Andrew Monroe
Andy Monroe is a singer, songwriter, and dramatist based in
New York City. His albums, JOYFUL NOISE:
DISC ONE, JOYFUL NOISE: DISC TWO, RAIN, and SONGS FOR A WINTER NIGHT are sold
internationally. He is the composer for
a musical adaptation of Dan Savage's comic memoir THE KID (with lyrics by Jack
Lechner and book by Michael Zam), which premiered in 2010 at The New Group
under the direction of Scott Elliott where it won the 2010 Outer Critics Circle
Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical. It also won the 2009 BMI Foundation
Jerry Bock Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre. His musical short THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOE
JEFFERSON BENJAMIN BLOW has been produced regionally, and he also wrote the
short musicals SALLY PEACHES, LARHONDA, and ELEVATOR MUSIC as part of his
participation in 4@15 at The York Theatre, where he also participated in their
NEO4 Concert. He co-wrote the song MY
SCIENCE PROJECT (lyrics by Jack Lechner), which was sung by Rosie O'Donnell on
her HBO special, A FAMILY IS A FAMILY IS A FAMILY. Monroe also wrote the music and lyrics for THE
TRAGIC AND HORRIBLE LIFE OF THE SINGING NUN (book and additional lyrics by
Blair Fell), which was presented in the 2006 New York Musical Theater
Festival. His work has been performed
three times in the annual Bound For Broadway Concert at the Kauffman Center,
NYC. He is the recipient of the 2001 BMI
Foundation Jerry Harrington Musical Theater Award for Outstanding Creative
Achievement and was a 2007-2008 Dramatist Guild Fellow. In 2011 he received a Jonathan Larson Grant
from the American Theatre Wing. He is a
member of both the BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop and the
BMI Librettists Workshop.
In addition to his work as a composer, lyricist, and playwright, he has been creating music for dance in NYC for thirty years. He has worked at The Paul Taylor School, The Ailey School, The Juiliiard School, and The Limon Institute, among others. In 1999, he founded his recording and publishing company, Compact Risks.
In addition to his work as a composer, lyricist, and playwright, he has been creating music for dance in NYC for thirty years. He has worked at The Paul Taylor School, The Ailey School, The Juiliiard School, and The Limon Institute, among others. In 1999, he founded his recording and publishing company, Compact Risks.
