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TheMenEvent.com announces the next Times Square Social, the HIT monthly networking event in Times Square for New York City gay & lesbian professionals.

The vampire rock musical The Cure will sponsor a Broadway blood drive through the New York Blood Bank on Sunday, September 20th from 12noon-5pm at the Theater at HA! (at 163 West 46th Street).

Diana Degarmo, star of the Off-Broadway hit The TOXIC AVENGER; will play the title role in a one-night-only, concert presentation of LIBERTY: A NEW MUSICAL. Produced by the New York Musical Theater Festival and Theresa Wozunk, LIBERTY: A NEW MUSICAL will make its premiere at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at Theatre Row?s Acorn Theatre (410 W 42nd Street). Additional casting will be announced shortly.

The first round of auditions for NYMF's Next Broadway sensation took place last Sunday night at New World Stages, with the live audience and the panel of judges, Bailey Hanks, Orfeh (Legally Blonde) and Marc Kudisch (9 to 5) selecting five finalists with a sixth finalist chosen by online voters who were able to see all of the performance at Theatermania.com thanks to DFD TV.

Due to heavy demand for tickets, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Andy Sandberg (Hair) have announced two additional performances for The Last Smoker in America with Book & Lyrics by Bill Russell (Side Show, Tony Award Nominee), and Music by Peter Melnick (Adrift in Macao, Drama Desk Nominee) on Wednesday afternoon, October 14th at 1:00 p.m. and late night Friday, October 16th at 11:00 p.m.

THE HAPPY EMBALMER -- a World-Premiere new musical with book, music and lyrics by Mark Noonan and Nick Oddy, directed and choreographed by Kelly Devine -- is presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival, starting October 6, 2009 at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre (410 West 42nd Street, btw 9th and 10th Avenues) in New York City.

Due to popular demand, the following shows have added additional performances: Encore: Friday, October 2nd at 5pm Fat Camp: Friday, October 2nd at 4pm

John Bonanni, Big Fish Big Pond, Ltd and the New York Musical Theater Festival present the world premiere of Under Fire, a new musical set in the late 1970's during the bloody revolution in El Mirado, and based upon the 1983 motion picture of the same title.

TheMenEvent.com announces the next Times Square Social, the HIT monthly networking event in Times Square for New York City gay & lesbian professionals.

The vampire rock musical The Cure will sponsor a Broadway blood drive through the New York Blood Bank on Sunday, September 20th from 12noon-5pm at the Theater at HA! (at 163 West 46th Street).

Letters To Daddy, Jr., a contemporary musical that celebrates life through the eyes of a child written and produced by Center Stages' JILL JAYSEN with music and lyrics by MARK SHEPARD and conceived by 4e Productions will be presented as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Letters to Daddy, Jr. will be presented for two performances only Sunday, October 4th at 1pm and 4pm at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, 248 West 60th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenue.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival presents the world premiere of WHATEVER MAN a new American musical with book, music and lyrics by Benjamin Strouse. WHATVER MAN runs September 29th at 8:00pm, September 30th at 1:00pm, October 2nd at 7:30pm, October 3rd at 1:00 pm, October 4th 8:00pm, and October 8th at 1:00pm at the 45th Street Theatre (354 W. 45th Street).

Letters To Daddy, Jr., a contemporary musical to be presented in the New York Musical Theatre Festival that celebrates life through the eyes of a child will be presented for two performances only Sunday, October 4th at 1pm and 4pm at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center.

All Fall Down', an official selection in the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), is hosting a fundraising sweepstakes and encouraging future fans to become show donors in the process.

FEATURING BRENDA BRAXTON -1995 Tony Award® Nominee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for SMOKEY JOE'S CAFÉ and LORRAINE SERABIAN - 1969 Tony Award® Nominee for Best Featured Actress in a Musical - ZORBA!

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Mass Street Productions/Ryan J. Davis are proud to present the World Premiere of Street Lights, a contemporary musical drama by Joe Drymala. From the creators of the Broadway-bound White Noise, which was a hit at NYMF in 2006, Street Lights features a groundbreaking score that uses modern hip hop, R&B and pop to tell a timeless story in the musical language of today's youth, while creating a bridge to earlier generations by incorporating samples of old civil rights anthems within the modern songs and beats.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival presented the World Premiere of Clear Blue Tuesday, a musical movie by Elizabeth Lucas on Thursday, on September 10 at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre (333 West 23rd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

New York Musical Theatre Festival's 'Next Broadway Sensation,' formerly known as 'Broadway Idol,' returns for its fourth year. Diana DeGarmo, 'American Idol' (Season 3) runner-up, now in The Toxic Avenger at New World Stages, will serve as host for the competition's first round on September 13; celebrity hosts for the semifinals on September 20 and the Broadway Sensation October 4 finale will be announced shortly. Confirmed judges include Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, upcoming film Taking Woodstock), Bailey Hanks and Orfeh (Legally Blonde), composer/lyricist Paul Scott Goodman (Rooms), Kacie Sheik and Allison Case (Hair), and record producer Noah Cornman of Sh-k-boom Records... With more to be announced.

In the glory days of the movie musical, folks joked that MGM stood for 'Makes Great Musicals' and it boasted more stars than in the heavens.