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PRESENTERER

Den Amerikanske

komponist og librettist duoen

Pasek and Paul

TIL OPPLYSNING:

- Workshopen er støttet av Kulturrådet, FFUK og Norsk Komponistforening.

- Workshopen er også finansiert med midler fra Det Norske Teateret som en del av forliksavtalen i forbindelse med Jesus Christ Superstar saken mellom

Musikernes fellesorganisasjon / Norske Dansekunstnere og Det Norske Teater / NTO.  Midlene skal komme musikalartister og partene i samarbeidet til gode.

Avtalen inneholder også en særavtale mellom tariffpartene NTO og MFO / NoDa , vedrørende bruk av elever og studenter i oppsetninger ved NTOs

medlemsteatre.

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BROADWAYS NYE YNDLINGER

KOMMER TIL NORGE!Mandag 14. og tirsdag 15. oktober holder Benj Pasek og Justin Paul mesterklasse under MTF, NoDa og MFOs høstworkshop. Dette er første gang de to Tony-nominerte komponistene/librettistene kommer til Norge, og de gleder seg stort til å undervise norske mesterklassedeltakere i sitt eget materiale. I en alder av kun 28 år er de på god vei til å

bli Amerikansk musikkteaters nye store songwriter stjerner.

Ben Brantley i The New York Times har sammenlignet dem med ingen ringere enn 1950 talls-versjonen av den legendariske komponisten/librettisten Stephen Sondheim!, og musikalene deres er satt opp i en rekke land, blant dem:

Sør Korea, Australia, Kina, Sør Afrika, Singapore, Frankrike, Fillipinene, USA og Danmark.

Samtidig med skriveprosessen turnerer Benj Pasek og Justin Paul aktivt rundt i verden med sitt materiale. De holder mesterklasser og konserter, og etterspørselen er stor og kalenderen fullstappet.

Det er derfor en stor glede å kunne presentere for pressen og øvrige interessenter, duoens første Norges besøk.

I tillegg til to dagers mesterklasse for scenekunstutøvere vil Pasek&Paul holde en åpen konsert for det norske

publikum tirsdag 15. oktober klokken 20.00 på MUSIKKTEATERET. (Gamle Frogner Kino).

Billetter til konserten bestilles ved henvendelse til www.musikkteateret.no

Henvendelser vedrørende Pasek&Pauls norgesbesøk: www.musikkteaterforum.no ved Henriette Myhre. e- mail: henriette@musikkteaterforum.no Mobil: +47 90867877

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Pasek and PaulEKSKLUSIVT FOR NORSK PRESSE

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Mandag 14. oktober er det satt av tid til et møte mellom

Pasek&Paul og pressen.

PROGRAM:

15.40: Oppmøte Musikkteateret (gamle Frogner Kino)

Frognerveien 30, Oslo.

15.45 - 16.00: Pressen får mulighet til å overvære siste

kvarter av workshopens første dag.

16.15 - 17.00: Pressen møter Pasek&Paul til samtale i

Musikkteaterets Cafe

Pasek and Paul kommer til

musikkteaterworkshopen 14 og 15 oktober

2013, og de holder konsert på

MUSIKKTEATERET 15 oktober kl 20.00.

Billetter: www.musikkteateret.no

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Edges

Edges is a song cycle that confronts the trials and

tribulations of moving into adulthood and examines the search for love, commitment

and meaning. It was originally written by Benj and Justin when

they were students at the University of Michigan and has

since had dozens of productions throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and

Australia.

SMASH

Pasek and Paul are songwriters for Season 2 of NBC’s SMASH

A christmas story

Ralphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas: An Official

Red Ryder® Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle. A

Christmas Story, The Musical is the hilarious account of Ralphie’s desperate quest to ensure that

this most perfect of gifts ends up under his tree this Christmas.

Reviews:

“You’d have to have a Grinch-size heart

not to feel a smile spreading across your face…Mr. Pasek and Mr. Paul have provided a likable, perky score that duly translates all of the major episodes in the story into appropriate musical numbers…I was dazzled.” -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

“An unexpectedly delightful Broadway musical with a slew of sprightly songs by Broadway newcomers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Try enough times to turn a beloved holiday movie into a Broadway franchise and eventually one of them has to score. This is the one. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s songs are always sprightly, cleverly staged and with a touch of self-parody — A new holiday tradition is born.” -Richard Zoglin, Time Magazine

(Named one of the Top 10 Plays and Musicals of 2012 by Time Magazine)

Dogfight

It’s November 21, 1963. On the eve of their deployment to a small but growing conflict in Southeast Asia, three young Marines set out for one final boys’ night of debauchery, partying and maybe a little trouble. But when Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, she rewrites the rules of the game and teaches him the power of compassion.

