1534 Mound Street Sarasota
FL 34236

“Hermitage Sunsets @ Selby Gardens: Book, Music, and Lyrics”
with Hermitage Fellow Mark Sonnenblick
Presented in partnership with Marie Selby Gardens
Mark Sonnenblick’s Hermitage Residency generously sponsored by the Huisking Family Fund of Community Foundation of Sarasota County.
Thursday, January 30 at 5:30pm
Selby Gardens Downtown Campus (entrance at 1534 Mound Street Sarasota, FL 34236)
Register here.
Registration is required. $5 per person.
Fresh off the ‘heels’ of his collaboration with Elton John on the West End premiere of The Devil Wears Prada and celebrated for his talents as a lyricist, book writer, and composer, Hermitage Fellow Mark Sonnenblick’s work has been called “lushly romantic” by The New York Times, as well as “sly and unexpectedly subversive” by The New Yorker. With a career that already spans stage and screen, including songs on such hits as Apple’s Spirited, starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, Searchlight Pictures’ Theater Camp, and Netflix’s Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Sonnenblick’s abilities span styles. An Emmy Award and Drama Desk nominee as well as a recipient of the Jonathan Larson Grant, Sonnenblick shares stories and songs from his work so far, and previews some of what might be next.
Mark Sonnenblick is an Emmy and Drama Desk-nominated songwriter for theater, film, and television. His projects include the current West End production of The Devil Wears Prada (starring Vanessa Williams, in collaboration with Elton John, Shaina Taub, and Kate Wetherhead), “Theater Camp” (with Ben Platt and Molly Gordon, Sundance Special Jury Award), “Spirited” (with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, Oscar shortlist), “Lyle Lyle Crocodile” (with Shawn Mendes and Constance Wu), Harlem (Amazon Prime), “The Good Whale” (podcast for Serial and The New York Times), Midnight at The Never Get (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics’ Circle nominations; NY Times Critic’s Pick), and Independents (“Best Production” Fringe NYC, NY Times Critic’s Pick). Mark collaborates with writers across multiple genres, including Elton John, Pasek and Paul, and The Black Label. He’s won a Jonathan Larson grant (American Theater Wing), the Harold Adamson Award (ASCAP), a MAC Award (“Show of the Year”), and Best Production at the New York Fringe Festival; he has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.