"Waiting For Wings" Flies at the Pops
Music In Cincinnati | April 23, 2013
By Mary Ellyn Hutton
"Entitled “Waiting for Wings,” the concert had a featured insect, the butterfly, and a specially commissioned work, “Waiting for Wings,” in its world premiere. Composers Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt, who attended the concert, were inspired by the children’s book of the same name by Lois Ehlert. Brown and Stitt’s work came across as big and splashy, with lots of cinematic appeal. Scored for large orchestra, it is highly picturesque and makes inventive use of instrumental colors and textures. One could see the newly hatched butterflies coasting across the pages of Ehlert’s book in more ways than one."
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Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown Will Debut Orchestral Children's Piece, Waiting For Wings, In Cincinnati
Playbill | April 19, 2013
By Michael Gioia
"I'd say it's lush and energetic with many robust melodies," Stitt explained to Playbill.com via email. "We knew the audience was going to be made up of kids and their parents, so we wanted to give them musical ideas they could remember. The text of the book is spoken throughout the piece; we have the fantastic Thane Maynard (director of the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden) narrating, so it lives somewhere in the world of 'A Lincoln Portrait' meets 'Peter And The Wolf."
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Music by Kait Kerrigan, Georgia Stitt and More Will Be Featured in York's 9th Annual NEO Concert, 5/20
Broadway World | April 18, 2013
By [staff writer]
"NEO (an acronym for "New, Emerging, Outstanding") celebrates songwriters primed to pen the next generation of musicals. Since the first NEO concert 9 years ago -- recorded by England's JAY Records-- musical theatre fans and York supporters eagerly anticipate each incarnation."
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Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt Premiere New Orchestral Piece in Cincinnati on Saturday
Broadway World | April 18, 2013
By BWW News Desk
"The Cincinnati Pops' Lollipops Family Concerts are interactive programs specifically designed for children aged three to ten and their families. This weekend, the program will feature a new orchestral piece from lauded composers Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt. The piece, which is described as "a vibrant celebration of the season," is a musical adaptation of Lois Ehlert's timeless children's book Waiting for Wings. Thane Maynard narrates and John Morris Russell conducts.
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Broadway's Jason Robert Brown teams with Georgia Stitt for Lollipops Concert Commission
Cincinnati.Com | April 16, 2013
By Jackie Demaline
"Honestly, the biggest appeal was having an outlet to write orchestral music for an audience of children and their parents. Jason and I have two daughters, ages seven and three. The task, as we interpreted it, was to write a 12- to 14-minute piece of music that would keep our own kids interested. We buried into the score a few little melodies that we wrote for them when they were babies, so in a way, our own little caterpillars are blossoming into butterflies, too.”
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Playbill | January 3, 2013
By Michael Gioia
"Once Upon a Time in New York City 2, a benefit concert featuring new material from both established and emerging songwriters celebrating the city of New York, will be offered Feb. 3."
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Kelli O'Hara and Ron Raines to Salute Past Presidents on American Spirit Album
Broadway.com | Oct. 4, 2012
By Marc Snetiker
"The CD’s centerpiece, Sing Out, Mr. President, is a song cycle of 16 new compositions set to quotations from American presidents. The songs will be written by a number of American composers including Jason Robert Brown, Larry Hochman, Andrew Lippa, Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Robert Beaser, Thomas Cabaniss, Jake Heggie, Michael Gilbertson, Paul Moravec, Georgia Stitt, Jesse Wiener, Nico Muhly, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum and Zachary Wadsworth. The cycle was originally performed at the Library of Congress and broadcast on National Public Radio."
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Playbill.com | Aug. 23, 2012
By Kenneth Jones
"Music director and composer Georgia Stitt told Playbill.com, "I'm in London this week and I just walked past Dress Circle, which closed its doors last week. Seeing the announcement that New York's Colony Records is also closing is shocking and sad. It's definitely the end of an era. When my songbook ["This Ordinary Thursday"] came out in 2007, the first place I went to look for it was Colony. In my mind, I wasn't validated as a published songwriter until I saw my book on their shelves."
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LA Musical Theater Examiner: An Intimate Evening with Georgia Stitt & Friends at the Twist - Renaissance Hotel
Examiner.com | May 27, 2012
By Bonnie Priever
"Georgia Stitt, one of the most talented composers of musical theatre I've ever heard, performed, played piano, and celebrated the release of her newest album, "My Lifelong Love." She is living, loving proof that musical theatre on the west coast is indeed alive, and thriving. Complete with band accompaniment, Georgia and her friends mesmerized the audience, belting insightful lyrics and exquisite melodies-- all original tunes on the deepest, most profound emotion of all -- love."
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Georgia Stitt and Friends Concert Set for Tomorrow at The Coterie
Los Angeles Broadway World | May 24, 2012
By BWW News Desk
"The Coterie will present popular composer Georgia Stitt live in concert May 25th. Celebrating the release of her newest album, My Lifelong Love, Stitt is bringing her music back to Los Angeles."
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Photo Flash: Georgia Stitt, Susan Egan et al. Perform at Birdland
Broadway World | May 22, 2012
By BWW News Desk
"The Broadway at Birdland series was proud to present both Susan Egan, Tony-nominated for her performance as Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Georgia Stitt, the award-winning theatrical composer, in concert together. Check out photos from the concert below!"
