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FRIENDS LIKE THESE WINS 7TH ANNUAL TRU MUSICALS READING SERIES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING NEW
MUSICAL Friends Like These to be showcased December 4, 2006 The first annual Howard L. Blau Award
for a promising new work of musical theater was presented to Friends Like These with music by John McMahon, lyrics by Jay
Jeffries, and with book by Mr. Jeffries and Mr. McMahon. The musical was selected out of more than 50 entries. Friends Like These was showcased on December 4, 2006 at the TRU VOICES 7th Annual TRU Musicals Reading Series at The Players
Theater, 115 MacDougal Street.
The December 4th reading of Friends Like These will feature Trisha Rapier (The NEWSical, understudy for the
Liza Minelli character in The Boy from Oz, Forbidden Broadway), Raissa Katona Bennett (Christine in Phantom of the Opera,
first national touring companies of CATS and Parade, under the direction of Hal Prince, Saving Aimee, book and lyrics by Kathie
Lee Gifford), and Casey Clark (SHOUT! The Mod Musical, It Ain't Really My Birthday...in last May's TRU reading series), Jana
Robbins (Good News, I Love My Wife, Crimes of the Heart, Romance/Romance, Gypsy and The Tale of the Allergist's Wife), and
Eadie Scott (What in the World: The NEWSical Revue.)
The December 4th reading of Friends Like These was
directed by Kelly Briggs (Cats, Les Miserables) and head of Kelly Briggs Casting.
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