They tell me he's "the best new musical theatre composer we have come across in the past five years".
Some musical theatre composers will also give master classes to college students studying performance.
Throughout the first half of the 20th century, popular music was dominated by musical theatre composers and lyricists.
What does unfashionable mean for a musical theater composer?
In mid 80-s Benjamin moved to Moscow to work as a theater composer.
He strongly identified himself not only as a theater composer, but as one of social content.
The group was formed to help musical theater composers and lyricists get their work seen by Broadway producers.
Milan's beaumonde association convinced him that he should pursue a career as a theatre composer.
After making a modest name for himself as a theater composer in the 1940's, he forsook composition for writing.
The two hit it off at once, since like nearly all theater composers, Lloyd Webber was in constant search of somebody to help with words.