Douglas J. Cohen’s The Gig Wins York’s Noel Coward Prize

Douglas J. Cohen is the recipient of York Theatre Company’s Noël Coward Prize, celebrating musical theatre talent, for his musical The Gig, which is based on a screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy.

The award goes to a promising librettist/composer/lyricist whose work best exemplifies the “triple threat” standards set by Coward. The winning artist receives an honorarium and a staged concert of the musical submitted to the contest. This year’s judges included Nancy Ford, John Kander, Richard Maltby, Mel Marvin, Brian Murray, Susan H. Schulman, and Tony Walton.

Cohen will receive the award at a concert celebrating Noël Coward on his birthday, December 16, at 7:30pm. The concert will feature Noël Coward songs (which Tony Walton and Barry Day have used in their new musical adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Hypocrite). A reception will immediately follow. A reading of The Gig is being planned for after the first of the year.

For more information, visit www.yorktheatre.org.