NYMF Announces $75 Tickets To The 2009 Awards Gala
NYMF will make available a limited number of $75 show-only tickets for the Sixth Season Awards Gala honoring Time Warner Cable's NY1 "On Stage" for their commitment to the coverage and encouragement of musical theatre in New York City, Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records for their dedication to the preservation of new musicals and their support of new musical theatre artists, and the winners of the NYMF 2009 Awards for Excellence.
Show-only ticket holders will enjoy a one-hour open bar and balcony standing room admission for the gala awards ceremony and special performances including the original [title of show] cast with special guest Jonathan Groff, as well as performances by Gavin Creel, Tom Kitt, Greg Naughton, Kelli O'Hara, Alice Ripley, Sherie Rene Scott and cast members from the award-winning productions of Academy, Cross That River, Fat Camp, F#@KING UP EVERYTHING, Hurricane, and Judas & Me. Chief Chairman of the Daegu International Musical Festival and legendary Korean film actor Sung Yill Shin Kang will also make a special appearance to present the DIMF Production Award. To purchase these specially priced tickets, please call 212/664-0979, x12 or email gala@nymf.org. Supporter and Champion gala tickets, which range from $350 to $500 and include a cocktail reception and dinner, are also still available.
The 2009 New York Musical Theater Festival enjoyed record ticket sales, up by 20% over last year. Attendance was at an all-time high, with the majority of festival productions playing to over 90% capacity. 87% of festival events sold out most or all of their performances. Due to audience demand, 15 productions received a total of 22 extension performances, twice as many as in 2008.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrated its sixth year with 28 full productions, a dance series, a developmental reading series, concerts, educational seminars, and other special events. Since its inception in 2004, this three-week annual festival has premiered more than 200 new musicals - many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 43 states, and twelve countries worldwide. NYMF alumnus Altar Boyz has played almost 2000 performances off-Broadway and spawned two National Tours; fellow NYMF alums [title of show] and Next to Normal opened on Broadway in the 2008-2009 season, garnering a combined 12 Tony® nominations -- with Next to Normal winning three Tony Awards®, including Best Score.
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 and Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Broadway.TV, Clear Channel Spectacolor, DFD-TV, Frank and Camille's Fine Pianos, King Displays, Manhattan Movement and 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 and Jane Fink Charitable Fund, The Mackintosh Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Rodgers and 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.
The 2009 NYMF Awards Gala Sunday, November 22, 2009 at The Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street, New York City
Honoring:
Time Warner Cable's NY1 "On Stage" for their commitment to the coverage and encouragement of musical theatre in New York City
6:30 PM Cocktails & Silent Auction
7:30 PM Dinner
8:30 PM Awards Presentation & Performance
10:00pm VIP After-Party Tickets
Champion Tables of 10: $5,000 | Champion Tickets: $500
(includes preferred seating and admission to the VIP After-Party with the artists)
Supporter Tables of 10: $3,500 | Supporter Tickets: $350
Show Only Tickets: $75
To purchase tickets or for sponsorship opportunities, call (212) 664-0979 x12 or email gala@nymf.orgwww.NYMF.ORG
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