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Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt Offer Glamour and Goop May 21 at Birdland
Playbill.com | May 21, 2012
By Michael Gioia
"Tony Award nominee Susan Egan and composer-lyricist Georgia Stitt present their "gal-pal show," Glamour and Goop, as part of Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland concert series May 21 at Birdland."
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The Juggler Interviews, #10: Georgia Stitt
The Writing Life x3 | May 17, 2012
By BWW News Desk
" I always challenge myself to write about things in ways I haven't heard them said before. And as I entered this phase of my life and my career, I realized that most of the songs about mothers and children were written by men. (I mean, come on, most of the songs about everything are written by men.) So I figured I had this unique opportunity to describe something that was very real and all-consuming to me with a voice that was truthful but under-represented."
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Wednesday Interview: 3 Questions for Georgia Stitt
Peter Adam Salomon Keyboard & Camera | March 21, 2012
By Peter Adam Solomon
"I first heard This Ordinary Thursday five years ago and I still remember swooning. Just overwhelmed with the confident lyricism of the music, the swirling melody, the beauty of the song (and the whole album). Absolutely glorious. And now the composer/lyricist of This Ordinary Thursday is back with her second album, My Lifelong Love, and it is even more glorious, more confident and swirling and beautiful."
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Robert Creighton: Ain't We Got Fun!
Sound Advice | March 16, 2012
By Rob Lester
"Vintage, vaudeville-y numbers populate this strong and sweet album, but they neither creak nor get loaded down with gimmicky modernization. Much of the credit for that must go to versatile Georgia Stitt who created the majority of the arrangements and orchestrations and plays piano. She also produced the CD, which slides right into the early 20th century, reflecting and honoring the old-timey era without leaning on button-pushing nostalgia pastiche. There's a freshness and bright energy in the musical settings, playing and the singing that leaps out and is exhilarating, while respect for the olden, golden days is evident."
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"Big Red Sun" reading at Lied lets students work alongside nationally-renowned composers, lyricists
Daily Nebraskan | March 7, 2012
By Cara Wilwerding
"New York composer Georgia Stitt wrote the original musical "Big Red Sun" — a story of a young musician being raised by his single mother in post World War II America. The goal behind having UNL music and theater students perform this industry reading is to help Stitt make adjustments."
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UNL to Stage Reading of New Musical
Journal Star | March 8, 2012
By Jeff Korbelik
"Composer Georgia Stitt and bookwriter and lyricist John Jiler will be on hand for the reading and will participate in a discussion afterward. "Big Red Sun" is a new musical about a young musician being raised by a single mom."
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Sundance Institute Begins Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation With Bruce Norris, Georgia Stitt, et al.
BroadwayWorld | February 10, 2012
By BWW News Desk
"The Sundance Institute Theatre Program has begun the 2012 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation. The 13th annual writing colony at the 20,000-acre working cattle ranch outside of Sheridan, Wyo. takes place through February 24 and provides a supportive environment for artists to create new work and receive guidance and reactions to it at an early stage."
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ON THE RECORD: Georgia Stitt's "My Lifelong Love," Jason Graae's Perfect Hermany and the West End's Marigold
Playbill | January 8, 2012
By Steven Suskin
"Here is another collection of intriguing, intelligent, well-crafted songs. My favorite track on the new CD, thus far, is the title song, "My Lifelong Love" (Jesse Tyler Ferguson). Or maybe "Kites and Children" (Anika Noni Rose), written to celebrate the second birthday of Stitt's daughter. Not to overlook "Not Yet" (Heidi Blickenstaff). Those three, as it happens, have music and lyrics by Stitt"
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Kevin On Kabaret: The Georgia Stitt songbook
Edge New York | January 4, 2012
By Kevin Scott Hall
"Stitt shows herself to be a versatile songwriter. The jazzy ballad "Sing Me a Happy Song" sounds like it could be right out of an American Standard songbook, and Shoshana Bean gives it an Ella-like touch. Brian d’Arcy James’ soaring vocal, combined with swelling orchestration, brings a dramatic majesty to Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 29." The cute and timely "Invested in You," sung by Molaskey & Pizzarelli, tells of the best investment money cannot buy. And "At This Turn in the Road Again" (lyrics by Bil Wright) seems to have the most promise to become a pop hit, beautifully sung here by Christopher Jackson."
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MODERN MUSIC MASTERS: Georgia Stitt Talks New Album, New Musicals & More
BroadwayWorld.com | December 23, 2011
By Pat Cerasaro
"Discussing all aspects of her sensitive, charming and emotional new collection of songs, MY LIFELONG LOVE, today we are talking to composer Georgia Stitt, a uniquely gifted artist whose moving new album is an ideal representation of the many facets of her songwriting abilities and musicianship as well as a portal into her own genre-spanning inspirations and projects from which a number of these songs are culled - many musicals included!"
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CD Reviews: December
Next Magazine | December 20, 2011
By Rodney
"For her third disc, Georgia Stitt has given us a wondrous collection of original songs all beautifully sung by a stellar roster of Broadway stars. From Heidi Blickenstaff’s lovely “Not Yet,” to Michael McElroy’s stirring “Love After Love,” My Lifelong Love is a terrific calling card for a talented composer. The amazing Brian D’Arcy James’ soaring “Sonnet 29” will leave you breathless."
