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troupe dancing to several of Laura's songs from the first two

albums.

On October 2, 2007, three time Tony nominee Judy Kuhn released

her new album “Serious Playground: The Songs of Laura Nyro.” The

album, which debuted as a concert to a sold out house at

“Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series” in January 2007,

includes several of Nyro's biggest hits; "Stoned Soul Picnic"

and "Stoney End," as well as some of her lesser known gems.

In 1992, English shoegaze/Britpop band Lush released a song

about Laura Nyro[ "Laura," on their first full length album

“Spooky.” Several of the band's songs, specifically those

written by Emma Anderson, have echoed Nyro's music in their

titles; "When I Die", "Single Girl." More recently, in 2012,

Anderson has referred to Laura Nyro as "wondrous" on her Twitter

account.

On her 2006 album “Build a Bridge,” the operatic/Broadway

soprano Audra McDonald included covers of Nyro's songs "To a

Child" and "Tom Cat Goodbye."

The musical theater composer Stephen Schwartz credits Nyro as a

major influence on his work.

Alice Cooper has mentioned on his syndicated radio show that

Laura Nyro is one of his favorite songwriters.