Put Aimee Mann, Jim Steinman, Carole King, Ben Folds, Stephen Sondheim and Betty Comden into a blender. Hit puree.
Composer/lyricist of summer 2017’s Off-Broadway smash BASTARD JONES (“Irrepressible… a very bawdy Disney movie, with hummable pop music to match…4 STARS!” – TimeOut NY). Finalist for the Richard Rodgers Award for New Musicals. Winner of MAC’s Burman Award for Songwriting. Creator/Artistic Producer of TUNE IN TIME, New York’s Musical Theatre Game Show (“Cerebral fun and games pushed to 11… a joyous, hilarious romp.” – StageBuddy).
Sole female writer/arranger/vocalist in Grammy-nominated vocal “band without instruments” THE BOBS from 1998-2011.
Shared the stage and/or studio with Donald Fagen, Jane Lynch, Neil Young, Barbra Streisand, Herbie Hancock, Julia Fordham, Paul Shaffer, Jill Sobule, Fountains of Wayne and “Weird” Al Yankovic.
“She’s got the craft down cold…a rare and intelligent edge in wordsmithery.” – Metroland Magazine
www.amyengelhardt.com
Happy to be back at WORD!