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Dig These Discs:: Lady Gag, Nero, Rumer, Georgia Stitt
Edge Boston | December 17, 2011
By Winnie McCroy
"Award-winning composer and lyricist Georgia Stitt gathers some of the entertainment industry’s most exciting singers together to sing 13 of her original songs in "My Lifelong Love". The album features songs about love in all its incarnations, from first love to last love, love of music to love of children. Among the most interesting is the performance of the title track by "Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson. He sings of his lifelong love -- music -- couched in the story of his coming out.
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Georgia Stitt: "'My Lifelong Love' is a deeply personal album for me."
todomusicales.com Barcelona | December 1, 2011
By Marisol Gonzales
"‘My Lifelong Love’ is the name of the third album of the American composer and lyricist Georgia Stitt, a collection of songs about love performed by different Broadway stars." (Q&A)
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Georgia Stitt's 'My Lifelong Love' CD With Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Laura Osnes & More Released Today
BroadwayWorld.com | November 29, 2011
By BWW News Desk
"Today, SH-K-BOOM RECORDS releases the new CD from Georgia Stitt, the award winning and critically acclaimed composer and lyricist."
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Sundance Selects Bruce Norris, Georgia Stitt and Joshua Schmidt for Ucross Retreat
Playbill | November 28, 2011
By Adam Hetrick
"Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park playwright Bruce Norris and songwriter Georgia Stitt are among the artists selected for the 2012 Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross."
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Georgia Stitt - MY LIFELONG LOVE (interview)
Musical Theatre Talk (blog radio) | November 22, 2011
By Trish Causey
"The secrets of the universe are in the bridge of your song." (30 minute conversation)
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Georgia Stitt's 'My Lifelong Love' CD to Feature Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Laura Osnes & More; Release Set for 11/29
Broadway World | November 18, 2011
By BWW News Desk
"Stitt's My Lifelong Love is a collection of songs about love in its many incarnations: first love, lost love, love of music, love of children, and ultimately, love of self. Deeply personal and written from a distinctly female point of view, Stitt's music draws from classical, pop, gospel and musical theater influences."
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Follies Star Danny Burstein Will Host New Songs from New Shows
Playbill | November 16, 2011
By Andrew Gans
"In Development: New Songs from New Shows, presented by The New Voices Collective, will be offered Dec. 12 at 8 PM at Peter Norton Symphony Space. The concert, featuring songs from musicals and other theatrical projects in all stages of development, will include works by Georgia Stitt."
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Behind The Music of Susan Egan's "The Secret Of Happiness"
Los Angeles CBS Local KCAL9 | November 14, 2011
By Misha Berson
"Critically acclaimed Broadway Star, Susan Egan, stopped by KCAL9 Monday to talk about the release of her new CD, “The Secret of Happiness.” The recording, produced and music directed by Georgia Stitt, celebrates the worlds of classic and contemporary Broadway and Pop/Rock, taking the listeners on Susan’s personal journey from Broadway to babies and beyond.
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In Goodspeed's "Hello! My Baby" Everything Old Is New Again
Hartford Arts Examiner | November 9, 2011
By Andrew Beck
" Stitt has created new orchestrations and arrangements for the tunes, as well as contributed some new music herself. "I feel like we are giving these songs back to a new, younger generation," she says.
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Anika Noni Rose, Shoshana Bean, Brian d'Arcy James, Laura Osnes, Michael Arden Sing on Georgia Stitt CD
Playbill | November 8, 2011
By Andrew Gans
"Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tony winner Anika Noni Rose, Shoshana Bean, Brian d'Arcy James, Susan Egan, Heidi Blickenstaff, Laura Osnes, Christopher Jackson, Michael Arden, Jessica Molaskey, John Pizzarelli, Kate Baldwin and Michael McElroy will be featured on an upcoming CD that spotlights the songs of Georgia Stitt."
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Sonnet 29 Set To Music by Composer Georgia Stitt
Shakespeare In LA | November 4, 2011
By shakes2011
"The thirteen tracks on My Lifelong Love are really something special and feature many of Broadway’s best and brightest singers. I was looking over the track list and was excited to see that track # 4 entitled “Sonnet 29,” is a composition that marries Stitt’s heartfelt music with the text of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29. Sung by Brian D’Arcy James, it is absolutely gorgeous."
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Hello! My Baby, a New Musical With a Tin Pan Alley Score, Tunes Up at Goodspeed Nov. 3
Playbill | November 3, 2011
By Kenneth Jones
"The new musical dips into the trunk of American pop songs that are now in the public domain. The musical was an audience favorite in the winter 2011 Goodspeed Festival of New Artists reading series, and now gets this full developmental staging at the Terris, Goodspeed's home devoted to new works. Since Hello! My Baby is "developmental," no critics are invited. Performances play to Nov. 27."
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GEORGIA STITT: A WOMAN WITH MUSIC IN HER HEART
Bonnie's Blog | October 31, 2011
By Bonnie K. Goldberg
"Georgia Stitt knew when she went to a music camp in junior high school and took an elective in music composition that she had discovered her life’s passion. She found herself writing music for the marching band and for friends who were singers."
