The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music has announced the winners of the 24th annual Lotte Lenya Competition. The final round took place at Merkin Hall on May 6 with Amanda Sheriff taking home the First Prize of $20,000. The judges said that Sheriff “did it all,” citing her “sensual, funny, and heartbreaking” realization of a program that showed her willingness {…}

The Lotte Lenya Competition announced the final round of this year’s competition and the 11 finalists that will be competing. The final will be held at Merkin Hall in New York City on May 6 beginning at 1 p.m. Among the competitors are Ruth Acheampong, Eric Botto, Cierra Byrd, Katrina Galka, Francesca Mehrotra, Lauren Senden, Amanda Sheriff, Tristan Tournaud, Jeremy {…}

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music has announced that Lauren Worsham and Victoria Clark are the coach-judges for the semifinal round of the 2022 Lotte Lenya Competition. Worsham, a past prizewinner of the competition, is also a Drama Desk Award Winner. Meanwhile, Clark is a Tony Award winner who is set to open “Kimberly Akimbo” later this year. In total {…}