Jason Robert Brown, Lisa Kron, Steven Lutvak, and Alex Timbers join Laurence Maslon for October 2’s SKIRBALL TALKS.
Jason Robert Brown is the three-time Tony Prize-winning composer and lyricist of Songs for a New World, Parade, The Last Five Years, 13, Bridges of Madison County, and Honeymoon in Vegas.
Lisa Kron is the Tony Award-winning lyricist and librettist for Fun Home. A founding member of The Five Lesbian Brothers, her other works include 2.5 Minute Ride and Well.
Steven Lutvak is the Tony-nominated composer and co-lyricist of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and a teacher at NYUs Tisch School of the Arts.
Alex Timbers is the two-time Tony-nominated writer and director of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Other directing credits includePeter and the Star Catcher, Here Lies Love, Rocky, The Robber Bridegroom, and Joan of Arc.
Laurence Maslon teaches at NYUs Tisch School of the Arts, has written extensively about Broadway, and is the host of NPR’s Broadway to Main Street.
Monday at 6:30 during the academic terms, SKIRBALL TALKS hosts visionaries from the worlds of politics, the arts, sciences, academia, and more. Future guests include Slavoj Žižek, Judith Butler, and Eckhart Tolle. RSVPs are required and tickets must be claimed by 6:10 pm. Unclaimed tickets will be released to those on the waiting list.