THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens music by Stephen Flaherty May 20 - June 5, 2011 Julianne Argyros Stage
Marcus is in a royal mess! He’s the new emperor, but how can he possibly run an empire when he’s only 14? And still on Chapter 1 of “How to Be a Better Emperor”? Marcus is no good at royal insults and can’t use a sword, either. So he tries to hide behind an ever-expanding wardrobe. When that doesn’t work, he falls for the Swindler’s line—only to find that no matter how grand (or small) you appear, the person who counts is the person in here. And here, as everyone knows, is our heart.
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Playwright Bio
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty won the Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and received two Grammy nominations for their score of the Broadway musical Ragtime. They also garnered two Academy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations for the songs and score of the animated feature film, Anastasia (Gold Record and Number One Song.) They are co-creators of the Broadway musicals Once On This Island (eight Tony Award nominations, London’s Olivier Award for Best Musical) and Seussical (Grammy and Drama Desk nominations). Other Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance (Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Musical); Dessa Rose (winner, 2005 Audelco Award for Best Musical, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations); Lucky Stiff (Helen Hayes Award, Best Musical); Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life and The Glorious Ones (five Drama Desk nominations including Best Musical.) They were most recently represented on Broadway with the 2009 revival of Ragtime. Individually, Ahrens’ credits include co-book and lyrics for A Christmas Carol (ten years at Madison Square Garden); teleplay adaptation of A Christmas Carol (NBC/Hallmark Entertainment Special); mainstay songwriter/singer for Schoolhouse Rock and many other network shows; Emmy Award and four Emmy nominations. Flaherty’s credits include concert premieres at the Hollywood Bowl and Boston's Symphony Hall; commissions from the Guggenheim Museum, Carnegie Hall and Symphony Space; incidental music for Neil Simon's Proposals on Broadway; musical score for Loving Repeating: A Musical Of Gertrude Stein (Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical.) Ahrens and Flaherty are members of the Dramatists Guild of America, ASCAP, NARAS, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They co-chair the Dramatists Guild Fellows program for emerging writers.
