Margo Lion News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) in association with Montsgo Project and Geranium Theatre will present The Boy in the Bathroom, a new musical with book and lyrics and directed by Michael Lluberes, music and additional lyrics by Joe Maloney

Mel Smith will make his West End musical debut starring as 'Wilbur Turnblad' in the smash hit multi-award winning musical Hairspray, which will open at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Tuesday, October 30, following previews from October 11

Former 'N Sync member Lance Bass will make his Broadway debut in the cast of Hairspray

We talk to producer Adam Epstein about Hairspray, what went wrong with The Wedding Singer, and his upcoming projects: Cry-Baby, and Ever After.

Radio Golf, August Wilson's final work in his 10 play Century Cycle, the historic decade-by-decade portrait of 20th Century African-American life, will play its final performance at the matinee Sunday, July 1st at Broadway's Cort Theatre

The Broadway hit Hairspray celebrates its 2,000th performance on Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is pleased to announce the first 18 new musicals selected for this year's fourth-annual New York Musical Theatre Festival, September 17 through October 7, 2007.

Anthony Chisholm, John Earl Jelks and James A. Williams join the previously announced Harry Lennix (Stomp the Yard, Fox's '24,') and Tony Award winner and Olivier Award Nominee Tonya Pinkins (Jelly's Last Jam; Caroline, or Change) in RADIO GOLF, the tenth and final work in two-time Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright August Wilson's historic, decade-by-decade portrait of 20th Century African-American life.

Kris Stewart of NYMF Talks About Fall Festival and Spring Concert Series

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the Grand Jury panelists - 5 Tony Award winners and a 2-time Tony nominee, as it happens - will select 18 musicals to be featured in the 4th annual Festival, scheduled this year from September 17 through October 7 in New York City.

Alexa Vega, 'Spy Kids' star will join the Broadway Cast of Hairspray February 13th.

Dreamlight Theatre Company will present the next installment of their 'Bright Lights' concert series on Monday, January 29th at the Triad

The producers of Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards® including Best Musical, have announced that teen idol Ashley Parker Angel will make his Broadway debut as dreamy Link Larkin on Friday, January 19 at the Neil Simon Theatre.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), an annual three-week event created in 2004 to smash the developmental glass ceiling and highlight the vibrant community of writers and artists working in musical theatre today, will be accepting open submissions from January 1 through March 1 for its fourth season. This year's festival will run from September 17 through October 7, 2007.

New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (TSOA) will honor three of its most distinguished graduates as well as pay tribute to two distinguished members of the Broadway theatre community at its annual Gala Benefit on Monday, December 4, 2006 at Broadway's St. James Theatre.

Applications for the first annual T. Fellowship are now being accepted. The deadline is Thursday, February 1st, 2007.

As part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's series of education seminars, 'Crossing Over: Adapting Musicals from Other Media' will be presented on Thursday, September 21, 6:00-7:30pm, at New World Stages

Producer Melody Brooks describes some of NYMF's educational programs and seminars

The Wedding Singer will launch its national tour in Minneapolis in September of 2007, while other news has also recently been announced for the hit show

The Wedding Singer--the new Broadway musical based on the hit Adam Sandler movie--marched down the aisles of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 27th for its opening night and BroadwayWorld was there!