Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) and Stephen Flaherty (music) have been collaborators in the musical theatre since 1983. Their work has been heard on Broadway, in film, on the concert stage and in theatres across the country and internationally.

Their most recent musical, Seussical (based on the works of Dr. Seuss) premiered on Broadway in 2000. In 1998, they won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for their score of Ragtime (based on the E.L. Doctorow novel, with book by Terrence McNally); they received two Grammy nominations for Songs From Ragtime and Ragtime: Original Broadway Cast Recording.

Also in 1998, Ahrens and Flaherty received two Academy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations for the songs and score of Anastasia, Twentieth Century FoxÕs first feature animation.

They are the co-creators of the hit Broadway musical Once on This Island, which was awarded LondonÕs 1995 Olivier Award as Best Musical and received eight Tony Award nominations, including Best Score and Best Book.

Also for Broadway, they wrote the score for My Favorite Year, the first original American musical produced by Lincoln Center.

Their musical farce Lucky Stiff, first produced off Broadway by Playwrights Horizons, won the Richard Rodgers Award and WashingtonÕs 1990 Helen Hayes Award as Best Musical.

In 1999, Ahrens and Flaherty wrote With Voices Raised, a concert piece fro orchestra, mixed chorus, tenor soloist and speakers, which was commissioned by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra and has been performed at BostonÕs Symphony Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York.

Individually, Ms. Ahrens is the lyricist and co-book writer for Christmas Carol, Madison Square GardenÕs annual holiday musical. For her work in network television as a somgwriter, creator and producer, Ms. Ahrens has received the Emmy Award and four Emmy nominations, and her songs are a mainstay of the renowned animated series ÒSchoolhouse RockÒ.

Mr Flaherty wrote the incidental musical for Neil SimonÕs play Proposals on Broadway. His Ragtime Symphonic Suite premiered at the Hollywood Bowl under the direction of John Mauceri, and his musical themes from Anastasia were also featured at the Bowl in a ÒTribute to the Musical Century FoxÓ. He is a founding member of the acclaimed theatre company Drama Dept.

Cast recordings and soundtracks of Ahrens and Flaherty shows are available on Decca Boradway, RCA Victor, Atlantic, Sony, Varese Sarabande and TER, and their music is published by Warner/Chappell. They are members of ASCAP and the Dramatists Guild, where both serve on the Dramatists Guild Council.