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Tony Winning Producer Corey Brunish's New Musical Selected for London's BEAM2018 Festival

By: Dec. 17, 2017
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Tony Winning Producer Corey Brunish's New Musical Selected for London's BEAM2018 Festival  ImageMultiple Tony Award winning producer Corey Brunish has had his new musical selected as a finalist for London's BEAM2018 Festival to take place in March of 2018.Out of 300 applicants, only 8 have been selected for a 25 minute presentation.Brunish wrote the musical with twins Dina and Rosabella Gregory.(fotos enclosed)The musical is called My Marcello and is a comedy about love in a small Italian village.

Brunish started producing shows in Portland, Oregon.In his first 6 seasons on Broadway, he has garnered 8 Tony Award Nominations and 2 Tonys.He has also won the Drama Desk, Drama League, Audience Choice and Outer Critic's Circle Awards.He has been an investor on 2 cast recordings which have won the Grammy.He has 2 Emmy Nominations (NY Region)

Currently he and wife Jessica have 8 shows running on Broadway, 4 in foreign markets, one US Tour and they are also producers on two Broadway film documentaries.
Producer:Come From AwayBeautifulThe Play That Goes WrongOnce On This Island
Investor:Hello DollyDear Evan HansenAngels in America (opens Mar 25, 2018)The Band's Visit

British singer-songwriter and Royal Academy of Music graduate Rosabella Gregory, is an award-winning music-fiend. She has written and produced three solo albums and three EPs. Her latest work "Ghosts Are Calling" is now available on iTunes.Gregory has performed her music internationally and throughout the UK, including supporting the legendary, Jools Holland. Recent performances include 59E59 theatre, NYC (as part of Brits Off Broadway), St. James Theatre, The Shakespeare Globe and The Royal Festival Hall. BBC Radio 2 broadcaster "Whispering" Bob Harris, continues to champion Gregory's artistry, saying of her piano style: "it reminds me of watching Brian May play the guitar".2007 saw Gregory win the International Prize in the New York Songwriter's CircleSong Contest, where Grammy award-winning producer, Russ Titelman, compared her to "a young Joni Mitchell".Gregory describes her craft as "classical songwriting with a filmic twist" where "the story is the key", and this approach to her music has afforded her the opportunity to share the stage with some world-class musicians.Collaborations include Bob James, Manolo Badrena, Soumik Datta, Bernhard Schimpelsberger, Anoushka Shankar and Nitin Sawhney. More recently, "Go West" frontman Peter Cox, recorded a duet with Gregory of her award-winning song "Better Love Next Time." Gregory is composer and performer of the original score for "City Stories", a collection of plays written by James Phillips (Mc Queen, The Play).

DINA SORAYA GREGORY (Bookwriter/Lyricist) is a graduate of Oxford University and NYU's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. She is bookwriter and lyricist for the musicals In Nomine Amoris (Vivian Ellis Prize, 1997), Willy & Rupert (O'Neill Music Theater Conference participant, 2005), Falling (Chang Jak Factory competition winner, 2009, Daegu International Musical Festival participant, 2010, NAMT showcase participant, 2010), and Hello Sky, which enjoyed a sold-out production by Opera Lancaster in Pa. She is lyricist, most recently, for My Marcello (workshopped in Portland, Ore., 2015). Dina also pens lyrics for choral music with composer Alisa Bair(published by Heritage Music Press) and for songs performed by her twin sister and British singer-songwriter, Rosabella Gregory. She is currently working on a fantasy novel and several children's books while continuing to shepherd her musicals through their various stages of development. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.and the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.



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