NEW YORK (AP) – A classroom door opens at New York University and a 20-something student at the piano tries to not seem flustered by the two men who have joined him.
Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman are peeking in to hear how final projects are going for master’s candidates at the musical theater program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
These two guys know a thing or two about writing for the stage. Their “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” won four Tony Awards last year, including best musical and best book.
They also know a thing or two about what the students must be thinking. They were, after all, in the first class that graduated from the groundbreaking program in 1983.
“They are sitting where we sat,” said Lutvak, who is also a cabaret singer with two CDs. “I know where they were, and I see us in their faces.”