Reviews:

“Pasek and Paul are inarguably gifted composers who write inarguably elegant

songs. Dogfight is intriguing and occasionally brilliant chamber musical from soulful young composers…a production to remember and celebrate, as well as the announcement of

several major talents: its composers, certainly. One senses they’re just getting

started, and they’ll have a dog in this fight for many years to come.” -Scott Brown, New

York

Magazine“Dogfight is something special! A sweet show with great songs. An energetic, use-all-the-set show that veers from quiet and intimate to thundering with enough energy you’ll feel it shake the seats. Pasek and Paul show real maturity and variety in their songs. Studded with impressive songs, an unexpected love affair, and a genuine and charming soul.” -Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press

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Benj Pasek & Justin Paul Joint Bio

Contact: info@pasekandpaul.com

Professional inquiries:

John Buzzetti

jbuzzetti@wmeentertainment.com

nett: www.pasekandpaul.com

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Benj Pasek & Justin Paul are the

Tony-nominated songwriters of the

Broadway musical A Christmas

Story (dir. John Rando, chor. Warren

Carlyle), which opened in November

2012 and enjoyed a critically-

acclaimed, record-breaking run at the

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. In addition

to the Best Score nomination, A

Christmas Story also received Tony

nominations for Best Musical and

Best Book. The holiday musical was

named one of the Top 10 Shows of

2012 by Time Magazine, shared

recognition as the #1 Musical of

2012 in USA Today and received

Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle

nominations for Outstanding New

Broadway Musical. Benj and Justin’s

score for the show also received a

Drama Desk nomination for

Outstanding Music. The cast album

was recorded and produced by Sony

Masterworks and is published

through Warner/Chappell Music.

Benj & Justin are also the composers

behind the Off-Broadway musical

Dogfight, (dir. Joe Mantello, chor.

Christopher Gattelli), a Best New

Musical nominee for the Drama

League, Lucille Lortel and Outer

Critics Circle awards. Benj and

Justin also received an Outer Critics

Circle Best Score nomination for

their work on the show. Dogfight

premiered in July 2012 at Second

Stage Theatre, and a cast album,

produced by Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight

Records, was released in May 2013.

The album debuted in the top 50

albums on iTunes.

As television songwriters, their

original songs were featured on

Season 2 of NBC’s Smash, and have

risen to the Top 25 on the iTunes Pop

Charts.

The duo made their debut as

songwriters with their widely-

acclaimed song cycle Edges, which

is licensed by Music Theatre

International and has had hundreds of

productions worldwide, including

South Korea, Australia, China, South

Africa, Singapore, France, the

Philippines, Denmark and more.

Other theatrical works include James

& the Giant Peach (Kennedy Center,

Goodspeed Musicals, dir. Graciela

Daniele, chor. Pilobolus), and Duck

for President and If You Give a Pig a

Pancake (Theatreworks USA). Their

other musical work for TV can be

seen on Sesame Street and Johnny &

the Sprites (Disney TV series).

Performances of their songs have

been featured on Late Night with

Jimmy Fallon, The View, Good

Morning America, CBS Sunday

Morning, VH1 Morning Buzz, The

Rosie Show, Fox & Friends, and

more.

Benj & Justin are the recipients of

the 2011 Richard Rodgers Award for

Musical Theatre from the American

Academy of Arts and Letters, a 2011

Sundance Institute Fellowship, the

2011 ASCAP Richard Rodgers New

Horizons Award, the 2011 ASCAP

Songwriters Fellowship Award, and a

2007-2008 Dramatists Guild

Fellowship. They are the youngest

recipients of the Jonathan Larson

Award (2007) in the foundation’s

history. They have participated in

ASCAP’s Johnny Mercer

Songwriters Project and were named

one of Dramatist Magazine's "50 to

Watch" in contemporary theatre.

As performers, Benj & Justin have

traveled throughout North America,

Europe & Australia performing

concerts of their work. They also

teach master classes in songwriting

and theatre performance at

universities around the world. They

are proud graduates of the University

of Michigan BFA Musical Theatre

program and members of the

Dramatists Guild of America.

They are currently at work on a new

original musical with playwright

Steven Levenson.

About

Pasek and Paul

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