Ricky Ian Gordon, composer

Raves: “…caviar for a world gorging on pizza.” — The New York Times

Awards: Gillman Gonzalez-Falla Foundation Award (2002); National Institute for Music Theater Award (1989); Stephen Sondheim Award (1991); Special Recognition Award from the Gillman Gonzalez-Falla Music Theater Foundation (1993, 1994); the Constance Klinsky Award (2000); multiple awards from ASCAP, Meet the Composer, The American Music Center and the National Endowment for the Arts. His musical Dream True won the Richard Rodgers Production Award given by the American Academy of the Arts and Letters (1999).

Operas: Dream True, Only Heaven, States of Independence, Stonewall/Night Variations, The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Operetta: Autumn Valentine

Musicals: My Life with Albertine, Shimmer

Ballet: The Anyone’s Ballet