In this master class, Benj and Justin will work with several Musical Theatre students on their performances of Pasek & Paul songs.

Free and open to the public with support from the Sally Fleming Master Class Fund. Seating is available on a first-come first served basis.

ABOUT THE GUEST ARTISTS

BENJ PASEK & JUSTIN PAUL are Oscar, Grammy, Tony, Emmy, and Olivier Award-winning songwriter and producers best known for their Oscar, Grammy, and Tony-winning work on La La Land, The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen, each of which spawned albums that landed in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200, including multiple weeks at #1 for The Greatest Showman, which in 2018 was the world’s best-selling album. In 2024, they won their first Emmy Award as songwriters of Only Murders in the Building and, as a result, achieved EGOT status, joining a rarified list of artists who have won all four major showbiz prizes. Additional film and television credits include Apple’s Spirited, Sony’s Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, Disney’s live-action Aladdin and Snow White, Dreamworks Animation’s Trolls, Amazon’s Harlem, Apple’s Dear Edward, NBC’s Smash, The CW’s The Flash, Amazon’s Pink: All I Know So Far (Grammy nomination), and FX’s Welcome to Wrexham. Amongst their varied stage credits, they made their Broadway debut with the musical A Christmas Story (Tony nomination), further adapted into a live telecast for Fox (Emmy nomination); and won their second Tonys for co-producing Best Musical winner A Strange Loop. Among their countless honors, they became the youngest winners ever of the Jonathan Larson Award and the first writers for stage or screen to be honored with the ASCAP Vanguard Award. In total, Benj and Justin have each won two Tonys, two Grammys, two Emmys and an Oscar across six distinct projects, including their most recent 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Award for writing Sesame Street’s heartwarming anthem “That’s Why We Love Nature,” performed by Brandi Carlile.