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Susan Egan on her dirt-catching days as a Disney Princess and humble motherhood
StageRush | October 25, 2011
By Jesse North
Says Susan Egan, "Georgia was my accompanist on a Disney cruise I was performing on. We took all four of our kids with us. On our show night, we had a half hour before we had to be on stage and we had four girls under the age of 5 throwing water at us. She turned to me and said, “So how does it feel to be a Broadway star?” Minutes later, we were performing our show and we did it twice that night. That started Glamour and Goop."
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‘A Quick 5′ With Jason Robert Brown
MD Theatre Guide | October 17, 2011
By Elliot Lanes
"In short, yes; but I think it’s just hard being married, period. And being married to someone who understands what I do and why I do it – more than balances out the day-to-day complications of two ambitious people both needing a lot of attention. There’s no one in the world I’d rather go through that struggle with than Georgia."
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Full Cast, Creative Team Set for Cheri Steinkellner and Georgia Stitt's Hello! My Baby
TheaterMania | October 5, 2011
By Andy Propst
"Full cast and creative team have been announced for Cheri Steinkellner's Hello! My Baby, with arrangements and new music by Georgia Stitt, to be presented as part of Goodspeed Musicals' season at The Norma Terris Theater in Chester, Connecticut running November 3-22."
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PHOTO CALL: Lauren Kennedy, Tituss Burgess, Kristy Cates and More Sing Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Playbill | September 15, 2011
By Krissie Fullerton
"These Two: Songs of Happiness, Heartbreak, and Hope, a one-night-only concert featuring the music of Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown, was held Sept. 12 at the Triad to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids."
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Village Theatre to Develop Musicals by Cheri Steinkellner, Georgia Stitt, Susan DiLallo and Fred Thaler
Playbill | July 28, 2011
By Adam Hetrick
"Hello! My Baby, Book and new lyrics by Steinkellner, New music and arrangements by Georgia Stitt, With songs by Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Cohan and others.
"Get ready to tap your toes and snap your fingers to a catchy ragtime score as this new musical takes you on a whirlwind ride through the classic American songbook. Follow Nelly and Mickey down the tenement lined streets of the lower east side, and into a world where neighbors are nosy, making rent is a struggle, and music is the business to be in! From cross-dressing to fleeing the local gangster, they find that talent takes a backseat to a little luck, a little pluck, and a lot of heart."
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Davis Gaines, Lauren Kennedy, Brian d'Arcy James, Kelli O'Hara, et al. to Honor Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt at CAP21 Gala
TheaterMania | March 30, 2011
By Brian Scott Lipton
"Daisy Prince will direct the evening, which will feature performances by Aisha de Haas, Davis Gaines, Lauren Kennedy, Christopher Jackson, Brian d'Arcy James, Jessica Molaskey, Kelli O'Hara, and a 30-piece chorus and 9-piece band to be conducted by Brown and Stitt."
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GEORGIA STITT, JOHN BUCCHINO AND FRIENDS: IN CONCERT (Review)
BrizTix (The Home of Live Theatre In Brisbane) | March, 2011
By Xanthe Coward
"Georgia Stitt is gorgeous, vibrant, exuding infectious energy and offering the warmth of her generous heart in every smile. There’s also something cheeky and lovely and relaxed about her performance style, opting to sing a couple of her own songs."
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NPR Music| February 28, 2011
By Tom Huizenga and Ashalen Sims
"[Conductor Judith] Clurman ... sent the text, along with a few instructions, to the young Broadway composer in California. [Georgia] Stitt says she says finished the piece, titled "With Hope and Virtue," in a little over a day."
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Perfectly Composed: Standing tall in a male-dominated field allows this writer to give women in musical theatre a fresh face
Brisbane News| February 16-22, 2011 (issue 820)
By Jane Scott
"Georgia is one of the few female names in her field. 'Musical theatre is male-dominated and I don't know why. But I don't feel oppressed by that. I feel like the best writers are the people who have a unique perspective on the world and are able to express it. I am a mother, a woman, a wife, and a writer, and all those things together create my voice,' she says."
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John Bucchino, Georgia Stitt and Friends
Stage Whispers.com.au | January, 2011
By staff writer
"Acclaimed U.S music theatre composers and performers John Bucchino and Georgia Stitt take to the stage to perform an evening of their best and most loved works. Both perform together in Brisbane for one night only, with individual performances by Bucchino in Sydney and Stitt in Melbourne. Both Bucchino and Stitt represent some of the finest exponents of contemporary music theatre composition."
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Bucchino and Stitt Together
Stage Whispers.com.au | 10 January, 2011
By Troy Dodds
""To have not one, but two of America's finest contemporary Music Theatre composers in concert together is a triumph that only Brisbane audiences will have the opportunity to see," said producer Jeremy Youett."
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Christian Hoff, Barbara Walsh, Terrence Mann, Stephanie D’Abruzzo Cast in NAMT Musicals
Playbill.com | September 22, 2010
By Adam Hetrick
"Big Red Sun will feature Bradley Dean (A Little Night Music), Danielle Ferland (Into the Woods), Parker Pogue, Eric Anderson (South Pacific), Rachel Coloff (Fiddler on the Roof) and Michael Kostroff ("The Wire"). Peter Flynn will direct."
