Andrew Gerle may very well be the next Steven Sondheim of the Broadway stage. As a composer, lyricist, playwright and author, Gerle is a three-time recipient of the Richard Rodgers Award for new musical writing administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters for “The Tutor” and recently took home his fourth for his original musical “Gloryana.” He won a 2006 Jonathan Larson Award for the music of “Meet John Doe,” which had its world premiere at Washington’s Ford’s Theatre in 2007 and was nominated for seven Helen Hayes Awards. Recently he was heard as the “hands” of Coalhouse Walker Jr. in the Tony Award-winning revival of “Ragtime” at the Neil Simon Theatre.
On Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, however, it won’t be another award for this Broadway baby. Tonight, it’s all about the music.
