Scott Miller

1964

**Scott Edward Miller** is the founder and artistic director of [New Line Theatre][1], an alternative musical theatre company he established in 1991 in St. Louis, at the vanguard of a new wave of nonprofit musical theatre being born across the country during the early 1990s, offering an alternative to the commercial musical theatre of New York and Broadway tours. He has been working in musical theatre since 1978 and has been directing musicals since 1981. He has written the book, music, and lyrics for nine musicals and two plays. His play *Head Games* has enjoyed runs in St. Louis, Los Angeles, London, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland; and his last musical, *Johnny Appleweed*, was nominated for four Kevin Kline Awards. He has written six books about musical theatre, *From Assassins to West Side Story*; *Deconstructing Harold Hill*; *Rebels with Applause*; *Let the Sun Shine In: The Genius of HAIR*; *Strike Up the Band: A New History of Musical Theatre*; and *Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll, and Musicals*. He has also written chapters for several other collections of musical theatre essays. He has written for several national theatre magazines and websites, and he has composed music for television and radio. He co-hosts, with Deborah Sharn, "Break a Leg - Theatre in St. Louis and Beyond," a weekly theatre talk show on KDHX-FM in St. Louis. Miller holds a degree in music and musical theatre from Harvard University. (amazon.com) [1]: http://www.newlinetheatre.com/

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