Music-Theatre Group
For 40 years, The Music-Theatre Group (founded by Lyn Austin) has been turning inspiration into art, holding a singular place in the lives of culture-driven New Yorkers. Dynamically led by Producing Director Diane Wondisford, M-TG blurs the lines between music, theatre and opera. M-TG is currently co-commissioning and co-producing the new opera Dark Sisters with Gotham Chamber Opera and Opera Company of Philadelphia. With music by Nico Muhly and libretto by Stephen Karam, Dark Sisters will have its World Premiere at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College in November, 2011.
Internationally renowned for its commitment to the creation of work that embraces new art forms, M-TG has produced and toured worldwide a stunning roster of seminal works including Dr. Selavy’s Magic Theatre (1972) by Stanley Silverman and Richard Foreman; The Mother of Us All by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, directed by Roland Gagnon (1972) and Stanley Silverman (1983); The Club (1975) by Eve Merriam, directed by Tommy Tune; Nightclub Cantata (1977) by Elizabeth Swados; The Garden of Earthly Delights (1984) by Martha Clarke and Richard Peaslee; The Making of Americans (1985) by Al Carmines and Gertrude Stein, directed by Anne Bogart; Vienna: Lusthaus (1986) by Martha Clarke, Richard Peaslee, and Charles Mee; Juan Darien (1988, 1990, 1996 nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical) by Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal; Cinderella/Cendrillon (1988) by Jules Massenet, with additional lyrics by Eve Ensler, directed by Anne Bogart; Extraordinary Measures (1995) by Eve Ensler and William Harper, with James Lecesne; Marco Polo (1996, winner of the Grawemeyer Award) by Tan Dun and Paul Griffiths, directed by Martha Clarke; Running Man (1999, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama) by Diedre Murray and Cornelius Eady, directed by Diane Paulus; Best of Both World (2005) by Randy Weiner, Diedre Murray and Diane Paulus; and Arjuna’s Dilemma (2008) by Douglas J. Cuomo, directed by Robin Guarino.
For 40 years, The Music-Theatre Group (founded by Lyn Austin) has been turning inspiration into art, holding a singular place in the lives of culture-driven New Yorkers. Dynamically led by Producing Director Diane Wondisford, M-TG blurs the lines between music, theatre and opera. Internationally renowned for its commitment to the creation of work that embraces new art forms, M-TG has produced and toured worldwide a stunning roster of seminal works including Dr. Selavy’s Magic Theatre (1972) by Stanley Silverman and Richard Foreman; The Mother of Us All by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein, directed by Roland Gagnon (1972) and Stanley Silverman (1983); The Club (1975) by Eve Merriam, directed by Tommy Tune; Nightclub Cantata (1977) by Elizabeth Swados; The Garden of Earthly Delights (1984) by Martha Clarke and Richard Peaslee; The Making of Americans (1985) by Al Carmines and Gertrude Stein, directed by Anne Bogart; Vienna: Lusthaus (1986) by Martha Clarke, Richard Peaslee, and Charles Mee; Juan Darien (1988, 1990, 1996 nominated for five Tony Awards including Best Musical) by Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal; Cinderella/Cendrillon (1988) by Jules Massenet, with additional lyrics by Eve Ensler, directed by Anne Bogart; Extraordinary Measures (1995) by Eve Ensler and William Harper, with James Lecesne; Marco Polo (1996, winner of the Grawemeyer Award) by Tan Dun and Paul Griffiths, directed by Martha Clarke; Running Man (1999, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama) by Diedre Murray and Cornelius Eady, directed by Diane Paulus; Best of Both Worlds (2005) by Randy Weiner, Diedre Murray and Diane Paulus; and Arjuna’s Dilemma (2008) by Douglas J. Cuomo, directed by Robin Guarino.
