Sharon Rosen News

TONY AWARD nominee SALLY MAYES and TARZAN's JOSH STRICKLAND will star in a new jazz musical 'PLAY IT COOL' at The New York Musical Theatre Festival from September 22 to October 4 at TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year with 24 full productions, a dance series, a developmental series, concerts and special events.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Director and Producer) announces a 14 new musicals to be presented as part of the 5th annual Festival from September 15 through October 5, 2008 in New York City. The New York Musical Theatre Festival is the enormously popular three-week celebration that features the works of the newest generation of musical theatre writers. The 14 musicals listed below are joining the ten new musicals previously announced, which were chosen from NYMF's open-submission writer service program, The Next Link Project.

Play It Cool, the acclaimed new jazz musical will presented in two special industry readings in New York City, on Friday, October 19 and Monday, October 22. Both readings are at 2PM. Sharon Rosen directs.

This month, jazz musician, actress and comedian Lea DeLaria will headline two industry readings of the new jazz musical Play It Cool

Kathy Brier, Orfeh, Sara Gettelfinger and more will star in two readings of the Broadway-bound revue Oh What a Lovely War on May 22nd and May 23rd

Leading ladies such as Liz Callaway, Stephanie D'Abruzzo and Leah Hocking will headline two pre-Broadway industry readings of the revue Oh, What a Lovely War! on September 26th and 27th

Sharon Rosen proudly announces the cast for the pre-Broadway industry readings of the first North American revival of OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR.

A Broadway-bound revival of the satiric anti-war revue Oh What A Lovely War will first have an industry reading at the York Theatre on September 26th and 27th