Michael Ogborn News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced 10 additional musical productions for their ninth annual festival. These musicals will play alongside the ten Next Link productions made public last month, as well as several productions, special events and concerts to be announced in the coming weeks. This year's Festival will begin July 9th and continue through July 29th.

Arden Theatre Company has been awarded a two year grant of $150,000 from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative and a three year grant of $150,000 from the Independence Foundation through its New Theatre Works Initiative to launch an innovative new play program, The Writers' Room. Beginning in 2012, The Writers' Room, will offer a unique playwright residency focusing on immediacy of production and transparency with audiences.

BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop songwriters Kellen Blair, Joe Kinosian, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Raymond Bokhour, Simon Gray, Beth Falcone, Michele Foor, David Gaines, Matthew Hardy, Randy Klein, Mary Liz McNamara, Andy Monroe, Michael Ogborn, Adam Overett, Matt Van Brink, Charlie Sohne and Jeff Ward to present new works.

People's Light & Theatre presents Treasure Island: A Musical Panto, by Kathryn Petersen, with music and lyrics by Michael Ogborn. It runs November 16, 2011 - January 8, 2012 on the Main Stage.

The BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop announces its biannual Showcase of new songs from Workshop writers.

People's Light & Theatre launches its 2011-2012 Season with a selection of nine plays that promise to entertain, engage, and inspire audience members.

The People's Light & Theatre Live Auction Cabaret on Friday, April 8, 2011 was Co-Chaired by Moira and Ken Mumma, and Penny and Tom Watkins.

Arden Theatre Company announced these five productions for their 2011/12 main stage season: · August: Osage County, by Tracy Letts · The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez · Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris · Cyrano by Edmond Rostand, Translated by Michael Hollinger, · Adapted by Hollinger and Aaron Posner · Tulipomania, a world premiere musical by Michael Ogborn

The BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop announces its Winter Smoker, a semi-annual showcase for new songs from Workshop writers.

The BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop announces its Winter Smoker, a semi-annual showcase for new songs from Workshop writers.

Tonight, October 4, 2010, the following people were honored with Barrymore Awards at the 16th Annual Barrymore Awards Ceremony at the Walnut Street Theatre.

The 2010 Barrymore nominees have been announced! Created in 1994, The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre are the Greater Philadelphia region's only comprehensive theatre awards program, recognizing artists for excellence and innovation while serving to increase awareness of the richness of the local theatre community. The Barrymore Awards are a nationally recognized symbol of excellence for theatre in this region, raising the bar for the work produced by local theatres and individual artists, and generating significant coverage in all the local newspapers and in national trade publications.Each year, over 120 shows produced by the region's professional theatres are reviewed by the Barrymore Voters. At the annual awards presentation each Fall, the Barrymore Awards are presented to honor the community's collective achievement. For more information, please visit http://www.theatrealliance.org/barrymore-awards.

People's Light & Theatre Company in Malvern launches its 2010-2011 Season with a mixture of action, comedy, and drama. A thread that runs through each of the plays this year is the concept of family: the family to which one is born, a family of co-workers and friends, or a family created through union with another.

Bick Goss and Frank Evans, Producing Artistic Directors, continue their 2010 season of Theatrical Thursdays at the Jerry Orbach Theater in the Snapple Theater Center, 210 West 50th Street. On Thursday, Jan 28, 2010, 6:30 PM, Musical Mondays revisits The Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project, the journey of a group of modern day hippies as they follow their favorite band across the country. Music is by Daniel Israel, Lyrics by Phoebe Kreutz and Book by Adam Mathias and Phoebe Kruetz.

Bick Goss and Frank Evans, Producing Artistic Directors, continue their 2010 season of Theatrical Thursdays at the Jerry Orbach Theater in the Snapple Theater Center, 210 West 50th Street. On Thursday, Jan 28, 2010, 6:30 PM, Musical Mondays revisits The Dirty Hippie Jam Band Project, the journey of a group of modern day hippies as they follow their favorite band across the country. Music is by Daniel Israel, Lyrics by Phoebe Kreutz and Book by Adam Mathias and Phoebe Kruetz.

People's Light & Theatre Company presents SNOW WHITE, by Kathryn Petersen, with music and lyrics written by Michael Ogborn, from November 18, 2009 to January 3, 2010 on the Main Stage. Pete Pryor directs. SNOW WHITE is one of three shows in the Target Family Discovery Series and is sponsored by ING.