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American Lyric Theater presents the first public libretto reading for the 2013-2014 season as part of its popular series, The Living Libretto, at the National Opera Center on Wednesday, October 16th, 2013. Featuring guest actors from the Broadway and off-Broadway stage, each event is the culminating reading of an extensive libretto workshop conducted for new operas being written by ALT Resident Artists under the auspices of the company's Composer Librettist Development Program.

Episode 10 of the quirky Musical Web-Series, 'City of Dreams' was released today, Tuesday, October 1st, featuring Billy Porter. Check it out below!

Episode 9 of the quirky Musical Web-Series, 'City of Dreams' was released today, Tuesday, September 17th, featuring Joanna Burns and Joe Conti. Check it out below!

Episode 8 of the quirky musical web-series 'City of Dreams' was released today, Tuesday, September 3rd. Check it out below!

Sarah Stiles (Avenue Q, Spelling Bee), Jon Fletcher (Giant, Bonnie & Clyde), Enrico Rodriguez (Rent, Mamma Mia!), EJ Zimmerman (Avenue Q tour), Tommy McDowell (American Idiot tour), and Tim Dolan (Altar Boyz tour) appear in Episode 7 of the new musical comedy web series, 'City of Dreams.' Check it out below!

Broadway and Off-Broadway producer Ken Davenport (Macbeth, Kinky Boots, Godspell, Altar Boyz, The Awesome 80's Prom) will present The Davenport Ten Minute Play Contest which will feature ten 10 minute plays or musicals on June 20th at 7pm at the Davenport Studios. The contest winner and recipient of a $500 grand prize will be decided by an industry panel of judges that will include Ken Davenport, two-time Drama Desk nominated director Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, Broadway producer Jhett Tolentino, and Spring Awakening actress Remy Zaken.

The Mayo Performing Arts Center will stage its first original production, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Friday, May 31 through Sunday, June 2. Tickets are $15.

Rachel Potter (Evita, The Addams Family), Will Blum (The Book of Mormon), Constantine Rousouli (Ghost, Wicked, Hairspray), Stephanie Torns (Wicked), Andrew Kober (Hair), Victoria Huston-Elem (The Addams Family tour), Kelvin Moon Loh (American Idiot tour), Christopher DeProphetis (South Pacific tour), Justin Gregory Lopez (Bare), and Dayna Grayber (The 25th Annual... tour) appear in Episode 5 of the new musical comedy web series, 'City of Dreams.' Click below to watch!

About the show: Matchmaker Matchmaker I'm Willing to Settle! invites you to join "Nikki" as she plunges into the matrix of the world wide web to emerge as a guru of Internet Dating in this new original musical. Throw in accidental pornography, impromptu 24 hour trips to Europe, a video chat romance and you've got an honest, heartbreakingly uplifting story that will delight the single, the not, those wishing they were single again…and everyone in between!

Broadway actress Eva Kaminsky (The Lyons) appears in Episode 3 of the new musical comedy web series, 'City of Dreams.' Look for Kaminsky around the 3-minute mark, or watch the entire episode below!

Tony Nominee Laura Osnes made a special appearance and sang an original song in the new musical comedy web series, 'City of Dreams.' Watch the whole second episode, 'Unexpected Song', below! (And look for Osnes around the 7-minute mark.)

On Thursday, June 28th, the ten finalists in Ken Davenport's 10-Minute Play Contest presented their plays and musicals at Davenport Studios for a live audience and judges panel that included Isaac Robert Hurwitz (NYMF Executive Producer), Joe Iconis (Bloodsong of Love, The Black Suits), Sarah Saltzberg (The 25th Annual Putnam...), and Ken Davenport (Godspell, Avenue Q). The judges and audience voted for their favorite piece of the night.