Melissa Li News

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced the programming lineup and panelists for its 2026 Spring Conference, as well as the recipients of the 2025–2026 Writers Residency Grants through the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals.

Taylor Louderman's annual Write Out Loud Contest is now accepting song submissions until February 28, 2026. The contest aims to showcase new songwriting talent in the musical theater community.

The Write Out Loud Team have announced the winners of the 2025 Write Out Loud Contest. These songs were selected from a pool of over 400 submissions after an extensive review process.

WRITE OUT LOUD has revealed the panel of industry adjudicators supporting this year's contest, including Joriah Kwamé, Ryan Scott Oliver, Jen Tepper. Learn more about the contest here!

National Alliance for Musical Theatre has announced initial casting and more details about the lineup for the 36thAnnual FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS, which takes place on Thursday, October 24 and Friday, October 25, 2024, at New World Stages

The cast for the upcoming production of THE LION KING at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco has been announced, featuring a mix of new and returning performers.

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of MUSICAL THEATRE FACTORY at The Factory Function. Learn more about the event and see how to purchase tickets.

East West Players will present Kairos, by Lisa Sanaye Dring and directed by Jesca Prudencio. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets!

Dramatists Guild Foundation announces the recipients of the Catalyst Fellowship in a new announcement.

A one night celebration of new LGBTQ+ musical theatre comes to The Other Palace this October in fantasies come true. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

MCC Theater just announced their 2023-2024 season and we have all the details on their slate of world premiere musicals here!

Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 has announced that The Bengsons, who completed their week-long run as part of NEXT@LCT3 concert series this past Sunday, will present a special encore performance on Monday, May 22 at 7:30pm at the Claire Tow Theater.

American Repertory Theater has announced the members of the 2023 cohort of its Arts & Cultural Organizational Management (ACOM) program.

See photos of award-winning queer Asian-American writing team Melissa Li and Kit Yan at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3’s NEXT@LCT3.

Lincoln Center Theater has announced the complete cast for the New York premiere of FLEX by Candrice Jones, directed by LCT Resident Director Lileana Blain-Cruz. 

What did our critic think of AGAIN at Theater Mu?

Get a first look at footage of Again at Theater Mu!

Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 will present NEXT@LCT3, a concert series of performances at the Claire Tow Theater. See who is performing and learn how to purchase tickets!

Local Hmong American playwright and theater artist Katie Ka Vang returns to Theater Mu for the world premiere of her and Melissa Li's musical, Again. Weaving together unlikely friendships, complex family dynamics, and original songs, Again runs Mar 31-Apr 16 at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis (previews Mar 29 & 30). The story begins when cancer survivor Mai See, a successful memoirist who can't seem to get her life together, meets Quest, an aspiring filmmaker who is battling chronic cancer herself. Inspired by Mai See's work, Quest asks her to star in her documentary. Although Mai See reluctantly agrees, they're both thrown for a loop when Mai See discovers she has relapsed.

Theatre Producers of Color, the newly formed organization committed to supporting the next generation of BIPOC producers by providing access to education, training, and mentorship, announced their 2023 cohort for the third-annual education program – “Producing 101'.