Music and Lyrics by William Finn Conceived and Directed by Rob Ruggiero

Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Conceived and Directed by Rob Ruggiero

MAKE ME A SONG: THE MUSIC OF WILLIAM FINN is a theatrical revue featuring the songs of one of the most acclaimed composer-lyricists in musical theatre. The theatrical revue features classics from Mr. Finn’s well-known shows in addition to rarely heard selections from Romance in Hard Times, Elegies, and The Royal Family.

 
Off-Broadway cast of MAKE ME A SONG: THE MUSIC OF WILLIAM FINN Carol Rosegg Photography

Off-Broadway cast of MAKE ME A SONG: THE MUSIC OF WILLIAM FINN
Carol Rosegg Photography

William Finn is the writer/composer of the Tony-winning breakthrough musical Falsettos (written with James Lapine). He has also written and composed In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, Falsettoland, Romance in Hard Times, A New Brain and Elegies: A Song Cycle. Finn wrote the lyrics to Graciela Daniele’s Tango Appassionato (music by Astor Piazzolla) and to the James Lapine version of A Winter’s Tale (with Michael Starobin). Finn also wrote the music and lyrics for Little Miss Sunshine which played Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in 2013. Finn graduated from Williams College, where he was awarded the Hutchinson Fellowship in Musical Composition.

MAKE ME A SONG: THE MUSIC OF WILLIAM FINN was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Drama Desk Award in 2008. The show opened off-Broadway at New World Stages and completed its successful run in December of 2007.