ONE ON ONE: Benjamin Scheuer - American Flowers September 18th, 2016 City Winery New York
- 5 years ago
Benjamin Scheuer sits down for a One On One Session at City Winery New York on September 18th, 2016. Watch the full session here: https://youtu.be/OazRJbFLSNI For more info visit: http://benjaminscheuer.com Audio & Video by: Ehud Lazin
Setlist:
Weather The Storm
Cure
Golden Castle Town
American Flowers
Benjamin Scheuer is the writer and performer of The Lion, a one-man autobiographical musical. "The Lion" premiered off-Broadway in 2014 at the Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Sean Daniels. It has since enjoyed critically acclaimed runs off-West End in London and again off-Broadway in New York, and around the United States, where it is currently on tour through February 2017.
In 2015 Scheuer and The Lion won the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. In 2015 the Huffington Post called The Lion "the best new musical this year" The show's first version, called The Bridge, ran in the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In 2007 Jihad! The Musical, for which Scheuer wrote the music and lyrics, was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and in 2010 it transferred to Jermyn Street Theatre.
Benjamin Scheuer is an alumnus of the Johnny Mercer Songwriting Workshop, and has been writer-in-residence at both the Goodspeed Theatre, the Weston Playhouse, and Williamstown Theatre Festival.
In 2015 Scheuer won a Theatre World Award for The Lion. He was also the recipient of the 2014 Off West End Award for Best Musical, the 2013 ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award for songwriting, and the 2013 Musical Theatre Network Award for Best Lyrics. Scheuer has also been nominated for a 2015 Lucile Lortel Award and two 2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Best Lyrics.
Scheuer toured the UK with Mary Chapin Carpenter in 2014, and has performed at such venues as the Royal Albert Hall in London and New York's Lincoln Center.
Setlist:
Weather The Storm
Cure
Golden Castle Town
American Flowers
Benjamin Scheuer is the writer and performer of The Lion, a one-man autobiographical musical. "The Lion" premiered off-Broadway in 2014 at the Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Sean Daniels. It has since enjoyed critically acclaimed runs off-West End in London and again off-Broadway in New York, and around the United States, where it is currently on tour through February 2017.
In 2015 Scheuer and The Lion won the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance. In 2015 the Huffington Post called The Lion "the best new musical this year" The show's first version, called The Bridge, ran in the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In 2007 Jihad! The Musical, for which Scheuer wrote the music and lyrics, was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and in 2010 it transferred to Jermyn Street Theatre.
Benjamin Scheuer is an alumnus of the Johnny Mercer Songwriting Workshop, and has been writer-in-residence at both the Goodspeed Theatre, the Weston Playhouse, and Williamstown Theatre Festival.
In 2015 Scheuer won a Theatre World Award for The Lion. He was also the recipient of the 2014 Off West End Award for Best Musical, the 2013 ASCAP Foundation Cole Porter Award for songwriting, and the 2013 Musical Theatre Network Award for Best Lyrics. Scheuer has also been nominated for a 2015 Lucile Lortel Award and two 2015 Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as the 2015 Drama Desk Award for Best Lyrics.
Scheuer toured the UK with Mary Chapin Carpenter in 2014, and has performed at such venues as the Royal Albert Hall in London and New York's Lincoln Center.