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SOUND OFF: All Good Things
BroadwayWorld.com | September 9, 2010
By Pat Cerasaro
"Saving the best - and the Bard - for last, Shakespeare himself is done justice by Georgia Stitt's setting of "Sonnet XXIX" and the passionate and grand melody is the ideal match for the tear-jerking, open-hearted words of the sonnet."
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NAMT Announces Directors for 22nd Annual Festival of New Musicals 10/21-22
BroadwayWorld.com | September 9, 2010
By Pat Cerasaro
"The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced Directors and Musical Directors for its 22nd Annual Festival of New Musicals taking place on Thursday, October 21 and Friday, October 22, 2010 at New World Stages in New York City. Georgia Stitt & John Jiler's Big Red Sun will be directed by Peter Flynn (Artistic Director of the Hangar Theatre)."
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Bobby Steggert, David Hyde Pierce, Jason Danieley Among Leading Men to Sing Songs of Sam Davis on CD
Playbill.com | August 9, 2010
By Andrew Gans
I have two songs on this upcoming album!
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Hello! My Baby Premieres at Rubicon
Santa Barbara Independent | August 2, 2010
By Charles Donelan
"Throughout it all, classic songs by the greatest writers of the era are heard in new arrangements by Georgia Stitt."
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You can "Sing Me A Happy Song" Anytime
Musicals in LA | July 9, 2010
By Ellen Dostal
"As far as I’m concerned, any night I get to listen to the music of Georgia Stitt and David Kirshenbaum is a good night in my book."
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Works from David H. Bell, Scott Murphy, Georgia Stitt, et al. Set for NAMT Festival of New Musicals
Musicals in LA | July 7, 2010
By Andy Propst
"The lineup for the 2010 National Alliance for Musical Theater's Festival of New Musicals is set, according to a report in Variety. The schedule will include ... John Jiler and Georgia Stitt's Big Red Sun, which is a post-World War II tale about a teen boy who discovers a family secret."
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Jason Robert Brown/Georgia Stitt Concert to Feature Taylor, Trimm, Pulver, Ryder, Chapman, Callaway
Musicals in LA | June 7, 2010
By Andrew Gans
"The songs of Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt will be presented June 12 at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, CA. The evening of songs by the husband-and-wife composers will feature the talents of Ty Taylor (Songs for a New World), Allie Trimm (13), Lara Pulver (Parade), Amy Ryder (Damn Yankees), Tracy Nicole Chapman (Caroline, or Change) and Dan Callaway (Phantom of the Opera) as well as a 30-voice choir. "
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In Focus with Eden Lane 209
blip.tv | April 8, 2010
By Eden Lane [VIDEO from Denver]
My Welsh friend Caroline Sheen, who plays MARY POPPINS on the US national tour, appears at 12:37, and then at 23:13 she talks about her new CD "RAISE THE CURTAIN", which includes my song "I Lay My Armor Down."
"A track that stood out to me, for my tastes... is track 7, "I Lay My Armor Down....It's very effective."
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Broadway comes to Pasadena with headliners Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Examiner.com | June 3, 2010
By Laura Monteros
"This is the first time Jason and I have done a concert together, and we're pulling out all the stops. We're planning to incorporate some of our newest material, some of our most established songs, and even the two pieces that we wrote for our own wedding."
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Broadway comes to Pasadena with headliners Georgia Stitt and Jason Robert Brown
Lighting and Sound America | April 9, 2010
By David Barbour
"Mosaic, by Cheri Steinkeller and Georgia Stitt, is very modern musical monologue about Ruth, a blocked songwriter. Once a promising talent, now a nobody in her 30s, her career cratered after the release of one underperforming album. (The disk yielded one pop hit, which inspired endless covers. The song, titled "But Not Yet," is lovely enough to make it onto any musical-theatre fan's hit parade."
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Unhappy Medium Searches for Clarity
The New York Times | April 8, 2010
By Charles Isherwood
"Ms. Stitt’s earnest, easy-listening theatrical pop is a natural match for Ms. Steinkellner’s casual, chatty book. (They collaborated on the lyrics.) ... Heidi.Blickenstaff, who was one of the excellent female friends in “[title of show],” is fine company. Her natural warmth and her affinity for Ruth’s deadpan, self-deprecating humor kept reminding me of Sandra Bullock. And aside from her mostly ghastly taste in movie material — and maybe men — what’s not to love about Sandra Bullock?"
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Inner Voices: Solo Musicals
Daily Motion | April, 2010
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Julie Halston, Howard McGillin, et al. set for HELLO! MY BABY reading
TheaterMania | March 22, 2010
By Andy Propst
"With a book by Steinkellner and music supervision and arrangements by Georgia Stitt, the show weaves an updated Tin Pan Alley score into a story of teen song-pluggers, gangsters, immigrants, and debutantes on the Lower East Side, as they fall in love, peddle tunes, gender-swap, and two-step over society to make their dreams come true."
