Michael A. Sugarman

Andrew Adrian Gerle is an American composer and pianist known for his musical adaptation of Meet John Doe with librettist Eddie Sugarman, which premiered at Ford's Theatre in Washington. He has received four Richard Rodgers Awards administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as a Jonathan Larson Grant. His opera The Beach, a collaboration with librettist Royce Vavrek, debuted May 14, 2011, as part of New York City Opera's VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab.