The Musical Theater Program at Pace University, which embraces the development of new musicals as part of its mission, is currently accepting submissions of new musical theater works for a series of performances at Pace University in January 2012. Last year's musical was Factory Girls written by Creighton Irons, Sean Mahoney and Maggie-Kate Coleman.
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announces 15 awards granted from their National Fund for New Musicals, a major funding program to support NAMT member not-for-profit theatres in their collaboration with writers to create, develop, and produce new musicals.
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Created by some of NYC's best and brightest talent: 'Twilight: The Musical!' is an hysterical parody that is a combination of 'Urinetown' and 'Spring Awakening' and definitively proves that with the right combination of cast, story, and creative team, you can have a successful vampire musical! A performance of the musical, as well as an 'in concert' event have recently been uploaded on YouTube.
Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features Maude Maggart at The Oak Room, Anthony and Will Nunziata at Feinstein's, Jerry Cherry at Rockwood Music Hall, and more!
Ghostlight Records announces the release of THE BATTERY'S DOWN: Season 2 Soundtrack! The album is now available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon and the Ghostlight website.
CAP21 will present 'Songs on Six' benefit on Monday, April 5 at 7:30 PM at The Shop@Cap 21, featuring the talent of Claybourne Elder, Carly Jibson, and Wesley Taylor.
The second installment of Cutting Edge Composers: A New Generation of Musical Theater Songwriters took place on November 9th at the Canal Room. BroadwayWorld.com's cameras were there to capture the exciting night of song!
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) and Executive Director Kathy Evans announced the directors, music directors and preliminary casts for the eight musicals being presented as 45-minute staged readings for its 21st Annual Festival of New Musicals at New World Stages (340 West 50th St) on Monday, October 19 and Tuesday, October 20, 2009.
On Monday, September 7, Jim Caruso's Cast Party presented The National Alliance for Musical Theatre's concert spotlighting songwriters who have participated past Festivals of New Musicals. The event was part of the ongoing Broadway at Birdland concert series.
The Zipper Factory proudly announces 'Words and Music By…', a celebration of the singer-songwriter, a new ongoing series that showcases new composer-performers, as well as musical artists on the verge of breaking out. The series commences in November, and in the coming weeks The Zipper
'Late Nite with Niko and Friends,' an evening of original songs by the ridiculously talented singer-songwriter Nikos Tsakalakos, will make its NYC debut at The Zipper Factory on Tuesday, November 13.