ASCAP Members Triumph At The Tonys: Fun Home Wins Best Musical And Best Original Score The King And I Named Best Revival Of A Musical

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) ASCAP members took home some of the top trophies last night at the 69th Annual Tony Awards in New York City. Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron won Best Musical for Fun Home and became the first female writing team in history to win Best Original Score. Kron also won for Best Book of a Musical.

Best Musical Revival went to The King and I, written by legendary ASCAP members Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Other ASCAP members nominated for Tonys included George Gershwin's An American in Paris for Best Musical; and for Best Musical Revival, Leonard Bernstein's On the Town and Cy Coleman's On the Twentieth Century. ASCAP members Betty Comden and Adolph Green contributed to both On The Town and On The Twentieth Century.

ASCAP member Steven Schwartz, best known as the writer of beloved Broadway musicals Godspell, Pippin and Wicked, was also honored with the Isabelle Stevenson Award. The award is presented annually to a member of the theatre community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of one or more humanitarian, social service or charitable organizations. Schwartz was given the Award for his extraordinary commitment to serving artists and fostering new talent through his work with The ASCAP Foundation/Dreamworks Musical Theatre Workshop, The ASCAP Foundation and for helping develop new partnerships as President of the Dramatists Guild. Schwartz is a past member of the ASCAP Board of Directors.