Peter Mills (composer)
Peter Mills | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Peter Mills |
| Genres | Musical theatre |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, songwriter, |
| Website | www |
Peter Mills is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. He won the third Fred Ebb award in 2007.[1]
Career
[edit]After graduating from Princeton University with a degree in english/dramatic literature, he then acquired his MFA in musical theatre writing at the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[2] He is one of the founding members of Prospect Theater Company, which frequently produces his work.
Productions
[edit]---(music, lyrics, & book by Mills unless otherwise noted)---
- Marco Polo, 2000, lyrics & book (music by Deborah Abramson)
- The Flood, 2001, music, lyrics, & book by Mills & Cara Reichel
- Illyria, 2002
- The Alchemists, 2003, book by Mills & Reichel
- Lonely Rhymes, 2004
- The Pursuit of Persephone, 2005, book by Mills & Reichel (reopened as The Underclassman in 2014)
- Iron Curtain 2006, lyrics (music by Stephen Weiner, book by Susan DiLallo)
- The Rockae, 2007, rock musical based on The Bacchae, book by Mills & Reichel
- Honor, 2008, based on As You Like It, music, lyrics, & book by Mills & Cara Reichel
- Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge, 2009, book by Mills & Reichel
- Evergreen, 2009, book by Mills & Reichel
- Death For Five Voices, 2013, book by Mills & Reichel
- The Honeymooners, 2017, based on the television show, lyrics (music by Stephen Weiner, book by Dusty Kay and Bill Nuss)
- The Hello Girls, 2018, book by Mills & Reichel
Personal life
[edit]Mills is married to Cara Reichel, whom he met while at Princeton. They started the Prospect Theater Company soon after, and she is his frequent collaborator.[3]
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2002 -- Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation grant[2]
- 2003 -- ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award[2]
- 2006 -- Drama Desk Award nomination -- The Pursuit of Persephone (Music & orchestrations)[2]
- 2007—Fred Ebb Award[2]
- 2010—Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre lyrics[2]
- 2014—Donna Perret Rosen Award[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Third Annual Fred Ebb Award Winner: Peter Mills".
- ^ a b c d e f http://www.playbill.com/article/musical-theatre-writers-peter-mills-and-barry-wyner-win-2010-kleban-prize-com-167313 [bare URL]
- ^ "Broadway News | Broadway Tickets & Videos | Broadway World".
- ^ http://www.playbill.com/article/peter-mills-awarded-second-stages-donna-perret-rosen-award-com-215050 [bare URL]