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Photo Coverage: Jessica Phillips, Taylor Louderman, Kacie Sheik & More Sing CUTTING-EDGE COMPOSERS at 54 Below

By: Jan. 26, 2015
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Just last night, Cutting-Edge Composers returned to 54 Below, showcasing the talents of both up and coming composers and performers in New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the concert!

The special event featured performances by Lilla Crawford (Into the Woods), Lilli Cooper (Wicked), Tamika Sonia Lawrence (If/Then), Liz McCartney (Taboo), Jessica Phillips (Next to Normal), Zachary Prince (Honeymoon in Vegas), Zak Resnick (Mamma Mia), Kacie Sheik (HAIR), Cortney Wolfson (Kinky Boots), Taylor Louderman (NBC's Peter Pan Live), Ben Fankhauser (Newsies), Ruthie Ann Miles(Here Lies Love), Nick Blaemire (Found), and Ryann Redmond (If/Then) singing songs from new musicals by Paul Loesel and Scott Burkell, Alexander Sage Oyen, Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen, Carmel Dean and Jenny Stafford, Georgia Stitt and Lisa Diana Shapiro, Rachel Griffin, Zack Zadek, Zoe Sarnak, Eric Dietz, Kevin Fogarty, Colleen Dauncey and Akiva Romer-Segal, Nick Luckenbaugh and Amy Molewski, Michael Patrick Walker, Eric Price and Joel Waggoner, and Lisa DeSpain and OSCAR-winner Kristen Anderson Lopez (Frozen).

The concert was helmed by director-producer Laura Pietropinto and associate producer Allie Glickman, with Musical Direction by Julie McBride and Benjamin Rauhala.

Cutting-Edge Composers is committed to showcasing music by writers whose work has not yet been produced on Broadway by providing them with top-notch venues, musicians, performers, and publicity. Successful songwriters of past concerts include Eli Bolin (Found) and Peter Lerman (Brooklynite).

Photo Credit: Kevin Thomas Garcia

Photo Coverage: Jessica Phillips, Taylor Louderman, Kacie Sheik & More Sing CUTTING-EDGE COMPOSERS at 54 Below  Image
Drew Fornarola, Ruthie Ann Miles and Scott Elmegreen

Photo Coverage: Jessica Phillips, Taylor Louderman, Kacie Sheik & More Sing CUTTING-EDGE COMPOSERS at 54 Below  Image
Eric Price, Janet Krupin and Joel Waggonner

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Allison Posner, Dana Iannuzzi, Zoe Sarnak, Kacie Sheik and Josh Tolle

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Nick Blaemire, Alexander Sage Oyen and Ben Fankhauser

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Ryann Redmond and Taylor Louderman

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Amy Molewski, Kacie Sheik and Nick Luckenbaugh

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Lilla Crawford and Georgia Stitt

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Liz McCartney and Lilla Crawford

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Akiva Romer-Segal and Tamika Lawrence

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Laura Pietropinto and Lilla Crawford

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Lilli Cooper and Kevin Fogarty

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Rachel Griffin and Cortney Wolfson

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Liz McCartney and Lisa DeSpain

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Eric Dietz

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Zachary Prince

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Zack Zadek and Alexander Sage Oyen

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Ben Fankhauser and Nick Blaemire

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Ben Fankhauser and Nick Blaemire

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Ryann Redmond

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Ryann Redmond

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Composers Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen

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Ruthie Ann Miles

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Ruthie Ann Miles

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Composer Kevin Fogarty

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Lilli Cooper

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Lilli Cooper

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Zachary Prince

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Zachary Prince

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Lilla Crawford

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Lilla Crawford

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Liz McCartney

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Liz McCartney

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Composer Lisa DeSpain

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Ben Fankhauser

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Ben Fankhauser

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Kacie Sheik

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Kacie Sheik

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Composers Eric Price and Joel Waggonner

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Janet Krupin

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Janet Krupin

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Cortney Wolfson

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Cortney Wolfson

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Composer Akiva Romer-Segal

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Tamika Lawrence

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Tamika Lawrence

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Tamika Lawrence

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Taylor Louderman

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Taylor Louderman

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Composer Eric Dietz

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Jessica Phillips

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Jessica Phillips

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Zak Resnick

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Zac Resnick, Josh Tolle, Allison Posner, Dana Iannuzzi and Kacie Sheik

Photo Coverage: Jessica Phillips, Taylor Louderman, Kacie Sheik & More Sing CUTTING-EDGE COMPOSERS at 54 Below  Image
Zak Resnick







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