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David Simpatico, Georgia Stitt, et al. set for INNER VOICES: SOLO MUSICALS
TheaterMania | February 26, 2010
By Dan Bacalzo
"The two solo pieces that comprise the evening will be Mosaic, by Cheri Steinkellner and Georgia Stitt, a multi-media, real-time half hour in the life -- and on the MacBook -- of Ruth, a woman vlogging at the crossroads of birth, death, love and Diet Coke; and Whida Peru: Resurrection Tangle, by David Simpatico and Josh Schmidt, which brings us into the chambers of a very special creature, as she is forced to evaluate the quality of life, death and what lies in between for her."
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The Music of Georgia Stitt
Stage Whispers (Australia) | Feb. 23, 2010
By Bryce Ives
"As a songwriter Georgia Stitt can be described in one very simple word: honest. Within a few short bars of music she captures and creates amazing emotional energy which can be both raw and poetic all at once. In fact, she invokes the sort of emotion which is distinctively real and personal: some moments can be about the smallest feeling, others can be thrillingly large in their journey and delivery."
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Betty Buckley, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Billy Porter, et al. Set for Human Heart: Helping Haiti's Children Benefi
TheaterMania | Feb. 18, 2010
By Andy Propst
"This fundraiser will also feature new songs by Brooke Sunny Moriber; Bill Schermerhorn and Michael Feinstein; and Georgia Stitt and Bil Wright. There will also be a special appearance by the songwriting team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty."
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Inspiring Night Of Song
AussieTheatre.com | Feb. 17, 2010
By Erin James
"The show is in two acts and will work as a double bill. Act I is a revue of Georgia Stitt’s music featuring FRANCESCA ARENA, BRENT DOLAHENTY, KATE HANLEY, RAELENE ISBESTER, ADRIAN LI DONNI, & JOHN O'HARA, with ADRIAN PORTELL on piano. Act II will be the Australian Premiere of Georgia Stitt and Marcy Heilser’s song-cycle Alphabet City Cycle featuring MADELINE CAIN."
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ON THE RECORD: Baldwin's "Let's See What Happens"
Playbill.com | Nov. 15, 2009
By Steven Suskin
"Moments Like This," an early Hollywood song from Lane and Loesser, sounds very good as handled by Georgia Stitt, while Jason Robert Brown gives us a whimsical "I Don't Think I'll End It All Today" (from the Arlen-Harburg Jamaica)."
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Interview with Georgia Stitt: Composer, Lyricist, Performer
In Tune: Musicnotes.com's Official Blog | Sept. 25, 2009
By Monica Valentinelli
"Whether she’s on Broadway or working in television, Georgia is a consummate professional with a passion for all things music."
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Broadway Babies and More at Sondheim Salute
Backstage Blog Stage | August 19, 2009
By Lee Spindle
"Two expectant mothers who also happen to be superstars--Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt--teamed on a terrific "Children Will Listen."
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Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt to Join Forces for Hollywood Concert
Playbill.com | August 19, 2009
By Andrew Gans
"Come join these gal pals for a raucous evening as they sing their own tunes and others amidst juicy gossip and the occasional pee break," according to press notes. "Fans should catch them before their contractions set in!"
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Broadway Fundraiser starring Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt
Orange County Theater Examiner | August 10, 2009
By Jonathan Josephson
"Its not every day that two stunningly beautiful, immensely talented performers get themselves pregnant at the exact same time – twice, in just under two years. And what better way can there be to celebrate this unlikely occurrence than by writing a show about it? And heck, let’s make it a musical!"
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88s Cabaret Honors Stephen Sondheim 8/17 with Kellerman, Kazan, Young, Egan & More
Broadway World | August 6, 2009
By BWW News Desk
"Set to star in this tribute of Mr. Sondheim's lush music are ... Tony Nominee for Beauty & The Beast, Susan Egan; Popular Composer Georgia Stitt, a frequent Arranger and Musical Director for Sondheim productions and projects including Wall-To-Wall Sondheim and Boston Pops Orchestra's 75th Anniversary Tribute to Sondheim."
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BWW Spotlight Interview: Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt Are "All Knocked Up (again)"
Broadway World | July 29, 2009
By Craig Brockman
"BroadwayWorld sat down with Susan Egan and Georgia Stitt to learn a little bit more about their upcoming gig, "All Knocked Up (again!)" which will take place at NYC's Metropolitan Room on Saturday, August 1 at 9:45pm and again on Sunday, August 2 at 9:30pm."
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Alphabet City Cycle
Talkin' Broadway Sound Advice | June 18, 2009
By Rob Lester
"The poems were set to music which alternately employs gushes of melodic force or taut lines that match the rush or control of emotions of the characters' soliloquies. It's the work of versatile Georgia Stitt. (An impressive album of her songs, This Ordinary Thursday, also shows her ability to capture feelings deftly and daringly through music that grabs the mind and gut, but in a fresh, non-calculated way.) She plays piano dramatically, in the sense that she sets and sustains moods and tension, on four tracks; Grant Wenaus is pianist on "Blanket in July" and Ms. Stitt conducts."
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Playbill.com: Features: On The Record | June 8, 2009
By Stephen Suskin
"Stitt, with whom you might not be familiar, has an original and refreshing style; she provides a steady beat, with emotion bubbling through her melodies. Heisler has a gift for unconventional but perfect word images. Fans — and the unanointed, open to interesting new work — might want to seek out this mini-album."
