Peter Mills (composer)

Peter Mills is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. He won the third Fred Ebb award in 2007.^[1]

Career[]

After graduating from Princeton University 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.^[2] 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, 2002
• The Alchemists, 2003, book by Mills & Reichel
• Lonely Rhymes, 2004
• The Pursuit of Persephone, 2005, book by Mills & Reichel (reopened as The Underclassman in 2014)
• Iron Curtain 2006, lyrics (music by Stephen Weiner, book by Susan DiLallo)
• The Rockae, 2007, rock musical based on The Bacchae, book by Mills & Reichel
• Honor, 2008, based on As You Like It, 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.^[3]

Awards & nominations[]

• 2002 -- Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation grant^[2]
• 2003 -- ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award^[2]
• 2006 -- Drama Desk Award nomination -- The Pursuit of Persephone (Music & orchestrations)^[2]
• 2007—Fred Ebb Award^[2]
• 2010—Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre lyrics^[2]
• 2014—Donna Perret Rosen Award^[4]

References[]