Andrew Strano News

Kait Kerrigan will lead a master class for Theatre Now New York’s Industry Nights series. The event will feature presentations from Musical Writers Lab participants.

Drama Club has revealed the official artist selections for its 2026 summer residencies at Drama Club Camp. Chosen from an unprecedented pool of applicants - this year’s pool reflects a massive global demand for high-level creative development.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the complete casting and more details about the lineup for the 37th Annual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS. Learn more here!

New Music Theatre Project will present two world premieres as part of PREMIERE NIGHT 2025: a 'concept quartet' by Erika Ji and a new chamber opera by Noah Magnus. Learn more!

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will host its 2025 Fall Conference, Stronger Together: Reimagining Collaboration, October 21–22 at the NYPL for the Performing Arts.

The cast recording of Skin, a contemporary folk-pop musical by composer Yuriko Shibata and lyricist/bookwriter Andrew Strano, launches this Sunday, April 13.

New York Theatre Barn will kick off the 18th season of its award-winning New Works Series on Monday, March 31, 2025. See who is taking part and learn how to join!

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced the NAMT Member Theatre and Writer Recipients for the 2024/2025 Writers Residency Grants, part of the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals.

Theatre Now New York has been awarded a Writers Residency Grant through the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT).

 New York Theatre Barn will launch the 18th season of its award-winning New Works Series in 2025. See full programming and learn how to attend upcoming events.

The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts will present its annual New Works Project on Saturday, December 14th, 2024 at 1PM and 6PM at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre (10 West 64th Street, NYC) featuring excerpts from six original musicals in development.

Theatre Now's next Industry Night will be held on Monday, November 25th at 6:30pm, featuring a Master Class with Tony-winning writing team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

Theatre Now's next Industry Night will be held on Monday, October 21st at 6:30pm, featuring a Master Class with Tony-nominated lyricist Susan Birkenhead (Jelly's Last Jam, Working, BOOP!).

Theatre Now New York has selected 10 finalists to be presented in its SOUND BITES ELEVEN Festival of 10-Minute Musicals. The festival will take place on May 6th at 7pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center.

Theater Now New York, one of the nation's leading producers of original short form musicals, has selected 10 finalists to be presented in its SOUND BITES X Festival of 10-Minute Musicals. The festival will take place on May 8th at 7pm at Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center (129 W 67th St, New York). 

Co-Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves and Jillian Geurts have announced the Australian Theatre Festival NYC 2022 Season, showcasing Australian artists and stories in New York City.

A concert of songs from the original musical SKIN - featured at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre earlier this year for the Global Forms Theatre Festival - is now available for streaming worldwide on Youtube.

STARSONG, which debuted Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Playwright's Theatre as a part of the 2021 Global Forms Theatre Festival is now available to stream.

The American Opera Project announces Losing Control, a live performance of eleven fifteen-minute World Premiere operas, performed at 7:30pm on May 26 and 27, 2022 at NYU's Black Box Theater in NY, NY.

Rattlestick Theater has announced the return of its annual Global Forms Theater Festival - a twelve-day celebration filled with in-person productions, readings, online panel discussions, and more which showcases and supports the works of immigrant theater artists living in the U.S.