Fred Alley (â€") was an American musical theatre lyricist and
librettist who died unexpectedly just as his work gained national
recognition. His collaboration on the musical The Spitfire Grill with
composer James Valcq won the American Academy of Arts and Letters'
prestigious Richard Rodgers Production Award for . Premiered at the
George Street Playhouse in New Jersey and produced Off-Broadway by
Playwrights Horizons, it received Best Musical nominations from the
Outer Critics Circle and Drama League, as well as two Drama Desk
nominations. The cast album was released on Triangle Road Records.The
Spitfire Grill has become one of the most frequently performed recent
musicals with more than productions to date, not only in every major
American city but in Canada, Germany, South Korea, and Japan as well.
In the show had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe.Alley was the co-founder and artist-in-Residence at American
Folklore Theatre (AFT) in Door County, Wisconsin, a populist theatre
with a seasonal audience of , performing original musicals that
further the knowledge and appreciation of the heritage of the United
States with local and regional settings and themes. It was at AFT that
Alley first collaborated with Valcq on a musical called The Passage.
Also at AFT, Alley collaborated on more than original shows with
composer James Kaplan, director Jeffrey Herbst, co-founder Doc Heide,
and frequent guest artists Paul Sills and James Maronek.Alley was the
librettist and lyricist of Guys on Ice, Lumberjacks in Love, and The
Bachelors, all of which began at AFT and set box office records in
frequent productions at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
librettist who died unexpectedly just as his work gained national
recognition. His collaboration on the musical The Spitfire Grill with
composer James Valcq won the American Academy of Arts and Letters'
prestigious Richard Rodgers Production Award for . Premiered at the
George Street Playhouse in New Jersey and produced Off-Broadway by
Playwrights Horizons, it received Best Musical nominations from the
Outer Critics Circle and Drama League, as well as two Drama Desk
nominations. The cast album was released on Triangle Road Records.The
Spitfire Grill has become one of the most frequently performed recent
musicals with more than productions to date, not only in every major
American city but in Canada, Germany, South Korea, and Japan as well.
In the show had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe.Alley was the co-founder and artist-in-Residence at American
Folklore Theatre (AFT) in Door County, Wisconsin, a populist theatre
with a seasonal audience of , performing original musicals that
further the knowledge and appreciation of the heritage of the United
States with local and regional settings and themes. It was at AFT that
Alley first collaborated with Valcq on a musical called The Passage.
Also at AFT, Alley collaborated on more than original shows with
composer James Kaplan, director Jeffrey Herbst, co-founder Doc Heide,
and frequent guest artists Paul Sills and James Maronek.Alley was the
librettist and lyricist of Guys on Ice, Lumberjacks in Love, and The
Bachelors, all of which began at AFT and set box office records in
frequent productions at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.
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