Sam Carner News

Tickets for Measure for Measure Theatre's 2019-2020 season are available for purchase. Measure for Measure recently announced its move to the Sunrise Civic Center, where it will present three contemporary musicals-In the Heights (Oct. 24-Nov. 10), the regional premiere of Island Song (Mar. 12-29) and Pippin (Apr. 23-May 10).

Broadway's next generation comes to LA in A Little New Music's 20th concert of new musical theatre songs in The Sorting Room's 2019 Summer Series at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on June 26th at 7:00 pm. Kathy Deitch (B'way WICKED, FOOTLOOSE) will host. Multiple LA Ovation Award-winning composer Gregory Nabours (THE TROUBLE WITH WORDS, MARILYN! THE NEW MUSICAL) returns as music director, leading the ALNM band. Ticket availability is extremely limited, but there will be a waitlist. Scroll down for photos of the cast in rehearsal.

Broadway's next generation comes to LA with featured performances by Jonah Platt (B'way: WICKED, "JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Live"), Olivier Award nominee April Nixon (B'way SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE, TOMMY), and Carrie Manolakos (B'way: MAMMA MIA) in A Little New Music's 20th concert of new musical theatre songs in The Sorting Room's 2019 Summer Series at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on June 26th at 7:00 p.m.  Kathy Deitch (B'way WICKED, FOOTLOOSE) will host. Multiple LA Ovation Award-winning composer Gregory Nabours (THE TROUBLE WITH WORDS, MARILYN! THE NEW MUSICAL) returns as music director, leading the ALNM band.

The award-winning Measure for Measure Theatre has found its new permanent home at the Sunrise Civic Center beginning in its 2019-2020 season.

An industry reading of WINGS will be held on Thursday, May 9th at 3 PM and Friday, May 10th at 11 AM in New York City. WINGS is a new musical with Book, Music, and Lyrics by Danny K Bernstein.

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre and School of Music present a collaborative production of 'Unlock'd,' a delightful 'modern-ish musical romance' about the roles we are born into and people we secretly wish to become.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced the 2019 MAC Award nominees. The nominees, in a majority of the categories, were determined by votes cast by the active MAC membership. Special committees selected the nominees in the Ensemble Instrumentalist, Piano Bar Instrumentalist, Piano Bar Singing Entertainer (Female; Male), Recording (LaMott Friedman), Major Recording, Song and Comedy/Novelty Song categories.

The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre and School of Music present a collaborative production of 'Unlock'd,' a delightful 'modern-ish musical romance' about the roles we are born into and people we secretly wish to become.

BroadwayCon Workshops applications are now open and will close on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Submitting an application does not guarantee access to workshops. Only registered admitted attendees will be allowed to participate in workshops. Attendees will be notified of their acceptances by Friday, January 4, 2019. For complete information and to submit an application, please visit www.BroadwayCon.com/workshops. All workshop details are subject to change.

Songwriters Sam Carner and Derek Gregor will present a one-night free concert in association with ASCAP at the John F. Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage in Washington, D.C. today, November 13th at 6pm. The show will also be available to live stream.

Songwriters Sam Carner and Derek Gregor will present a one-night free concert in association with ASCAP at the John F. Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, November 13th at 6pm. The show will also be available to live stream.

Prospect Theater Company (Cara Reichel, Producing Artistic Director / Melissa Huber, Managing DIrector) is pleased to announce additional songwriters contributing material to its next IGNITE Series concert event, The Rave Revue. 

Prospect Theater Company announces the line-up of artists participating in its next IGNITE Series event, an ongoing concert series featuring today's new voices shaping tomorrow's musicals.

A Little New Music will bring its entertaining showcase of emerging musical theatre talents to The Sorting Room's 2018 Summer Sessions at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m.  A Little New Music's audiences will discover brand new musical theatre songs firsthand before they land on Broadway or beyond.

A Little New Music brings its entertaining showcase of emerging musical theatre talents to The Sorting Room's 2018 Summer Sessions at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.  A Little New Music's audiences will discover brand new musical theatre songs firsthand before they land on Broadway or beyond.

"Island Song", piccolo-grande gioiello musicale di Sam Carner e Derek Gregor, arriva per la prima volta in Italia grazie alla compagnia Tweet Charity, che il 12 e 13 maggio portera in scena lo spettacolo Off-Broadway al Teatro del Meloncello di Bologna.

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) is pleased to announce names of our 2018 MAC Award Songwriting nominees.

Song bird, Taylor Pearlstein is set to release her debut album, When the Birds Wake You Up. From Seattle to Tuscan, Taylor Pearlstein has been seen on stages all across the country. After moving to New York City just last year, she has quickly become a crowd favorite in the late night cabaret scene, having performed at Le Poison Rouge, The Duplex, and The West End Lounge with artists like Derek Gregor, Sam Carner, Morgan Reilly, and more.

Unlock'd, a new musical by New York Musical Theatre writers Sam Carner and Derek Gregor will run at CityCentre's Queensbury Theatre from February 7-25 (Opening Night, February 16), in a new production in association with New York / Chicago producer Judy Loseff and directed by local Marley Singletary, featuring Houston-area talent.

Smallest One Productions will be presenting Sam Carner and Derek Gregor's new musical ISLAND SONG in New York City next month. The show will be limited to five performances, all at the uptown venue, The West End Lounge, located at 955 West End Avenue. This will be the show's first licensed production in New York City.