Winter 2007 - BMI.com

From the EditorApologies to Workshop membersand other regular readers for theu n p recedented gap of timebetween Newsletter editions. Afterover eight years of pumping out aregular quarterly, the chore of processingand formatting all the listingentries (noting member accomplishmentsand activities) becametoo overwhelming a task to maintainalongside my careers as musicaldramatist and teacher. As thedelay became longer and longer, itfinally occurred to me, in a blindingflash of logic, that I needed anassistant to take over that task. Andafter a search that, to my re l i e f ,wasn’t much longer than the timeit took to look over my shouldert o w a rd an obvious candidate,L i b rettist member J e ff Simnoa g reed to sign on. Adding a bit ofhis own editorial style to the establishedformat, and with whatseemed like only minutes for alearning curve, he has done wonde r f u l l y. I hope he sticks aro u n dfor a long time.Owing to the enormous backlogof material, I decided to forego theusual accompanying graphics forthis edition, but all things beingequal, we’ll be back to pictures ofyour lovely selves, colleagues, merchandiseand logos in the nextaction packed ish.BMI-Lehman EngelMusical Theatre Workshop320 West 57th StreetNew York, NY 10019212-830-2508theatreworkshop@bmi.comJean Banks – Senior DirectorSteering CommitteePatrick CookRichard EngquistFrank EvansFrederick FreyerNancy GolladayAlan MenkenSusan H. SchulmanJane SmulyanDavid SpencerMaury Yeston2