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EDGE: Boston | May 27, 2009
By Kevin Scott Hall
"The music and Stitt’s playing (on all but one track) are reminiscent of Sondheim, the musical lines taking unexpected turns and the melodies interesting.... It offers enough musical and lyrical repetition to stay in the mind long after the CD player has been turned off."
Go to Web Link New Songwriting on Disc - Alphabet City Cycle
American Theater Web Original News and Reviews | May 12, 2009
By Andy Propst
"The quintet of tunes here are musical mini-monologues that chronicle things like reeling from a break-up and nesting into a new apartment. Stitt's melodies are richly atmospheric, captivating the ear, and Heisler's lyrics are sort of like bittersweet poetry."
Go to Web Link Raising A Joyful Song
San Francisco Classical Voice | May 5, 2009
By Jaime Robles
"The group's performance of each of these challenging works was always engaging and brilliant. The chorale also has an extremely clean attack: a necessity for works with complex threads of text that repeat and interweave, such as those found in the program's opening song, Georgia Stitt's Joyful Noise. Stitt's song was one of three premieres in the program."
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Photo Flash: Broadway at BIRDLAND welcomes Stitt!
Broadway World | April 3, 2009
By BWW News Desk
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Music: Getting Real
Vanderbilt Magazine | Spring 2009
By Angela Fox
"In show business, the saying goes, it’s not what you know but who you know. In the case of Georgia Stitt, award-winning composer and vocal coach on America’s Got Talent, it’s both."
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Murney, Burgess, Baldwin, Rowat and Osnes Will Be Part of GEORGIA STITT & FRIENDS
Playbill Online | March 16, 2009
By Andrew Gans
"A host of theatre actors will join songwriter Georgia Stitt for Georgia Stitt & Friends March 30 at Birdland."
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Julia Murney, Tituss Burgess, Kate Baldwin, Graham Rowat, Laura Osnes et al. to Join Georgia Stitt at Birdland
Theater Mania | March 16, 2009
By Brian Scott Lipton
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Stitt & Heisler's "Alphabet City Cycle," with Baldwin, to Get Digital Release by PS Classics
Playbill Online | March 12, 2009
By Kenneth Jones
"'This Ordinary Thursday' has been one of [PS Classics'] strongest digital releases to date; rather than wait for the new album to be completed, we decided to unveil the song cycle now, as a digital exclusive."
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Stitt Songs Featured in Aug. 18 New Voices; Champlin Hosts
Playbill Online | August 18, 2008
By Andrew Gans
"Sweeney Todd's Donna Lynne Champlin ... hosts the Aug. 18 Monday Nights, New Voices concert at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre. The evening celebrates the work of composer-lyricist Georgia Stitt, who will accompany on piano."
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Espinosa, Gonzalez, Murney and Porter Set for Broadway in South Africa Concert
Playbill Online | August 8, 2008
By Andrew Gans
"The [Oct. 6th] evening will also boast world-premiere songs — based on essays written by South African students — penned by Michael John LaChiusa, Henry Krieger, Bill Russell, Georgia Stitt, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jeremy Schonfeld, Steve Marzullo, Bobby Cronin, Jonathan Reid Gealt and Adam Gwon."
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New York City's New Voices Collective Makes London Debut in Fall
Playbill Online | July 15, 2008
By Mark Shenton
"The New Voices Collective, formed in New York City in 2001 to showcase up-and-coming theatre composers — and which soon went on to see more established songwriters sign on — is to present the first in a series of concerts in London."
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New York New Voices Launches UK Concert Series
What's On Stage | July 15, 2008
By Terri Paddock
"Initially founded to showcase up-and-coming composers, the New Voices Collective soon invited more established songwriters to join in by working with new collaborators and exploring different styles."
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Vocal Coach or Voice Teacher?
Backstage | April 24-30, 2008
By Michael Goodrich
"[Georgia] Stitt sums it up: "I think the key to good performing – musical theatre, anyway– is finding the true musician in you and then finding the natural actor in you and figuring out how to do those two things at the same time."
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Notes in Heels
The Stage | April 9, 2008
By Mark Shenton (in the UK)
"As the songs here - by turns melodic and emotional - thrillingly demonstrate, women can write with feisty feeling and revealing resonance... [T]he beguiling surprises of the material are given an effortless sheen and delight thanks to the seamless, simple structure that the songs are folded into, and the sensational performances of the five-strong cast."
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Musical Women
The Stage | April 3, 2008
By Mark Shenton (in the UK)
'Notes In Heels' is a welcome opportunity for female composers, currently under-represented in the West End and Broadway, to get their work heard.
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Best Albums of 2007
Ystads Allehanda | January 8, 2008
By Fredrik Fischer (in Sweden)
"Georgia Stitt is among a number of American composers and lyricists rooted in musical theatre, pop and singer-songwriter music who have created their own styles within and beside these genres. This CD is filled with so much honesty and love for the material and has received such a top-notch musical treatment that the title of the best CD of 2007 is a given."
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On the Record: Holiday Gift List
Playbill Online | December 10, 2007
By Stephen Suskin
"A little-known present-day songwriter also came out with her own album, this ordinary thursday: The Songs of Georgia Stitt [PS PS-748]. Ms. Stitt is a very special composer, and her CD is quite a find."
