Meet Finley, Neville and Cast Members From NYMF Productions 9/21 At Times Square Social

TheMenEvent.com announces the next Times Square Social, the HIT monthly networking event in Times Square for New York City gay & lesbian professionals. The next Times Square Social will take place Monday Sept 21, at Planet Hollywood (1560 Broadway, 4th floor, at 45 St) from 6-9pm with no cover, cocktail specials, raffles, hundreds of great gay professionals and many special guest from many shows performing at the NYMF Festival.

This monthly networking event was conceived by Hugh Hysell, President of HHC Marketing and creator of TheMenEvent.com, the main event site for gay men in New York City. The mission of TheMenEvent.com is to create and promote entertaining events where gay professionals can meet and socialize outside the typical bar setting. In addition to its networking events, TheMenEvent.com promotes private shopping nights, gay singles theater events and fundraisers.

"Our goal with Times Square Social," says Hugh Hysell, the event's creator, "is to bring gay professionals, buzzmakers, hipsters, creative types and celebrities together to celebrate, network and socialize." Our events have featured many celebrity guests including Amy Sedaris, cast of The Big Gay Musical: The Movie, Governor McGreevey, Rupert Everett, Charles Busch, Christopher Sieber, Alan Cumming, and many many Broadway Casts. Photos may be found at www.TheMenEvent.com.

Times Square Social is presented in partnership with The Times Square Alliance, the not-for-profit organization whose mission is to improve and promote Times Square.

Tim Tompkins, executive director of the Times Square Alliance, adds "Many gay professionals in entertainment, media, finance, fashion and public relations work within this neighborhood. We are pleased to support this new event which will help cultivate the creativity, energy and edge that have made the crossroads of the world an icon of culture and urban life for over a century."

The New York Musical Theatre Festival, now in its sixth year, has premiered more than 175 new musicals since 2004. The largest musical theatre event in America, NYMF has been hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," and is widely regarded as the key source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2009 is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by Back Stage, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Broadway.TV, Clear Channel Spectacolor, DFD-TV, Frank & Camille's Fine Pianos, King Displays, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, New World Stages, NASDAQ OMX, Next Magazine, PMD Promotions, Queerty.com, Reuters, Sweet Caroline's, Tekserve, TheMenEvent.com, The Tank, and Times Square Squared. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The Broadway League, The BWF Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jaimie Mayer, The Charlie & Jane Fink Charitable Fund, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Theater League. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. NYMF's programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

To RSVP for TIMES SQUARE SOCIAL, please visit www.TheMENevent.com

Photo credit Robert Diamond