Michael John LaChiusa

Broadway: THE WILD PARTY (New York Shakespeare Festival; book co-authored by George C. Wolfe; 2000 Tony nominations – Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score), MARIE CHRISTINE (Lincoln Center Theater; 2000 Tony nominations – Best Book, Best Score), CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD (Lincoln Center Theater; 1997 Tony nominations – Best Musical, Best Book nomination with Jim Lewis and Graciela Daniele). Off-Broadway: BERNARDA ALBA (Lincoln Center Theater), SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE (The Public Theatre), LITTLE FISH (Second Stage Theatre), HELLO AGAIN (Lincoln Center Theater; Obie Award), FIRST LADY SUITE (NYSF; Obie Award), THE PETRIFIED PRINCE (NYSF; book by Edward Gallardo), BREAK/AGNES/EULOGY FOR MISTER HAMM (Playwrights Horizons). Regional: BROKEN SLEEP (Williamstown Theater Festival; book by Donald Margulies). Libretti include: DESERT OF ROSES, music by Robert Moran (Houston Grand Opera), FROM THE TOWERS OF THE MOON (Moran, Minnesota Opera), TANYA, Anthony Davis (AMTF, Philadelphia). 1997-98 artist-in-residence: The Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival. 1998-99 Composer-in-Residence: Lyric Opera of Chicago (words and music, ENIGMA VARIATIONS). 1995 Gilman Gonzalez-Falla Award. Recordings: SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE, BERNARDA ALBA (Ghostlight), HELLO AGAIN, MARIE CHRISTINE (RCA Victor), THE WILD PARTY (Decca Broadway); several songs (including the title track) featured on Audra McDonald’s best-selling debut album, Way Back to Paradise (Nonesuch Records).  Michael John LaChiusa is an adjunct professor at the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.