''Peter Mills'' is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. He won the third

Fred Ebb Fred Ebb (April 8, 1928 – September 11, 2004) was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita R ...

award in 2007.

Career

After graduating from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

with a degree in english/dramatic literature, he then acquired his MFA in musical theatre writing at the New York University's

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

.http://www.playbill.com/article/musical-theatre-writers-peter-mills-and-barry-wyner-win-2010-kleban-prize-com-167313 He is one of the founding members of Prospect Theater Company, which frequently produces his work.

Productions

---(music, lyrics, & book by Mills unless otherwise noted)--- *''Marco Polo'', 2000, lyrics & book (music by Deborah Abramson) *''The Flood'', 2001, music, lyrics, & book by Mills & Cara Reichel *''

Illyria In classical antiquity, Illyria (; grc, Ἰλλυρία, ''Illyría'' or , ''Illyrís''; la, Illyria, ''Illyricum'') was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyr ...

'', 2002 *''The Alchemists'', 2003, book by Mills & Reichel *''Lonely Rhymes'', 2004 *''

The Pursuit of Persephone ''The Pursuit of Persephone'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Peter Mills and book by Cara Reichel. The show details F. Scott Fitzgerald's time at Princeton University, and his love for Ginevra King. Elements of the plot are loosely ada ...

'', 2005, book by Mills & Reichel (reopened as ''The Underclassman'' in 2014) *''

Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union (USSR) to block itself and its s ...

'' 2006, lyrics (music by Stephen Weiner, book by Susan DiLallo) *''The Rockae'', 2007, rock musical based on ''

The Bacchae ''The Bacchae'' (; grc-gre, Βάκχαι, ''Bakchai''; also known as ''The Bacchantes'' ) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. ...

'', book by Mills & Reichel *''Honor'', 2008, based on ''

As You Like It ''As You Like It'' is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has ...

'', music, lyrics, & book by Mills & Cara Reichel *'' Golden Boy of the Blue Ridge'', 2009, book by Mills & Reichel *''Evergreen'', 2009, book by Mills & Reichel *''Death For Five Voices'', 2013, book by Mills & Reichel *''The Honeymooners'', 2017, based on the television show, lyrics (music by Stephen Weiner, book by Dusty Kay and Bill Nuss) *''The Hello Girls'', 2018, book by Mills & Reichel

Personal life

Mills is married to Cara Reichel, whom he met while at Princeton. They started the Prospect Theater Company soon after, and she is his frequent collaborator.

Awards & nominations

* 2002 --

Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation The Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation was a foundation started in 1997 by the family and friends of Jonathan Larson, composer of the musical '' Rent''. From 1997 to 2008, the foundation awarded grants to musical theatre composers, lyric ...

grant * 2003 -- ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award * 2006 --

Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Award is an annual prize recognizing excellence in New York theatre. First bestowed in 1955 as the Vernon Rice Award, the prize initially honored Off-Broadway productions, as well as Off-off-Broadway, and those in the vicinity. Fo ...

nomination -- ''The Pursuit of Persephone'' (Music & orchestrations) * 2007—Fred Ebb Award * 2010—Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre lyrics * 2014—Donna Perret Rosen Awardhttp://www.playbill.com/article/peter-mills-awarded-second-stages-donna-perret-rosen-award-com-215050

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mills, Peter American musical theatre composers Living people Princeton University alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people)