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The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the eight musicals selected to be part of the 23rd Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thursday, October 27 and Friday, October 28 at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street).

Nestor Torres runs Friday, October 8th - 7pm. If a flute could sing, it would be in the voice of Nestor Torres.

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced preliminary casting and final music directors for its 22nd Annual Festival of New Musicals taking place on Thursday, October 21 and Friday, October 22, 2010 at New World Stages in New York City.

As BroadwayWorld has previously reported, producers Jeffrey Seller and Kevin McCollum, resurrected the infamous flop musical CARRIE for an Equity reading that had a notoriously short 3 night, 5 performance run on Broadway in 1988. The reading took place on November 20, 2009. The hope is to bring 'Carrie' and her supernatural powers back to the Broadway stage.

Last night, Monday June 21, the Kleban Foundation hosted a cocktail reception honoring the winners of the 20th Annual Kleban Awards for the most promising musical theater lyricist and librettist. 2010 Kleban Award winners are Peter Mills (the most promising musical theater lyricist) and Barry Wyner (the most promising musical theater librettist). The event also included performances of the winners' material. BroadwayWorld was there to capture the evening and brings you full coverage of the celebration below.

Steven Janicki, Executive Director of the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts, is pleased to announce the 2010-2011 Performing Arts Season with 25 sensational shows.

Julie Halston and Howard McGillin have joined the upcoming concert reading of 'Hello! My Baby' held on March 29 at The Shop @ Collaborative Arts Project 21 (Cap 21).

Julie Halston and Howard McGillin have joined the upcoming concert reading of 'Hello! My Baby' held on March 29 at The Shop @ Collaborative Arts Project 21 (Cap 21).

Broadway Across America announces their Family Series: features Harold and The Purple Crayon 10/24 and Strega Nona 1/9/2010

Broadway Across America announces their Family Series: features Harold and The Purple Crayon 10/24 and Strega Nona 1/9/2010

Broadway Across America announces their Family Series: features Harold and The Purple Crayon 10/24 and Strega Nona 1/9/2010

WESTCHESTER BROADWAY THEATRE is Proud To Present FUNNY GIRL with music by JULE STYNE Lyrics by BOB MERRILL, book by ISOBEL LENNART runs March 26, 2009 - June 14, 2009 Starring JILL ABRAMOVITZ and GRANT NORMAN

Top Broadway performers sang the music of Larson Award winners Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 at the Zipper Factory, 336 W. 37th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) as part of the special NYMF concert 'Party Worth Crashing'.

On Sunday June 29th Broadway performers joined Robert Creighton and Friends for the 4th Annual Canadian Day Party at Latitude

The Leading Men III concert was performed on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:00pm, as part of the long-running concert series Broadway at Birdland.The concert was a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. John Tartaglia, the Tony-nominated star of Avenue Q, again hosted this annual celebration of stellar male singers and actors from Broadway and cabaret. Seth Rudetsky, the Emmy-nominated writer, host and comic, also returned as its musical director as did director Alan Muraoka (NAATCO's Falsettoland).

Musical Mondays Theatre Lab will present a double bill of two new short musicals created in the 2006 Tony Award winning BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.

The BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop presented a showcase of new musical works on Monday, June 5 at the Manhattan Theatre Club, featuring stars such as Robb Sapp, Kate Wetherhead and Michael Winther, and BroadwayWorld was there for the occasion!

Kate Wetherhead, Robb Sapp and Nora Mae Lyng are among the performers cast in the sneak preview of two new musicals from the BMI workshop that will be presented as part of Musicals Tonight!'s Musical Mondays Theatre Lab on May 1st

Musicals Tonight!, as part of its Musical Mondays Theatre Lab, will present two new musicals from the BMI Workshop on May 1st

On December 8th, the BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop will host its Fall Smoker showcase for rising composers and lyricists