Graduate Musical Theatre Writing
Michael John LaChiusa
Adjunct Faculty Composer/Lyricist |
Biography
Michael John’s most recent work includes the music and lyrics for
Giant, (book by Sybille Pearson);
Los Otros, (book by Ellen Fitzhugh); and the score for Maria Aitken’s production of
As You Like It at the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington D.C. As a composer, lyricist and librettist, his other works include
Bernarda Alba, See What I Wanna See, The Highest Yellow (book by John Strand,)
Little Fish, Hello Again, First Lady Suite, and
Break/Agnes/Eulogy for Mister Hamm. Mr. LaChiusa was represented on Broadway during the 1999-200 season by
The Wild Party and
Marie Christine, receiving nominations for Best Score and Best Book (with George C. Wolfe on
The Wild Party) for each show and he received a Tony nomination for Best book (with Graciela Daniele and Jim Lewis) for
Chronicle of a Death Foretold. His operas include
Send (who are you? I love you) which premiered at the Houston Grand Opera, and
Lovers and Friends (Chautauqua Variations) which premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, where he was the Brena and Lee Freeman Composer-in-Residence. Mr. LaChiusa is an Obie-Award winner (
Hello Again and
First Lady Suite) and the recipient of the Gilman-Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theatre Award. He has provided scores for the children’s television show on Nick Jr,
The Wonder Pets, for which he received two Emmy Awards. He is currently on the faculty of New York University.
