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She is a lyricist, mainly of musicals, born in New York, New York. She works in collaboration with
Stephen Flaherty and they are best known for their shows such as Ragtime, which won one Tony Award
and a further twelve nominations, and Once
on This Island which had eight Tony nominations. Their other musicals include Lucky Stiff, A Christmas Carol and Seussical the Musical. They have also worked on songs for
the movies Anastasia and Bartok the Magnificent. The newest work that they have
collaborated on is the musical The
Glorious Ones released in April 2007. She was nominated for a 2004
Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Musical of 2003 with Ragtime
performed at the Piccadilly Theatre.
Boston Pops Orchestra recordings
With Voices Raised (Flaherty/Ahrens)
Conductor - Keith
Lockhart
Tenor - Jason Danieley
RCA 63516
New York Pops Recordings
Ragtime
Conductor and
piano - Skitch Henderson
Vocals - Michael
Maguire
Centaur CRC 2401
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Ahrens
- http://www.ahrensandflaherty.com/mainpage.html
- http://imdb.com/name/nm0014326/bio
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