NewMusicalTheatre.com Concert at Le Poisson Rouge Honors Gwon, Iconis & More 4/26
By: Gabrielle Sierra Apr. 01, 2010
NewMusicalTheatre.com will celebrate its recent website launch with a one-night-only live concert at NYC's (Le) Poisson Rouge on Monday, April 26, 2010 at 10pm. The event will not only salute the website's launch, but will celebrate the future of musical theater by bringing together an unparalleled group of young songwriters.
Presented by Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records, the show will highlight the work of the original six writers represented on the site - Nick Blaemire (Glory Days), Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days), Joe Iconis (The Black Suits, Things to Ruin), Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk (The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown, Tales from the Bad Years), Ryan Scott Oliver (Mrs. Sharp, Darling), and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Edges, Dogfight). The concert will bring together the next generation of musical theater writers with this generation's most celebrated performers -- with a starry lineup of performers to be announced shortly.The concert is being directed by David Ruttura with music direction by Matt Hinkley, and is being produced by Kurt Deutsch and Noah Cornman of Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records, in association with Katie Riegel and Joey Oliva of jokr Productions and John Johnson.NewMusicalTheatre.com is dedicated to the distribution and promotion of a new generation of musical theater writers who self-publish their own digital sheet music. Its goal is to create a direct connection between the people who write music and the people who want to perform and listen to it. It provides an affordable and legal one-stop shop to discover and share the work of self-published writers. It aspires to foster a dynamic community where fans and actors can directly connect and impact the writers of tomorrow's next big hits. This is an e-commerce website designed by writers for writers. It allows fans to directly support writers when they need it most - before their shows go to Broadway. www.newmusicaltheatre.com
Founded 10 years ago by Kurt Deutsch and Sherie Rene Scott, Sh-K-Boom and its imprint Ghostlight Records has become the leading independent force in musical theatre recording-shining a light towards its future while continuing to honor its past. The label is renowned for its efforts to encourage and support the music of the most innovative new voices on Broadway, to help bridge the gap between pop/rock and musicals, and to preserve the scores of important works. Ghostlight Records received a 2009 Grammy Award for their double-CD release of In the Heights (already a Tony Award Winner for Best Musical and Best Score) and was also Grammy-nominated for the new cast recording of Broadway's Hair. The label has been producing live concert events since its inception, and the Ghostlight Concert Series continues the live music initiative that is so vital to the theatre community. www.sh-k-boom.com
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