Jane Abramson News

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the first of three TRU Beginnings: How to Write a Musical that Works! feedback workshops on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 10am at NOLA Studios, 250 W. 54th Street, 11th Fl., NYC. Submission DEADLINE: Friday, October 9, 2015.

Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright (I AM MY OWN WIFE, GREY GARDENS) joined in the immediate standing ovation for star Vince Gatton on opening night of Amy Corcoran's site-specific staging of I AM MY OWN WIFE for Two Turns Theatre Company at RePOP, a vintage and oddity show space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He later joined the actor, director, and company members to celebrate at the opening night party held at the Roebling Tea Room. Scroll down for photos!

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the first of three TRU Beginnings: How to Write a Musical that Works! feedback workshops on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 5:30pm at NOLA Studios 250 W. 54th St., 11th Fl., NYC, NY. Submission DEADLINE Friday October 9, 2015.

Prospect Theater Company is pleased to announce additional cast members for its 2015 annual gala, a Concert Evening Celebrating Women Making Musicals. This special one-night-only event will be held at The Times Center today, May 16 with an 8pm concert performance featuring Broadway and Prospect stars. The evening's program includes a diverse array of songs written or co-written by women, including encores of work from Prospect productions. Proceeds from the evening will benefit Prospect's ongoing mission to develop and produce new musical theater works by emerging artists.

Prospect Theater Company is pleased to announce additional cast members for its 2015 annual gala, a Concert Evening Celebrating Women Making Musicals. This special one-night-only event will be held at The Times Center on Saturday, May 16 with an 8pm concert performance featuring Broadway and Prospect stars. The evening's program includes a diverse array of songs written or co-written by women, including encores of work from Prospect productions. Proceeds from the evening will benefit Prospect's ongoing mission to develop and produce new musical theater works by emerging artists.

On Monday, August 4 at 8PM Musical Theatre Factory will be presenting its second round of 4x15, a developmental program in which four new musicals are each given five hours of rehearsal time to stage fifteen-minute excerpts that share one evening of presentations. The event is open to the public and also features panel of industry professionals who will give feedback to the writers after each showing. The new musicals featured in 4x15 - ROUND TWO are ONIEDA (Book and Lyrics: Beth Blatt; Music by Lizzie Hagstedt), DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (Book and Lyrics: Laura Kleinbaum; Music, Willem Oosthuysen), THE CRAFT - The Musical (Book and Lyrics: Brandon Michael Lowden; Music and Lyrics, Kevin Michael Jones), and FIREFLIES (Book, Music, Lyrics: Dimitri Koltunov). The evening features a cast of over 40 Musical Theatre Factory performers and volunteer creatives. The 4x15 industry panel includes director Travis Greisler (THE ORION EXPERIENCE), literary agent Alexis Williams (Bret Adams Ltd.), producers Ryan Bogner (RKO Productions) and Jane Abramson (Disney Theatricals).

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announces nine awards granted from their National Fund for New Musicals, a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their collaborations with writers to create, develop and produce new musicals. Now in its sixth year, the Fund will provide grants totaling $35,500 to nine organizations across the country.

Following a successful launch at the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF) in 2010, Artists WithOut Limits (AWOL) Theatre Project, Inc. announces the second annual presentation of 8Minute Musicals, a program that challenges emerging musical theatre writers and composers to create 8 original 8-minute musicals in just two weeks. An impressive collection of theatrical talents are strategically placed into teams and given a common theme as inspiration for their work. The freshly-inked pieces are fully staged, briefly rehearsed, then presented to the public on Monday, March 14 at the TBG Theatre.

Following a successful launch at the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF) in 2010, Artists WithOut Limits (AWOL) Theatre Project, Inc. announces the second annual presentation of 8Minute Musicals, a program that challenges emerging musical theatre writers and composers to create 8 original 8-minute musicals in just two weeks.

Following a successful launch at the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF) in 2010, Artists WithOut Limits (AWOL) Theatre Project, Inc. announces the second annual presentation of 8Minute Musicals, a program that challenges emerging musical theatre writers and composers to create 8 original 8-minute musicals in just two weeks.

Artists WithOut Limits (AWOL) Theatre Project, Inc. announces the launch of 8Minute Musicals, a new program that challenges emerging musical theatre writers and composers to create 8 original eight-minute musicals over a period of 10 days.

Artists WithOut Limits (AWOL) Theatre Project, Inc. announces the launch of 8Minute Musicals, a new program that challenges emerging musical theatre writers and composers to create 8 original eight-minute musicals over a period of 10 days.

Artists WithOut Limits (AWOL) Theatre Project, Inc. announces the launch of 8Minute Musicals, a new program that challenges emerging musical theatre writers and composers to create 8 original eight-minute musicals over a period of 10 days.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Jeffrey Hatcher's eerie, two-handed play based on Henry James's 1898 ghost story, began a sold-out engagement on Thursday February 11 at the historic Merchant's House Museum (29 East 4th Street, between Lafayette and Bowery). Final performance of THE TURN OF THE SCREW is slated for February 13.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Jeffrey Hatcher's eerie, two-handed play based on Henry James's 1898 ghost story, begins a sold-out engagement on Thursday February 11 at the historic Merchant's House Museum (29 East 4th Street, between Lafayette and Bowery) and plays through Saturday, February 13 for six performances only.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW, Jeffrey Hatcher's eerie, two-handed play based on Henry James's 1898 ghost story, begins a sold-out engagement on Thursday February 11 at the historic Merchant's House Museum (29 East 4th Street, between Lafayette and Bowery) and plays through Saturday, February 13 for six performances only.

In March and April, composers (such as Jeff Blumenkrantz and Paul Scott Goodman) will join writers and performers for the 2006 Music Theatre Marathon

The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World's librettist Joy Gregory talks about the philosophy of the (in)famous band and the new musical