Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Arden, Leslie
Ontario -based composer/lyricist.
Among the works she has scored are Harvest Moon Rising (book by Peggy Sample) and The Prince and the Pauper (Joey Miller; for which she won a Dora Mavor Moore Award ).
She is also Artistic Director of the young people's company, "The Children's Trio," for which she has written and directed a number of musicals which have subsequently been produced around the world on stage and radio.
In 1990 she was one of 13 writers chose to participate in a Master Class at Oxford University, organized by British musical producer Cameron Macintosh and taught by world-renowned composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
In 1993, Theatre Plus premiered her The House of Martin Guerre, for which she received a Dora. The work was subsequently produced by the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and went on to win several awards there. In 1997, the work received an acclaimed production at Canadian Stage .
In December, 1999, a revue on her work, A Meeting Of Minds: Leslie Arden And Friends, was presented at Canadian Stage.
(Information provided by Jim Betts)
Last updated 2006-10-25
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