RSO WINS THE 2023 KLEBAN PRIZE FOR LYRICS

Ryan Scott Oliver and librettist Ethan Lipton have been named as winners of the 33rd Annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre by The Kleban Foundation. Each winner receives $100, 000.

Past winners have included Jason Robert Brown (ParadeThe Last Five Years), John Bucchino (A Catered AffairIt’s Only Life), Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez (Avenue Q), Michael John LaChiusa (Giant, See What I Wanna SeeThe Wild Party), and John Weidman (Pacific OverturesRoad ShowAssassins).

See the Playbill announcement here.