Julia Meinwald News

On Monday, July 27th, New York Theatre Barn will present NYTB @ The Duplex, the monthly cabaret series that highlights new composers, lyricists, and performers.

On Monday, July 27th, New York Theatre Barn will present NYTB @ The Duplex, the monthly cabaret series that highlights new composers, lyricists, and performers.

On Friday, July 31st, composer/lyricist Rob Shapiro will present Easily Distracted: Songs of Rob Shapiro at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director) will present the world premiere of POP!, a new musical with book and lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman and music by Anna K. Jacobs, directed by Mark Brokaw, at Yale Repertory Theatre (1120 Chapel Street), November 27-December 19, 2009. Opening Night is December 3.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director), winner of a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for 'Vital contributions to theatre by developing and producing new musicals' will present NEO5, a benefit concert celebrating emerging musical theatre writers, on Monday, April 27 at its home in Saint Peter's Theatre. Following the 8 PM performance featuring the voices of many of today's top musical theatre talent, there will be a champagne and dessert reception to end the evening catered by Kitchenette.

Prospect Theater Company's Dark Nights Series presents MAP Quest, 7 short musicals about some of the most intriguing locations in NYC at 59E59 Theaters.

The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director), winner of a special 2006 Drama Desk Award for 'Vital contributions to theatre by developing and producing new musicals' will present NEO5, a benefit concert celebrating emerging musical theatre writers, on Monday, April 27 at its home in Saint Peter's Theatre. Following the 8 PM performance featuring the voices of many of today's top musical theatre talent, there will be a champagne and dessert reception to end the evening catered by Kitchenette.

Prospect Theater Company's Dark Nights Series presents MAP Quest, 7 short musicals about some of the most intriguing locations in NYC at 59E59 Theaters.

Winners of the 2009 Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater were announced today by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which administers the Rodgers Awards. They are: Cheer Wars by Karlan Judd and Gordon Leary Rosa Parks by Scott Ethier and Jeff Hughes

On Monday, February 23rd, New York Theatre Barn will present NYTB @ The Duplex, the monthly cabaret series that highlights new composers, lyricists, and performers. The evening will feature The Oh So Sexy Songs of Bill Nelson, with performances by Rob Broadhurst, Joe Cassidy (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Bill Gross, Bill Nelson, Luke Redmond, Erica Robinson, and Wesley Taylor, with musical direction and accompaniment by Marc Evans.

On Friday, February 20th, The Spotlight Cabaret will present an incredible cast of Broadway and Off-Broadway performers performing new music by Julia Meinwald. Everything is Nice features Manoel Felciano (Broadway's Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, and Jesus Christ Super Star), Nick Blaemire (Broadway's Cry Baby, Things to Ruin at the Zipper), Katrina Dideriksen (Hairspray Las Vegas, Jerry Springer: The Opera at Carnegie Hall), Lauren Worsham (Candide at City Opera, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Beer, Weston Playhouse's Light in the Piazza) and Dustin Sullivan (Reduced Shakespeare Company, Ann of Green Gables with TheatreWorks), with Liz Carbonell and Mary Ann Shaub.

On Monday, February 23rd, New York Theatre Barn will present NYTB @ The Duplex, the monthly cabaret series that highlights new composers, lyricists, and performers. The evening will feature The Oh So Sexy Songs of Bill Nelson, with performances by Rob Broadhurst, Joe Cassidy (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Bill Gross, Bill Nelson, Luke Redmond, Erica Robinson, and Wesley Taylor, with musical direction and accompaniment by Marc Evans.

On Friday, February 20th, The Spotlight Cabaret will present an incredible cast of Broadway and Off-Broadway performers performing new music by Julia Meinwald. Everything is Nice features Manoel Felciano (Broadway's Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, and Jesus Christ Super Star), Nick Blaemire (Broadway's Cry Baby, Things to Ruin at the Zipper), Katrina Dideriksen (Hairspray Las Vegas, Jerry Springer: The Opera at Carnegie Hall), Lauren Worsham (Candide at City Opera, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Beer, Weston Playhouse's Light in the Piazza) and Dustin Sullivan (Reduced Shakespeare Company, Ann of Green Gables with TheatreWorks), with Liz Carbonell and Mary Ann Shaub.

On Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 7PM, The Spotlight Cabaret presents State of the Union, a celebration of our nation and its foibles featuring a variety of original songs with titles like 'Alaska,' 'I Love You Rachel Maddow,' 'Black Friday' and 'Goodbye George Bush.'

On Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 7PM, The Spotlight Cabaret presents State of the Union, a celebration of our nation and its foibles featuring a variety of original songs with titles like 'Alaska,' 'I Love You Rachel Maddow,' 'Black Friday' and 'Goodbye George Bush.'

Lively Productions and Métropole Ink are proud to present the world premiere of PAPER DOLLS as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.

Lively Productions and Métropole Ink are proud to present the world premiere of PAPER DOLLS as part of the 12th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC. In his New York debut, New York Daily News columnist and playwright Patrick Huguenin goes behind the scenes of celebrity scandal. Performances begin Wednesday August 13th at the Players Theatre (115 MacDougal Street).

Lively Productions and Métropole Ink are proud to present the world premiere of PAPER DOLLS as part of the 11th annual New York International Fringe Festival - FringeNYC.

Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don't Know But Should will be presented on August 31st and September 1st at 8:00 p.m.