This week's spotlight shines on Landon Braverman and Derek Hassler, featuring OVER THE RAINBOW winner Danielle Wade performing their song 'Thin Ice' at 54 Below. The setting for the original song is inspired by a cabin Hassler's family used to own in Wisconsin.
You can catch the songwriters in concert next Monday, Nov. 24, at 7pm at Don't Tell Mama! For reservations, visit www.donttellmamanyc.com or call 212-757-0788.
Landon Braverman (Music) and Derek P. Hassler (Book & Lyrics) are a musical theatre writing team based in New York. Together they have written Queen of the West, which won the awards for Best Musical and Best Score in the Manhattan Theatre Mission's "New Musicals Showcase." Their musical Choices played an award-winning run off-Broadway as part of the West Village Musical Theatre Festival, was produced by NAAP for their "Discover" series, was a top 10 Finalist in the Ken Davenport Short Play Competition, and was also presented in concert in Chicago. Their music has been heard in cabaret venues across the city, including Lincoln Centre, 54 Below, and the Laurie Beechman, and as far as Los Angeles and London, England. They recently returned from Vancouver, Canada where they presented a special concert of their work as part of the 2014 Chutzpah International Festival. They are both alums of the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at Tisch-NYU, and proud members of the Dramatists Guild.
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