NYMF Festival Announces Closing Night Prom October 5 at Touch
The New York Musical Theatre Festival will end its fifth season on October 5th and will celebrate with a prom themed closing night party at Touch (240 West 52nd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue) 8pm-12am. Tickets to Prom 2008 are $40 and can be purchased at www.nymf.org.
Prom 2008 will include all the prom necessities, techno showtunes, prom photos posted on Metromix.com, unlimited wine and beer provided by Peak and VOGA, signature cocktails, light refreshments, a dance competition at 10pm judged by a Broadway choreographer and by the night's end a NYMF King and Queen will be crowned.The first 150 people who buy tickets will be entered to win "The Ultimate Prom Experience" package which will include makeup and hair styling at a top Manhattan salon, a corsage and/or boutonniere, dinner for two and a limo ride to the event. The lucky winner will also receive a FlipCam to capture the night and to be posted on one of NYMF's partner's website.Tickets for all NYMF productions are on sale now and can be purchased at www.nymf.org or by calling 212-352-3101.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year with 24 full productions, a dance series, a developmental series, concerts and special events. Since its inception in 2004, this three-week annual festival has premiered more than 130 new musicals - many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 38 states, and nine countries worldwide. NYMF 2004 hit Altar Boyz has played well over 1,000 performances Off-Broadway and spawned two National Tours; fellow NYMF alum [title of show] recently opened to rave reviews at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway; Nerds is coming to Broadway this Spring; and Off-Broadway audiences will soon see My Vaudeville Man. This year's Festival will begin September 15th and continue through October 5th.
Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF exists to revitalize one of America's greatest art forms by discovering, supporting and promoting new musical theater artists, producers, and projects, and by introducing a diverse audience to the vibrancy of contemporary musical theater. Widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery, NYMF is the flagship program of The National Music Theater Network, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, and is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by amNewYork, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Frank & Camille's Fine Pianos, HX Magazine, Jossip.com, King Displays, Queerty.com, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, Metromix.com, The New York Blade, Next Magazine, Panasonic Astrovision, Tekserve, TheMENEvent, VOGA Italia, and The Zipper Factory. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
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