The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop is a two-year educational program for people who wish to develop a musical and has been called "the premier incubator for Broadway".[1] At the end of the second year, a small number of selected participants are invited to join the advanced workshop program for further study and collaboration on works in development.[2][3][4]
The workshop was created in 1961 by BMI and Lehman Engel and is free for participants. Among the musicals developed or partly developed in the workshop are Avenue Q, A Chorus Line and Little Shop of Horrors. The workshop grants Jerry Harrington Awards for Creative Excellence to four participants each year.
In 2006, Drama Desk awarded the BMI Workshop a Special Award "for nurturing, developing and promoting new talent for the musical theater."[5] The same year, the workshop was one of the recipients of the Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre.[6] The New York Times called the BMI Workshop "The Harvard of Showtunes".[7]
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