The Gophers had three different leading scorers in the WBIT, Battle, McKinney and guard Grace Grocholski, the team’s leading scorer after Braun was hurt.
Even odder is that many of the composers did not necessarily feel compelled to explore nationalist themes.
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Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Twentieth-century composers like Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein shaped this art form, built on the comic opera and vaudeville, into something special.
The distinction is further underscored by the involvement of The Roots, whose co-founder and lead MC, Black Thought, is widely regarded as one of hip-hop's greatest lyricists.
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Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
The film features original songs and score by composers/lyricists Sharon Kenny and Kirsten Guenther, who are also collaborating on an upcoming stage musical produced by Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door/The Carlson Company.
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