Keith Harrison: The Importance of Stories

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Lisa speaking with musical wizard Keith Harrison
 whose songs, compositions, arrangements and productions
have been heard on live TV broadcasts such as The Emmy Awards,
The Radio Disney Music Awards and American Idol; on narrative
series including FX’s American Horror Story, Showtime’s Kidding
starring Jim Carrey, and Netflix’s Grace & Frankie; as well
as feature films like STX’s animated UglyDolls (“Unbreakable”
Academy Award shortlisted, Best Original Song), Netflix’s
upcoming The Prom starring Meryl Streep, and Sony’s upcoming
James Corden-produced Cinderella. Keith is the creator, writer
and songwriter of the acclaimed new musical Emojiland (a New York
Times Critic’s Pick with Off-Broadway Alliance, Outer Critics
Circle, Lucille Lortel, and Drama Desk award nominations), whose
hit Off-Broadway premiere production closed in March 2020. Keith
starred in the Netflix original documentary series Westside, has
been a featured performer at New York’s Lincoln Center, and has
music directed hundreds of live concerts and theatrical
productions around the world. His extensive list of collaborators
includes Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monáe, Babyface,
Idina Menzel, Camilla Cabello, Billy Porter, Jason Alexander,
Keith David, Ana Gasteyer, Andrew Rannells, Dennis DeYoung,
Andrew Lippa, and many more. An alumni of Northwestern
University, he is also an active arts educator and coach, having
taught at the University of Southern California, the American
Musical and Dramatic Academy, and CLI Studios.


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