John Wallowitch

David Brian Colbert And Brando(n) James Gwinn Named 2025 MAC Songwriting Award Winners
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 26, 2025

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced the 2025 recipients of its annual songwriting awards. David Brian Colbert has been named the winner of the Dottie Burman Award, while Brando(n) James Gwinn has been named the winner of the John Wallowitch Award. Each award comes with a $500 prize.

JOEL B. NEW: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ORIGINAL MUSICALS is Coming to The Green Room 42
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2025

Award-winning songwriter and performer Joel B. New will return to The Green Room 42 to celebrate 20 years of creating and producing original musicals in New York City. Learn more and see how to attend.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets Songwriting Awards Now Open for Submissions
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 20, 2025

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) is now accepting submissions for its annual songwriting honors: the Dottie Burman Award and the John Wallowitch Award.

Submissions Open For Burman And Wallowitch Songwriting Awards
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 20, 2025

The Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch Songwriting Awards MAC is inviting all songwriters to submit their original songs for consideration for one of MAC's two songwriting awards. Learn how to apply.

MAC Now Accepting Submissions For Its Dottie Burman And John Wallowitch Songwriting Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 3, 2025

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has officially opened submissions for its annual Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch songwriting awards, celebrating original musical works by emerging and under-recognized songwriters.

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater Announces Season Of World Premiere Productions.
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2025

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater has announced its 2025 Summer Theater Season, featuring three world-premiere productions on The Julie Harris Stage.

Interview: Jeff Harnar Honors NYC With CONFESSIONS OF A NEW YORKER at Birdland
by Rebecca Kaplan - Jan 28, 2025

On Monday 2/3, Jeff Harnar returns to Birdland with “Confessions of a New Yorker,” an early musical Valentine to NYC featuring the songs of of Cy Coleman, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers & Hart, Comden & Green and more.

Interview: Anya Turner & Robert Grusecki's New Album SECRET LOVERS Honors Trailblazers
by Rebecca Kaplan - Sep 15, 2024

Singer-songwriters Anya Turner and Robert Grusecki are back at it again with new album SECRET LOVERS releasing 9/16. The ASCAP Foundation and Bistro Award-winning off-Broadway composer/lyricist and performer duo wrote songs inspired by their own life experience and artists, musicians and writers who followed their own gut.

STRING Studio Cast Recording Out Now; Theatrical Licensing Now Available
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 17, 2024

Theatrical licensing for the musical, String, with book by Sarah Hammond, and music and lyrics by Adam Gown, is now available, alongside the release of its six-song original studio cast recording

MAC Annnounces The 2023 Burman And Wallowitch Award Winners!
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 17, 2024

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced that Kevin Kelso (music) and Hillary Rollins (lyrics) are the winners of MAC's 2023 Dottie Burman Award songwriting competition, and that Sonya Hayden (music and lyrics) is the winner of MAC's 2023 John Wallowitch Award songwriting competition. The winners will share in the $500 award that comes with each of the two competitions.

Submissions Now Open For The Burman and Wallowitch Songwriitng Awards
by Stephi Wild - Aug 8, 2023

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) invites all songwriters to submit their original songs for consideration for one of MAC's two songwriting awards: the Dottie Burman Award and the John Wallowitch Award.

R.E.D. HAT FIGHT CLUB Musical Parody to be Presented at The Green Room 42 on Mother's Day
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 10, 2023

Just in time for Mother’s Day, The Green Room 42 will present the world premiere concert of R.E.D. Hat Fight Club, with Broadway performers in an utterly ridiculous and overtly queer musical parody.

Interview: Michael Feinstein Talks Playing the Iconic Café Carlyle Stage This Holiday Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 19, 2022

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with five-time Grammy nominee and two-time Emmy nominee Michael Feinstein, as he talks about his holiday concert run at Cafe Carlyle, through December 31st!

Burman and Wallowitch Award Winners Announced
by Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2022

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced the 2022 winners of the Dottie Burman and John Wallowitch songwriting awards. Each recipient receives $500.

Photos: DANTE HARRELL AND ABIGAIL ALDRIDGE at 54 Below
by Stephen Mosher - Sep 1, 2022

Photos: DANTÉ HARRELL AND ABIGAIL ALDRIDGE at 54 Below

Patti Murin, John Lloyd Young, and More to Play 54 Below Next Week
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 28, 2022

Next week, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

See Jason Robert Brown & Shoshana Bean, the Four Alternate Queens of SIX and More at 54 Below in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2022

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. See Jason Robert Brown & Shoshana Bean, John Lloyd Young and more.

TheatreWorks Announces 52nd Season Including Two World Premieres
by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2022

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley announced its 52nd season, featuring six plays and musicals to be presented November 2022 through August 2023. Three of the season's productions will be mounted at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and three will be staged at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre. Subscriptions are now available; single tickets will be available in the coming months at TheatreWorks.org.

Musical Film KILLIAN & THE COMEBACK KIDS Featuring Taylor A. Purdee & More to Arrive on Digital Platforms in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2022

In August, film distributor Hope Runs High will release its latest feature film across VOD platforms — bringing the much-lauded “Killian & the Comeback Kids” to a national audience outside of its 30 city theatrical release.

San Diego State University New Musical Initiative Selects IN A SUNSHINE STATE For World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 21, 2022

Out of 163 submissions, the San Diego State University New Musical Initiative has chosen In a Sunshine State as this year's selection. Writers T.C. Lind, Derek Gregor, and Phoebe Kreutz will join with director Stephen Brotebeck, music director Robert Meffe and the SDSU MFA Musical Theatre cohort for a two-year development process and world premiere in the spring of 2024.