Nathan Cummings News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company present The Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company (DGDC) in ENCORE, conceived, directed and choreographed by Daniel Gwirtzman.

New York Musical Theatre Festival's 'Next Broadway Sensation,' formerly known as 'Broadway Idol,' returns for its fourth year. Diana DeGarmo, 'American Idol' (Season 3) runner-up, now in The Toxic Avenger at New World Stages, will serve as host for the competition's first round on September 13; celebrity hosts for the semifinals on September 20 and the Broadway Sensation October 4 finale will be announced shortly. Confirmed judges include Jonathan Groff (Spring Awakening, upcoming film Taking Woodstock), Bailey Hanks and Orfeh (Legally Blonde), composer/lyricist Paul Scott Goodman (Rooms), Kacie Sheik and Allison Case (Hair), and record producer Noah Cornman of Sh-k-boom Records... With more to be announced.

A new musical about a runaway slave who becomes one of America's first Black Cowboys will debut this fall when CROSS THAT RIVER is presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Patricia Harris, starting October 12, 2009 at TBG Theatre (312 West 36th Street - 3rd Floor) in New York City.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival will reteam with The ASCAP Foundation to present the its annual Educational Series at Barnes and Noble Booksellers at Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street.

Emma Hunton (*Spring Awakening*), Darryl Winslow (*Avenue Q, Evil Dead, Unlock'd - NYMF*), Jeremiah James (*Carousel* - London), Dana Aber, Christian D. White, Christopher Hudson Myers and Ashley Kate Adams will appear in the New York premiere of Gay Bride of Frankenstein at the New York Musical Theatre Festival this September.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival will proudly present the World Premiere of Clear Blue Tuesday, a musical movie by Elizabeth Lucas on Thursday, September 10 at both 7pm and 9:15pm. The screenings will take place at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre (333 West 23rd Street between 8th and 9th Avenues).

The New York Musical Theatre Festival will continue to party into the night with the highly popular NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation, along with two concerts, an album promotion party, and Opening and Closing Night celebrations.

A variety of music, dance, and theatre performances, and a film series comprise the 2009 fall season for Harlem Stage, a performing arts center and one of the country's top presenters, producers, and supporters of works by artists of color.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and The Group Theatre Too (GTT) present the original tap musical Count to Ten. Book, music and lyrics by Michael Blevins; lyrics by Beth Clary; music by David Wollenberger, Scott Knipe, Bruce Sacks. Count to Ten is an official selection of the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival and plays at The Theater at St. Clements from October 15th through the 17th.

Isaac Robert Hurwitz (Executive Director & Producer of NYMF) announced that The New York Musical Theater Festival will partner with South Korea's Daegu International Musical Festival (DIMF) by introducing a production exchange, beginning with this year's festival.

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is excited to announce that two-time Tony nominee, John Carrafa, will lead the team of Academy as its Director which will be part of the 2009 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)'s Next Link Project. Originally part of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's inaugural Emerging Artist Series in Musical Theater Playwriting, Academy will perform in New York October 6 - 17, 2009 at NYMF.

In addition to the previously announced 27 full productions, The New York Musical Theatre Festival (Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Director & Producer) today announced two dance productions, nine special events and concerts, and three developmental readings that will all take place during this year?s three-week festival.

Alison Carey, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival?s director of American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle, and Artistic Director Bill Rauch announced today the second round of theatre artists to be commissioned for the 37-play, 10-year History Cycle, the largest commissioning and production project in the Festival's 74-year history.

The 5th annual Hip-Hop Theatre Festival will showcase both internation and American works in its week-long schedule of shows

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, Glenn Close, Keith David, Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee, and Morgan Freeman to Deliver Revolutionary Words of Vaclav Havel, Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and Eleanor Roosevelt