Stephen Agosto News

Walnut Hill School for the Arts has announced the appointment of Stephen Agosto as its next Director of Theater beginning in August 2024.

Musical Theatre Educators Alliance and Acceptd introduce innovative changes to simplify the college audition process, enhancing accessibility for aspiring musical theatre students.

Goodspeed Musicals has revealed the participants for the 12th annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals.

Now celebrating its 11th anniversary, Goodspeed Musicals has announced the participants for the annual Johnny Mercer Foundation Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals which will be held January 31 - February 27 on the Goodspeed campus in East Haddam, Connecticut.

To aid students and parents in college selection and admittance, Paper Mill Playhouse will offer its College Discovery Seminars on September 29 and October 1 at 6:30pm to 9pm and again on October 20 and 22, 2020 at 6:30pm to 9pm.

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the renewal of the Musical Theater Common Prescreen (MTCP) for the 2020-2021 cycle of collegiate auditions as the current health crises makes in-person auditions less viable and the expense of separate submissions a burden for many.

But what does it take to apply to a musical theatre program? Quite a lot as it turns out. Stephen Agosto of Paper Mill Playhouse is revolutionizing the process with the Musical Theater Common Pre-Screen

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Michael Stotts- Managing Director), recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, is pleased to announce a partnership with the online arts platform Acceptd and top tier university musical theatre programs to introduce universal criteria for video submissions known as the Musical Theatre Common Pre-Screen.

On June 29, Snow Pond Center for the Arts will present Broadway Under the Stars: The Classics of Rodgers and Hammerstein with the Snow Pond Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Snow Pond welcomes some of theater's top performers for this one night only event. Directed by Broadway veteran Frances Mercanti-Anthony (Spring Awakening, Jerusalem) and Music Directed by Paul Staroba (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), this spectacular evening is sure to be one you don't want to miss.

This week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

This February, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University announces that Stephen Agosto will lead a team of Broadway performers as Artistic Director of The Rutgers High School Musical Theatre Academy. He succeeds founding Artistic Director Alistair Williams. Agosto has a long history in Arts Education, having served on faculty for the TONY award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse and contributing musical theatre curriculum to The New York City Department of Education. Agosto will oversee comprehensive training in Acting led by Frances Mercanti-Anthony, Singing Technique led by Marian Murphy Powell, and Musical Theatre Dance led by Ivette Sosa Dempsey.

Crossroads Theatre Company presents its 6th annual 'Holiday Jubilee' from December 11th through December 20th. Directed by Rick Sordelet, this year's production features a Gospel Fest.

? Paper Mill Playhouse presents this year's holiday show, A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL, based on the popular 1983 film. A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL has a book by Joseph Robinette with music and lyrics byBenj Pasek and Justin Paul. A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL will be directed by Brandon Ivie and choreographed by Mara Newbery Greer. A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL will run eight times a week at the Millburn, New Jersey, theater through January 3, 2016. The official press opening night wass yesterday, November 29. Check out photos from the after party below!

The 5th Annual 'Holiday Jubilee' will be onstage at Crossroads Theatre Company from 12/11 to 12/21. This festive show features an original story line that brings diverse cultures together to celebrate holiday traditions.

Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd., the only musical theater group in New York City to donate its net proceeds to charity, launches its 91st season with 'Lucky Stiff,' an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair.

Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to announce the launch of a new education service for high school students who aim to study theater or musical theater in college. Paper Mill Prep is a college discovery and audition coaching program.

Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd., the only musical theater group in New York City to donate its net proceeds to charity, launches its 91st season with 'Lucky Stiff,' an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds, and a corpse in a wheelchair.

Paper Mill Playhouse is proud to announce the launch of a new education service for high school students who aim to study theater or musical theater in college. Paper Mill Prep is a college discovery and audition coaching program.

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the launch of a new education service for high school students whose aim it is to study theater or musical theater in college. Paper Mill Prep is a college discovery and audition coaching program. "Paper Mill has an extensive statewide education and outreach effort that already has us working closely with the strongest young talent in New Jersey, and this extension of our Conservatory professional training program and Rising Star Awards will allow us to support these students as they begin the process of looking at college theater programs." shared Director of Education, Lisa Cooney. "Our goal is to help them determine and gain admission to the college programs that benefits them the most."