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词条 Leslie Arden
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  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. References

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}}Leslie Arden is a Canadian musical theatre composer, lyricist and librettist.[1] She is best known for her work The House of Martin Guerre (co-book by Anna Theresa Cascio) produced by Theatre Plus (1993), the Goodman Theatre (1996) in Chicago and the Canadian Stage Company (1997). Her musical The Boys are Coming Home was part of the American Music Theatre Project at North Western University and was showcased by the National Alliance of Musical Theatre in New York City. Theatre critic Richard Ouzanian says she is "the creator of some of the most sophisticated work on our stages".[2] The Toronto Star has commented that her work is "beautifully crafted" and USA Today states she is a "major talent".[3] She also wrote the Chalmers Award-winning The Happy Prince. She collaborated with esteemed Canadian playwright Norm Foster for the musical Ned Durango. It had its world premiere at Theatre Orangeville in May 2011.[4]

Early life

She was born Leslie Arden Jenkins in Beverly Hills, California to Canadian singer Cleone Duncan and her American performer husband, Paul Howard Jenkins. Her parents moved to Toronto and divorced when she was 6 years old. Arden says: "I was an only child and all my parents worked, so I spent a great deal of time on my own. I grew up liking dark things and high stakes and real drama."[2]

Her mother, Cleone Duncan, was a theatre actress who performed many years in the Canadian musical hit Anne of Green Gables – The Musical.[5]

Education

Early in her career she took classes with Lehman Engel, who had been a musical director for over 100 Broadway productions, in Toronto.[3] In 1990, she was chosen along with 12 other participants to study with legendary musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim at Oxford University. The sessions were organized by theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh.[6]


Leslie Arden's works include:

  • A Meeting of Minds
  • Feathers on the Page
  • Ned Durango
  • One Step Forward (formerly The Boys are Coming Home)
  • The Greatest Gift
  • The Happy Prince
  • The House of Martin Guerre
  • The Last Resort
  • The Princess and the Handmaiden
  • Harvest Moon Rising
  • Moll
  • The Gift of the Magi

References

Citations
1. ^Leslie Arden, www.northernriver.com
2. ^"Leslie Arden: The long road to creative freedom" https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/theatre/article/725055--leslie-arden-the-long-road-to-creative-freedom
3. ^Broadway North: The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. {{ISBN|1-897045-08-5}}
4. ^"Theatre Orangeville Archives 2010-2011" http://www.theatreorangeville.ca/2010_11.php
5. ^Atkey, Mel. (2006) Broadway North: The Dream of a Canadian Musical Theatre Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. {{ISBN|1-897045-08-5}}
6. ^Leslie Arden, www.canadiantheatre.com
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