Go to Web Link Young Scottish Stars Stage Variety Spectacular for Christmas
allmediaSCOTLAND.com | December 8, 2007
By Matthews Martketing
"As the showcase was being developed pupils from the Dance Course were treated to a masterclass from Georgia Stitt, a very well known musical director on Broadway. Georgia put the pupils through their paces and commented that the standard was “incredibly high and special”."
Go to Web Link this ordinary thursday: the songs of Georgia Stitt
Playbill Online | September 2, 2007
By Stephen Suskin
"The songs are rich and deep and intelligent, demanding instant repeating. Musically, Stitt holds her own with an original voice and a sometimes surprising turn of melody; her lyrics are personal, intricate and rewarding. Absolutely, yes!"
Go to Web Link Nothing ordinary about Georgia Stitt's CD
Alec Harvey's blog and column | July 29, 2007
By Alec Harvey
"[Stitt] calls "This Ordinary Thursday" 'the most fun I've had on anything.'"
Go to Web Link Roundtable Theater Reviews (see last entry)
WAMC Northeast Public Radio | July 15, 2007
By Wally Rubin
"Carolee Carmello sings a song about a troubled marriage and holds the climaxing note, on the word "life," till you think your soul might burst. This CD, again, is called "This Ordinary Thursday - The Songs of Georgia Stitt" and I highly recommend it."
Go to Web Link Georgia Stitt Plays El Portal June 2
Broadway World | May 31, 2007
By James Sims
Go to Web Link The Future Is In Sight
Tidskriften OPERA Magazine | Spring 2007
By Fredrik Fischer
(Translated from Swedish)
Go to Web Link | View/Download English PDF | View/Download Swedish PDF Sound Advice: Thoroughly Theatrical Things for This Ordinary Thursday
Talkin' Broadway | May 3, 2007
By Rob Lester
"There is talent and attention to detail everywhere, with lots of details to attend to - these aren't simple little ditties. Character songs that paint emotional pictures, most are lyrically and musically dense, some telling stories. The material is instrinsically powerful and dramatic and doesn't need to be oversold, but I can imagine that much here will prove popular in concerts and cabaret acts now that they are out on CD to hear."
Go to Web Link Broadway Bullet Interview: Georgia Stitt
Broadway World | April 30, 2007
By Michael Gilboe
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This Ordinary Thursday: Georgia Stitt
Next Magazine | April 13, 2007
By David Hurst
"Georgia Stitt writes songs that are beautifully crafted gems about life, love and the normalcy of everyday things. Artists sing the hell out of them! It's an auspicious debut."
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stuff to buy: words, music, cd
getTRIO.com | April 13, 2007
By Charlie Suisman
"Take for instance, Georgia Stitt. She's a composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, pianist, vocal coach. We don't know this for a fact, but she could probably install your hugh-def TV, too."
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Baby
Variety | February 6, 2007
By Bob Verini
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Enter Cutting
Palo Alto Online | Friday, April 21, 2006
New musicals and plays take the stage for the first time at TheatreWorks festival -- not without a lot of red-penning.
By Rebecca Wallace
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The Wave Magazine | April 2006
TheatreWork's New Works Festival rolls the dice on art.
By Julie O'Shea
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Blair Quarter Note | Winter 2006
Alumna Georgia Stitt, BMus ’94, is making her mark on the Great White Way and beyond.
By Angela Fox
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TheatreWorks' Retreat Seeks to Foster New Works
San Francisco Chronicle | Wednesday, January 18, 2006
By David Wiegan
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TheaterMania | December 29, 2004
Photos by Joseph Marzullo and text by Michael Portantiere
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF Murney, Colella, Morrison and More to Join Composer Stitt for Dec. 27 Concert
Playbill | December 27, 2004
By Andrew Gans
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF “Taylor, the Latte Boy” Creators Sing at MAC/ASCAP Songwriters' Showcase; Ross Is Special Guest
Playbill | December 15, 2004
By Andrew Gans
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF 50 Ways to End the Year
MUG Manhattan User's Guide | December 13, 2004
(Georgia is No. 4!)
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF The Water, Musical About a Town in Peril, Gets Premiere at University of Michigan Nov. 18-21
Playbill | October 19, 2004
By Kenneth Jones
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF Sound Advice: Assassins, Susan Egan, Ann Hampton Calloway, I Sing, Weird & Wonderful
Talkin' Broadway | Egan's album Coffee House has Georgia's "Sing Me A Happy Song"
By Jonathan Frank
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF Period of Confinement? For Pregnant Actresses, Life Is a Cabaret in Hot Mamas, April 3 & 5 in NYC
Playbill | March 18, 2004
By Kenneth Jones
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF Susan Egan and Lauren Kennedy Part of Free Concert Nov. 25
Playbill | November 25, 2003
By Andrew Gans
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF Ol’ Man River Floods, and a Musical Rises to the Surface in The Water, From Composer Stitt
Playbill | January 21, 2003
By Kenneth Jones
Go to Web Link | View/Download PDF Coming Together at the Tono American Music Festival
Vanderbilt University | September 11, 2001
By Georgia Stitt
"We had anticipated being ambassadors of music; we wound up being ambassadors of New York and America."
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Curtain Up | July 16, 1999
By Les Gutman
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