Michael John LaChiusa‘s 23-year association with Transport Group includes Queen of the Mist (Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical,) the acclaimed revivals of Hello Again and First Lady Suite, and the scores for Summer and Smoke, Picnic, and Come Back, Little Sheba. He is a five-time Tony Award-nominated composer, lyricist, and librettist whose Broadway works include The Wild Party, Marie Christine, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and whose Off-Broadway musicals include First Lady Suite, Hello Again, See What I Wanna See, Bernarda Alba, Giant, and First Daughter Suite. He is the recipient of an Obie, the Kleban, and two Daytime Emmy Awards. Mr. LaChiusa currently teaches at NYU and lives in New York City.