The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) announced today that open submissions to the Next Link Project, which guarantees production slots in the 2012 Festival, began on September 12th.
From Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of the Tony-Award-Winning Forbidden Broadway, and Robert Hetzel, comes an over-the-top new musical: Madame X, a melodramatic yet comic take on the Douglas Sirk films of the 1950s, and the ever-durable genre of the altruistic, self-sacrificing mother. The show, which will be presented concert-style, stars Forbidden Broadway veterans Donna English as Madame X (Ruthless!, Lend Me a Tenor) Janet Dickenson (The Grinch, Nine to Five) Edward Staudenmayer (Frank Wildhorn's Alice in Wonderland, Spamalot), Michael West (Newsical), plus Bill Coyne, Sean Bell, and Mike Longo with Musical Direction by David Caldwell and Richard Danley.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Just My Luck Productions, Inc. present My History of Marriage a world premiere musical comedy by Academy Award® and two-time Grammy® winner David Shire, Lee Kalcheim and Samuel Kalcheim.
Ben Davis, David Perlman and Charlie Brady will be featured in a developmental reading of the new dramatic musical The Pigeon Boys, by Anne Berlin & Andrew Bleckner, directed by Valentina Fratti as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, September 30th at TBG.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Silverwolf, LLC present Man of Rock. Performances will take place from Monday, September 26 through Wednesday, October 5 at TBG Theater (312 W. 36th Street).
Cinnabar Theater will present 'Crimes of the Heart' by Beth Henley.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) presents Outlaws: The Ballad of Billy the Kid a world premiere rock musical by Perry Liu, Joe Calarco and Alastair William King.
The creative team behind the new musical JUST LIKE MAGIC continue OPERATION: SUTTON, their online video campaign to persuade two-time Tony Award winner (and Broadway darling) Sutton Foster to accompany JUST LIKE MAGIC star Christopher T. Magician to the New York Musical Theatre Festival gala on September 26, 2011, with the release of Operation: Sutton 7 and Operation: Sutton 8 - which can now be seen on YouTube channel JustLikeMagicMusical http://www.youtube.com/user/JustLikeMagicMusical.
Single tickets for this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), previously available to NYMF members only, will go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 1
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced that single tickets for the 2011 Festival, running September 26th through October 16th, will go on sale at midnight on Thursday, September 1st.
This year's New York Musical Theatre Festival will host the New York premiere of The Big Bank, a timely musical about a bank that loves to foreclose, written by Daniel and Jacob Seligmann, directed by David Glenn Armstrong.
The New York Musical Theater Festival and Aaron Glick present This One Girl's Story, a new musical with book by Bil Wright (LAMI Award Winning Playwright and Novelist) and music and lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney (TruPraise Gospel Ensemble).
The New York Musical Theatre Festival, Steven Cunningham with associate producer John Von Herget present the world premiere of JUST LIKE MAGIC Christopher T. Magician's Zany Magical Musical Extravaganza!!! with music by Ryan Mercy, lyrics by Christopher W. Barnes and book by Mr. Barnes and Cameron Cole and directed by Elizabeth Lucas, as a special event in the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival at TBG Theater (312 West 36th Street) in Manhattan, with performances on Friday, Oct. 7 at 8:00pm; Saturday, Oct. 8 at 10:30pm and Thursday, Oct. 13 at 8:00pm. Associate producer for JUST LIKE MAGIC is John Von Herget.
Central Avenue Breakdown will get its World Premiere at the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for The Old Globe's revival of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show.
Executive Producer Lou Spisto today announced the complete cast and creative team for The Old Globe's revival of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show. Oanh Nguyen directs the classic cult musical with book, music and lyrics by Richard O'Brien, choreography by JT Horenstein and music direction by Mike Wilkins. The Rocky Horror Show will run in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, Sept. 15 - Nov. 6. Preview performances run Sept. 15 - Sept. 22. Opening night is Friday, Sept. 23 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are currently available by subscription only. Single tickets will go on sale online on Friday, Aug. 19 at midnight. Single tickets will go on sale at the Globe Box Office on Sunday, Aug. 21 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.
ENNIO: The Living Paper Cartoon, returns to New York for the first time in over a decade. For nine performances only, September 27th - October 12th, The New York Musical Theatre Festival presents the Jonathan Reinis (two-time Tony Award-winner for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam) and Glynis Henderson (international producer of Stomp) production featuring international sensation Ennio Marchetto at the 47th Street Theatre (304 West 47th Street).
The New York Musical Theatre Festival and J&B Productions present the musical JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, a musical - a story of 'First Impressions' and second chances - with music, lyrics and book by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs, directed by Igor Goldin ('YANK!'), and starring, in the title role of Jane Austen, Donna Lynne Champlin ('Sweeney Todd,' 'Billy Elliot'). JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, a musical is presented as part of the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival and will play at Signature Theatre's Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan beginning September 29 - with only 6 performances available.
after having performed in over 70 cities through the world, internationally acclaimed ENNIO: The Living Paper Cartoon, returns to New York for the first time in over a decade. For nine performances only, September 27th - October 12th, The New York Musical Theatre Festival presents the Jonathan Reinis (two-time Tony Award-winner for Dame Edna: The Royal Tour and Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam) and Glynis Henderson (international producer of Stomp) production featuring international sensation Ennio Marchetto at the 47th Street Theatre (304 West 47th Street). ENNIO: The Living Paper Cartoon is directed and designed by Ennio Marchetto and Sosthen Hennekam.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival and La Vie Productions present the new musical THE KID WHO WOULD BE POPE - a musical comedy about first loves, youthful obsession, and the search for miracles - with music, lyrics and book by Tom Megan and Jack Megan, directed by Gabriel Barre ('The Wild Party'), and featuring a cast that includes some of Broadway's biggest, little, stars including: Kyle Brenn ('West Side Story'), Alison Jaye Horowitz ('Mary Poppins,' 'Sunday in the Park with George'), Matthew Gumley ('Elf,' 'Beauty and the Beast'), Leah Greenhaus ('Shrek The Musical'), Rachel Resheff ('The People in the Picture,' 'Billy Elliot'), etc. THE KID WHO WOULD BE POPE is presented as part of the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival and will play at The Theatre at St. Clements (423 West 46th Street) in Manhattan beginning September 26 - with only 6 performances available.
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