The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell S Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, President/CEO, in memoriam; Scott Ellis, Interim Artistic Director) will present the twentieth annual Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters to the team of Cheeyang Ng & Eric Sorrels. Born and raised in Singapore, Cheeyang Ng is an award-winning singer-songwriter who writes at the intersection of queer, Asian and immigrant stories. Originally from Tennessee, Eric Sorrels is an award-winning songwriter, librettist, singer, and arranger who is drawn to creating stories that blend personal and political themes. The award, named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb, will be presented by Debra Monk on Mon Dec 2 from 6:00-8:00 pm at a by-invitation-only ceremony in the Penthouse Lounge of The Todd Haimes.The Fred Ebb Award recognizes excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a songwriter or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $60,000 award. The selection panel is comprised of Foundation Trustee Mitchell S Bernard, actor Julie Benko, music director David Loud, and actor Solea Pfeiffer. Each year, the Foundation also makes a donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Press contact: Claire Wojciechowski/Print Shop PR (claire@printshoppr.com)...