Elizabeth Stanley sings 'Back To Before' from Ragtime at 54 Below!

In celebration of Women’s History Month, acclaimed women musical theatre writers who are Council members of the Dramatists Guild of America gathered at #54below to share stories and introduce some of the songs they’ve written from Broadway and beyond. In this clip, Tony Award® nominee Elizabeth Stanley (Jagged Little Pill, On The Town, The Bridges Of Madison County) sings "Back to Before" from #ragtime.

The #DramatistsGuild has been advocating for the rights of theater writers for over 100 years and its elected leadership includes award-winning and legendary songwriting women such as Lynn Ahrens, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Kirsten Childs, Gretchen Cryer, Amanda Green, Christine Toy Johnson, Julia Jordan, Lisa Kron, Marsha Norman, Helen Park, Rona Siddiqui, Georgia Stitt, and Shaina Taub who have brought us such musicals such as Ragtime, Once on This Island, Disney’s Frozen, Fun Home, Murder Ballad, Hands On A Hardbody, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Broken Ground, I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road, Suffs, KPOP, and more!

Co-hosted by President of the Guild, Amanda Green and Treasurer of the Guild, Christine Toy Johnson.

Produced by Jen Sandler.

Music direction by Anna Ebbesen.

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