D'Abruzzo, Hart, Oscar, Shindle & More Join NYMF

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) announces many of the performers who will be featuring in productions at this year's Festival.  Featured in this list are a range of experienced Broadway talents, including a number of Tony Award-nominees.

Some of the performers in NYMF 2007 shows include:

• Amanda Watkins (Urinetown) in The Angle of the Sun
• Lisa Asher, George Merrick (High Fidelity) & Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q) in Austentatious
• Ann Morrison (Lovemusik) and Gerry McIntyre (Once on This Island) in Bernice Bobs Her Mullet
• Mary Stout (Beauty and the Beast) in The Boy in the Bathroom
• Barry Pearl (Bye Bye Birdie) & Steve Luker (42nd Street) in The Brain From Planet X
• Linda Hart (Hairspray) in Gemini the Musical
• Marla Schaffel (Jane Eyre), Meredith Patterson (42nd Street), Christopher Shyer (Mamma Mia!), James Stovall (Ragtime) & Tom Deckman (Spamalot) in Going Down Swingin'
• Jordan Gelber (Avenue Q), David Rossmer (Don't Quit Your Night Job co-creator) & Juliana Hansen ("Grease: You're the One That I Want") in I See London…
• Danielle Ferland (A Year With Frog & Toad) Emily Swallow & Jon Patrick Walker (both of High Fidelity) in Like Love
• Jenny O'Hara ("The King of Queens"), Lee Wilkof (Kiss Me Kate) and Gregg Henry ("Gilmore Girls") in Little Egypt
• Nancy Anderson (Wonderful Town) and Christiane Noll (Jekyll & Hyde) in The Piper
• Lea Delaria (On the Town), Ruben Flores & Eric Michael Gillett (The Frogs) in Roller Derby
• William Ryall (Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas) & Laura Shoop (Fiddler on the Roof) in Sherlock Holmes
• Brad Oscar (The Producers), Liz Larsen (Hairspray) and Lynn Wintersteller (A Grand Night for Singing) in Such Good Friends
• Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde) and Megan Lawrence (The Pajama Game) in Sympathy Jones
• Austin Miller and Kate Rockwell (both of "Grease: You're the One That I Want") in Tully
• Jason Tam (A Chorus Line) in The Yellow Wood

Shows are continuing to cast, and more performers will be announced in the future.  Until September 1, NYMF members are exclusively able to book tickets; memberships are available for as little as $60.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is the enormously popular three-week celebration that features the works of the newest generation of musical theatre writers.  One of the fastest-growing theatre festivals in the country today, the New York Musical Theatre Festival has, in three short years, presented a total of 99 new musicals, many of which have gone on to subsequent productions at Off-Broadway and regional theatres around the country.  Tickets for NYMF productions are available at www.nymf.org or by calling 212-352-3101.

Photo: Stephanie D'Abruzzo is just one of the many Broadway performers to appear in NYMF 2007 (by Linda Lenzi)