TV Exclusive: Watch Ryan Scott Oliver Open Lincoln Center's AMERICAN SONGBOOK Series

Composer and lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver will open the 2016 season of Lincoln Center's acclaimed AMERICAN SONGBOOK series with a free concert tonight, January 19 at 7:30 pm in the David Rubenstein Atrium. Can't make it to the show? No worries- check out the full show below!

Oliver received the most votes in the "Invest in the Future of American Song" online contest, developed through a partnership between Prudential Investment Management and Lincoln Center.

Called "the future of Broadway...a major new voice in musical theater" (Entertainment Weekly), Oliver's distinct work combines a powerful pop influence, rich harmony, and stories steeped in myth. His original musicals include Darling, a Jazz Age retelling of Peter Pan, and the "playful, silly-smart" riff on Orpheus, Jasper in Deadland (New York Times). His genre-bending multimedia 35MM: A Musical Exhibitionis currently performed worldwide. Oliver is currently crafting a trilogy of new American musicals that includes We Foxes, a Southern Gothic thriller, and Rope (for Grove Entertainment), which follows the extraordinary journey and unlikely bond of two boys during the Civil War.

Also featuring Ian Fairlee, Hanako Greensmith, Christopher Isolano, Isaac James, Travis Kent, Aury Krebs, Tatiana Lofton, Jonathan Miller, Mary Claire Miskell, David Park, Bethany Perkins, Saidu Sinlah, Linnea Sumner, and Daniel Yearwood.