Playbill Songwriter Series alum Cheeyang Ng and songwriter Eric Sorrels have won the 20th annual Fred Ebb Award.
Presented by the Fred Ebb Foundation on an annual basis, the award, named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb, will be presented to Ng and Sorrels by Debra Monk on December 2 at a by-invitation-only ceremony at The Todd Haimes Theater.
The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $60,000 award. The Fred Ebb Foundation is funded by royalties from Mr. Ebb’s vast catalogue of work.
Past winners include John Bucchino (2005); Steve Lutvak & Robert L. Freedman (2006); Peter Mills (2007); Adam Gwon (2008); Marcy Heisler & Zina Goldrich (2009); Douglas J. Cohen (2010); Jeff Blumenkrantz (2011); Sam Willmott (2012); Michael Kooman & Christopher Dimond (2013); Chris Miller & Nathan Tysen (2014); Stacey Luftig & Phillip Palmer (2015); Thomas Mizer & Curtis Moore (2016); Shaina Taub (2017); Will Reynolds & Eric Price (2018); Angela Sclafani and Benjamin Velez (2019); Ben Bonnema & Christopher Staskel and Michael R. Jackson (2020); Isabella Dawis & Tidtaya Sinutoke (2021); Julia Riew (2022); and Freya Catrin Smith & Jack Williams (2023).
This year's selection panel included Foundation Trustee Mitchell S. Bernard, actor Julie Benko, music director David Loud, and actor Solea Pfeiffer. Each year, the Foundation also makes a donation to Broadway Cares.
