Thursday, 17 June 2010

David wins Tony Awards!

David won Tony awards for Best Original Score (with Joe DiPietro) and Best Orchestration (with Daryl Waters) for his work on Memphis. The show was named Best Musical and David's co-writer Joe DiPietro was awarded Best Book. Bandmate Jon Bon Jovi taped a special good luck message for David from the 02 concert that he missed to attend the Tonys, which was played during the awards presentation.

You can see David's acceptance speeches here:

Acceptance Speech: David Bryan & Joe DiPietro

Acceptance Speech: Daryl Waters & David Bryan

Some videos backstage after winning the awards:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=141137

http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=141138

Sunday, 30 May 2010

David on the Today Show

David appeared on the Today Show with singers Chad Kimball and Montego Glover on Thursday, May 27th. He spoke about his work on the musical before introducing a performance of "Someday" by the Memphis cast members.

See the video: HERE

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

David wins Drama Desk Awards

David won in both his categories at the 2010 Drama desk awards. He attended the awards presentation at LaGuardia Concert Hall in Lincoln Center, to pick up awards for Outstanding Music and for Outstanding Orchestrations alongside Daryl Waters. Memphis also won Outstanding Musical.

Here are some pictures from the event:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_2010_Drama_Desk_Awards_Ceremony_Part_1_20100525

Thursday, 20 May 2010

David on Q1043

David appeared on the Jim Kerr show on Q1043 this morning to talk about his Tony nominations, Memphis, Bon Jovi and more. He also performed "Memphis Lives In Me" live in the studio.

For a podcast, pictures and video visit:

http://www.q1043.com/pages/onair/morningshow.html

Sunday, 16 May 2010

New David article

David talks about Bon Jovi, touring and Memphis in this article from Lancaster Online.

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/255124