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Ryan Cunningham (The Kennedy Center)

Ryan Cunningham

Joshua Salzman (music) and Ryan Cunningham (book and lyrics) met in the NYU Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Their thesis musical, I Love You Because, went on to be professionally produced Off-Broadway, earned a Drama Desk nomination for the team, spawned a cast album on PS Classics, and garnered a licensing deal with Theatrical Rights Worldwide, resulting in productions both nationally and internationally. They continue their collaboration with many projects, including: Queen Esther, a family musical comedy based on the story of Purim and commissioned by the Kaufman Center; Next Thing You Know, a song cycle currently in development with director John Simpkins. They are contributing songwriters on the Disney Channel's Johnny and the Sprites. Their song "Just Not Now," from I Love You Because, was featured on Lauren Kennedy's new solo album Here and Now.

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<i>BROADWAY TODAY & TOMORROW</i> 2/6/09: BROADWAY TODAY & TOMORROW

Composer Joshua Salzman and lyricist Ryan Cunningham perform work from I Love You Because with vocalists Colin Hanlon and Farah Alvin. Part of the Kennedy Center’s season-long initiative Broadway: The Third Generation, which celebrates today’s Broadway composers.

BROADWAY TODAY & TOMORROW

Composer Joshua Salzman and lyricist Ryan Cunningham perform work from I Love You Because with vocalists Colin Hanlon and Farah Alvin. Part of the Kennedy Center’s season-long initiative Broadway: The Third Generation, which celebrates today’s Broadway composers.

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