30 Days of NYMF Day 11: Education and Seminars
By: BWW News Desk Sep. 11, 2006
NYMF Knows Best: Education for All
By Melody Brooks, Associate Producer
By Melody Brooks, Associate Producer
We all know that in three short years NYMF has taken Midtown by storm and has become THE place to find productions of new musicals. But there has also been a consistent, if quieter effort to develop a system of support for the entire framework upon which these productions are built. Our educational programs offer a unique, insider's view of the process of creating new work and real-world training for writers, producers, directors and performers. Through inspirational, nuts-and-bolts seminars and masterclasses conducted by working professionals, NYMF not only keeps the dream alive, but is actively providing the tools to make it a reality for the next generation of musical theatre artists.
And all of our Seminars are FREE!! That's right! You can take advantage of some of the BEST minds in the Broadway community—members can reserve in advance and the rest of you can just show up (among the many, many advantages of membership is the opportunity to secure a seat at these events and avoid the pushing and shoving at the door!) FIRST UP…"Crossing Over: Adapting Musicals from Other Media," Thursday, September 21, 6:00-7:30pm, at New World Stages. (Note: we're using the 49th Street entrance.) Our host is Jack Viertel, Creative Director of Jujamcyn Theaters with a long list of Broadway credits among his many accomplishments. This seminar looks at what it takes to create a hit show from a novel, film or other source material. Current panelists include Composer Paul Scott Goodman (Bright Lights Big City); Producer Margo Lion (The Wedding Singer, Caroline or Change, Hairspray, to name just a few); Writer David Henry Hwang (Tarzan, M. Butterfly, Golden Child), Producer Kevin McCollum (The Drowsy Chaperone, Avenue Q, La Bohème, Rent), and Director Susan Schulman (Sweeney Todd, The Secret Garden, The Sound of Music).
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