Tony Asaro News

Unrelenting Monkey Productions proudly presents 'Our Country,' a gay country western musical, as a special event of the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Blue Room Arts Collective is pleased to announce a one-night only performance of BROOKLYN'S GOT CHARACTER[S] on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at Galapagos Art Space at 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Doors open at 7 pm, and tickets are $15.

Blue Room Arts Collective is pleased to announce a one-night only performance of BROOKLYN'S GOT CHARACTER[S] on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at Galapagos Art Space at 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Doors open at 7 pm, and tickets are $15.

Blue Room Arts Collective is pleased to announce a one-night only performance of BROOKLYN'S GOT CHARACTER[S] on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at Galapagos Art Space at 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Doors open at 7 pm, and tickets are $15.

Blue Room Arts Collective is pleased to announce a one-night only performance of BROOKLYN'S GOT CHARACTER[S] on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at Galapagos Art Space at 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201. Doors open at 7 pm, and tickets are $15.

American Lyric Theater (ALT) announces that eight new Resident Artists have been selected for ALT's nationally acclaimed Composer Librettist Development Program (CLDP) in New York City.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the full slate of 27 musical productions, a developmental reading series and special events for their seventh annual festival. This year's Festival will begin September 27th and continue through October 17th. A full breakdown of this year's performances follows.

The New York Theatre Experience, Inc. (NYTE) announces publication of Plays and Playwrights 2010. This is the eleventh volume in NYTE's annual series of anthologies of new plays by never-before-published playwrights.

On Friday, July 31st, composer/lyricist Rob Shapiro will present Easily Distracted: Songs of Rob Shapiro at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Katie Thompson (left), Morgan Karr and Mac Award Winner Cait Doyle led the cast of This Preview is RATED RSO-a set of songs by Ryan Scott Oliver-which will perform at the Public Theatre, produced by the Summer Play Festival. The evening featured songs from Mrs. Sharp, Darling, plus new material. The concert play took place Friday, July 24 at 9:30pm.

On Friday, July 31st, composer/lyricist Rob Shapiro will present Easily Distracted: Songs of Rob Shapiro at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

On May 7th and 8th 2009, 8:00pm at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, members of PACE University's Musical Theatre program will host an evening of song entitled 'Our Urban Jungle' featuring contemporary musical theatre works by composers Ryan Scot Oliver (2009 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient), Kerrigan & Lowdermilk (2006 Jonathan Larson Grant recipients), Pasek & Paul (2007 Jonathan Larson Award), David Dabbon & Tom Bruett, Drew Fornarola & Scott Elmegreen, Danny Larsen & Michele Elliott, Joshua Salzman & Ryan Cunningham, Jonathan Reid Gealt, Tony Asaro & Vadim Feichner, Gordon Leary & Karlan Judd in benefit to Artists Striving To End Poverty (ASTEP).

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, a new eco-friendly festival designed to promote social and cultural awareness in the theatrical community, launches with 35 premieres in June 2009. Co-Executive Directors, Glory Bowen and Frank Calo, are excited by the prospects of premiering new shows which foster social change, benefiting at least 26 various not-for-profit organizations, while connecting artists with new audiences in a fun theatrical environment.

On Monday, August 25, New York Theatre Barn will be presenting its latest installment of its monthly show highlighting new composers, writers and artists, NYTB at the Duplex.

On Monday, August 25, New York Theatre Barn will be presenting its latest installment of its monthly show highlighting new composers, writers and artists, NYTB at the Duplex.

Producers Emily Miller and New York Theatre Barn have announced that Tony Award-Winner Cady Huffman (The Producers, The Will Rogers Follies) will star in WOOD, which is an official selection of the upcoming 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don't Know But Should will be presented on August 31st and September 1st at 8:00 p.m.