The New York Musical Theatre Festival, in association with Horseshoe Productions, will present the US premiere of MY MOTHER'S LESBIAN JEWISH WICCAN WEDDING, the new musical comedy by David Hein and Irene Sankoff, with songs by David Hein.
The Somerled Charitable Foundation and Wendy Macdonald are proud to announce the cast of the upcoming NYMF production of Ned Massey's Bloodties.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is proud to announce several special events that will take place alongside the Festival's 30 new musical productions, including an opening night gala celebration and master class with Baz Luhrmann and the 2010 NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation Competition.
Brierpatch Productions' new musical production FROG KISS is an official selection of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's 2010 Next Link Project. This new saucy n' swingin' musical tale of transformation features book and lyrics by Charles Leipart with music composed by Eric Schorr. Frog Kiss will premiere on Thursday, September 30, 2010 at the Theater at St. Clements.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) and Gretchen Margaroli present the new musical The Tenth Floor with music & lyrics by J. Sebastian Fabal and book by Sara Cooper
Cited by the Los Angeles Times as 'better than any textbook,' Water and Power is an industrial strength musical about the 1830s labor movement performed by thirty students from the LA-based Marquez Charter Elementary School. These 4th-6th graders will perform the 90-minute work as both their New York debut and their homework assignment.
NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL and KIM VASQUEZ/GRAY LADY ENTERTAINMENT are pleased to announce THERAPY ROCKS, a new modern musical with book by KAREN BISHKO, KAETHE FINE and NAT BENNETT, music and lyrics by KAREN BISHKO and directed by Thomas Caruso, as part of their 2010 showcase. Performances will run September 27th at 8 pm, September 29th at 1 pm, October 1st at 8 pm, October 2nd and 3rd at 4:30 pm, October 5th at 8 pm and October 6th at 1 pm at Urban Stages.
Bistro Award winner Liz McCartney, recently seen in the Tony® Award winning musical South Pacific, joins the cast of Nighttime Traffic, a part of this season's New York Musical Theatre Festival.
An inspiring new autobiographical musical about a composer determined to keep making music even as he is going deaf, will debut this fall when JAY ALAN ZIMMERMAN'S INCREDIBLY DEAF MUSICAL is presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Geoffrey Cohen, with performances set for September 30 through October 10 at The Duke on 42nd (229 W. 42 St.) in Manhattan.
A Team Events Management, LLC is proud to announce that Emmy, Drama Desk, and MAC Award nominated actress / director will helm the world premiere of THINGS AS THEY ARE, a new musical by Jonathan Comisar and John Dietrich based on the life of renowned photojournalist Dorothea Lange at the 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival where it will begin performances on September 27th at the Theater at St. Clement's (423 West 46th Street New York, NY).
Erik Liberman (LoveMusik on Broadway, Reefer Madness in LA - Ovation Award-winner) and Michelle Pruiett (The Little Mermaid) are set to star in the 2010 New York Musical Theater Festival production of THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING YOU EVER HOID, a satirical Marx Brothers musical romp which will run at Urban Stages from September 30th thru October 12th.
Robert Intile, Jr. and Alina Gutiérrez present A co-production of The Dreamscape Theatre's Incubator Project HOW MY MOTHER DIED OF CANCER, AND OTHER BEDTIME STORIES? Part of The FringeNYC Encore Series
CATCO (Columbus, OH), in association with Andy Sandberg (Hair), has announced full casting for the world premiere of the musical, The Last Smoker in America, with book and lyrics by Tony Nominee Bill Russell (Side Show) and music by Drama Desk Nominee Peter Melnick (Adrift in Macao) under the direction of Andy Sandberg, with choreography by Tony Award nominee AC Ciulla (Footloose), music supervision by Fred Lassen and music direction by Andrew Resnick.
WINNER of OVERALL EXCELENCE AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE 'VERITAS' Harvard's 'Secret Court': a gay witch-hunt. Directed by Ryan J Davis, the critically acclaimed Perkins 28 Productions presentation of 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson won the Overall Excellence Award for Best Ensemble for the 14th New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC.
CHESS opened at the Signature Theatre on August 10 and will run through September 26. The cast is lead by Jill Paice (Curtains, The 39 Steps) as Florence Vassy, Euan Morton (Boy George in Taboo, Sondheim on Sondheim) as Anatoly Sergievsky and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) as Freddie Trumper. The rock musical is directed by Signature's Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. Written by Mamma Mia! composers Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson with Evita and Lion King lyricist Tim Rice, the 1984 cult musical of Cold War competition in love and chess is being given its first major Washington area production. Chess is being performed in the fabulous intimacy of the 276-seat MAX Theatre.
Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing Director) extended performances of its highly acclaimed new musical With Glee for one additional final week. The show will close on August 29 at The Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street) following a sold-out original run and two extensions.
Off-Strip Productions presents the musical [title of show] the funny and melodic romp that chronicles the 3 week journey of two struggling writers, Hunter and Jeff, who suddenly decide to write a completely original musical starring themselves and their two ladyfriends for the New York musical theatre festival by the deadline.
Perkins 28 Productions presents 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson at HERE Arts Center Mainstage Theater, 145 6th Avenue (enter on Dominick, 1 blk south of Spring) Inspired by true events, 'Veritas' is the story of a group of young men at Harvard in 1920 whose promising futures fell prey to Harvard's 'Secret Court': a gay witch-hunt conducted by school administration to purge Harvard of all homosexuality.
Perkins 28 Productions announces the outstanding young cast for 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson at HERE Arts Center Mainstage Theater, 145 6th Avenue (enter on Dominick, 1 blk south of Spring).
Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans announce the new musical Daddy Long Legs, directed by John Caird, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning director of Les Misérables, with music and lyrics by Paul Gordon, composer of Jane Eyre.
