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AwardsRichard Rodgers Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters (Kate Chisholm & Peter Foley)
Jonathan Larson Foundation Award (Peter Foley) NEA Individual Artist Grant (Peter Foley) Spirit Award for Best New Score (Peter Foley) 6 Barrymore Nominations, including Best New Play and Best Original Score 12 Spirit Award nominations, including Best New Play and Best New Work Press “The show works, effectively communicating the exhilaration of intellectual discovery.... The show´s basic thrust, from darkness into light, survives... primarily because of the power of Foley´s score.... The melodic urgency, rhythmic variety, harmonic invention and orchestral sophistication of his music compel the attention.... Phrases resonate in the memory: ‘Wheel in the engine,’ ‘I will breathe no word of this,’ ‘Symbol and sign.’ In a program note, Foley acknowledges a range of influences from Sufi plainsong to the rock band U2, yet what he has made of them is something uniquely his own.”—Clifford Ridley, The Philadelphia Inquirer “From the time the overture began until the final note was played, the reviewer was riveted by a story of good and evil, ignorance and arrogance, of frustration and triumph compellingly told.... The Hidden Sky is different, provocative, a tad unusual, but musical theater to be thoroughly enjoyed.”—Thomas Larkin, The Daily Pennsylvanian
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