Gelbart he made his Broadway debut with "City of Angels," for which
he received the Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Award and Drama
Desk Award, London's Olivier Award and Evening Standard Award.
With eight
time Oscar winning composer Alan Menken, he wrote the songs for Disney's
animated feature film "Hercules." With Matthew Wilder he wrote the
songs for Disney's animated feature "Mulan," which earned him his
second Academy Award Nomination, his second Grammy nomination and
his third Golden Globe Nomination. His Broadway show, "The Goodbye
Girl," with music by Marvin Hamlisch and a book by Neil Simon, received
a Tony nomination for Best Musical and earned him a Nomination for
the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Lyrics. His lyrics for "The
Swan Princess," an animated feature with music by Lex De Azevedo,
were Nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
With David
Friedman he started Midder Music, a record company created to introduce
the world to the singing of Nancy LaMott. A graduate of Harvard Law
School, he is delighted not to practice law.
This year's
2004 MAC Nominated Songs & Special Materialnominees are:
OUTSTANDING
SONG OF THE YEAR
Tim DiPasqua ("You")
Maria Gentile & Caren Cole ("Kindness Makes Me Cry")
Andrew Lippa ("I'm Not Waiting")
Paul Rolnick & Paul Guzzone ("South of the Coconut Line")
Bonnie Lee Sanders, Ken Hatfield & Jules Ruggiero ("Positive Influences")
SPECIAL MUSICAL
MATERIAL
Hector Coris & Paul L. Johnson ("In Heaven They Sing Nothing But Showtunes")
Rob Carlson & David Buskin ("Bumper Huntin'")
Rick Jensen ("I Got to Sing!")
Andrew Lippa & Tom Greenwald ("Cindy")
Mary Liz McNamara ("Bacon")
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