As COME FROM AWAY Heads to Broadway Sheridan's Canadian Music Theatre Project Announces Three New Musicals
by BWW News DeskSheridan College's Canadian Music Theatre Project (CMTP), under the leadership of Michael Rubinoff, Associate Dean of Visual and Performing Arts, is an international centre of excellence for the development of new musicals in Canada. Since its inception in 2011, 15 shows have been incubated, with four having enjoyed their professional premieres (Come From Away, The Theory of Relativity, Prom Queen and Marathon of Hope) and one opening on Broadway in 2017 (Come From Away). To learn more about the CMTP and the works developed to date, click here.
The CMTP Festival of New Musicals provides the public with the chance to be among the first to witness new works in development. Sheridan's Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Class of 2017 has been workshopping three new musicals this semester, under the guidance of leading theatre practitioners.
Forty-five minute, staged readings of the following three musicals will be presented with each creative team introducing their projects:
Rumspringa break! An Am-ish Musical
Book by Matt Murray, Music by Colleen Dauncey, Lyrics by Akiva Romer-Segal
Direction by Steven Gallagher, Musical Direction by Wayne Gwillim
Small Wonder
Book by Morris Panych
Lyrics by Morris Panych, Anika Johnson and Britta Johnson
Music by Anika Johnson and Britta Johnson
Direction by Morris Panych, Musical Direction by Paul Moody
The Journey That Saved Curious George
Book by Jen Shuber, Music and Lyrics by Nicky Phillips
Based on the Book by Louise Borden
Direction by Ann Hodges, Musical Direction by Aaron Eyre