Vivace Award

Grace McLean, one of the winners of the 2023 Vivace Award.

The Vivace Award

Recognizing musical theatre artists with emerging talent and original work with ambitious theatrical ideas…

Bret and Paul were great lovers of musical theatre. The Vivace Award is given to a musical theatre artist or musical theatre team to create an “idea-driven” piece. We embrace diverse artists from all disciplines of the genre. We give the award to artists who have the ability to create a musical with a big idea at its center, and music as its heart and soul. As the award is called Vivace, our new musical should also make us want to get up and dance. The Vivace Award winners expand our conception of what “musical theatre” can be.