Wendy Seyb News

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 Prince Music Theater will open their season with The World Goes Round starting September 20 - October 12, 2008.

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.

New York Musical Theater Festival (Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Executive Director & Producer) in association with Manhattan Movement & Arts Center (MMAC) to present NYMF's 2008 Dance Series as part of this year's festival of new musicals, which runs September 15 - October 5.

From 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Sunday June 8th, Times Square will be shut down and transformed to make way for over 200 professional dancers who are taking part in DANCING AT THE CROSSROADS. The unprecedented event is presented by Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) in association with the Times Square Alliance.

Artistic New Directions presents Eight New Plays direction by Bob Berky

Award-winning Playwright/Composer CAROL HALL joins Kia Corthron, Jeffrey Sweet, Gary Garrison, Roland Tec, Hilary Chaplain & David Engel, Kristine Niven and Margo Hammond in Artistic New Directions' presentation of 'AN ECLECTIC EVENING OF SHORT WORKS.'

Dancers Responding with Action (DRA) presented a special sold-out event 'Dance from the Heart,' on Monday December 10 to benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Figths AIDS.

On Tuesday, December 4, the cast Off-Broadway's Walmartopia celebrated the release of the new musical's cast recording and the show's 100th performance!

The cast Off-Broadway's Walmartopia will celebrate the release of the new musical's cast recording on the same night it celebrates the show's 100th performance - Tuesday, December 4.

Walmartopia, the new musical currently playing Off-Broadway at The Minetta Lane Theatre, will end its current run at the Minetta Lane Theatre after the evening performance on Sunday, December 30th, it was announced today by the show's producers.

The cast and band of Off-Broadway's Walmartopia recently hit the recording studio to lay down tracks for the show's original cast recording. The recording will be produced by Walmartopia's musical director, August Eriksmoen, and will be released December 1st, just in time for the holidays.

West Bank, UK - a world-premiere musical about a Palestinian and an Israeli who must share a rent-controlled apartment in London's West Bank - by Oren Safdie and Ronnie Cohen, creators of the popular musical about interfaith dating, Jews & Jesus, will be presented by La MaMa ETC, in association with Malibu Stage Company, for a limited New York run, with previews set to begin November 29, prior to an official press opening December 2 at La MaMa ETC.

The cast of Walmartopia, the new musical currently playing Off-Broadway at The Minetta Lane Theatre, will perform the show's entire six-minute opening number on television to help launch the brand new Fox Business Network this Wednesday afternoon, November 17.

Broadway Bullet is doing 8 weeks of NYMF coverage. In addition to inclusion in our weekly program, we are making each NYMF show segment available separately... only here on Broadway World!

WALMARTOPIA opened Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre on Monday, September 3. The new musical features book, music and lyrics by Andrew Rohn and Catherine Capellaro. BroadwayWorld was there to capture the excitement of Opening Night in this exclusive video.

WALMARTOPIA opened Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre on Monday, September 3. The new musical features book, music and lyrics by Andrew Rohn and Catherine Capellaro.

Choreographer Wendy Seyb and Director Mark Lonergan team up to curate Freshly Tossed, a special event at the New York Musical Theatre Festival on October 1 for two performances, 7PM & 9PM at the Theater at St. Clement's.

Walmartopia, the musical with a mission, presents its irreverent political satire of big business and eternal smiley faces, written by Catherine Capellaro (Book) and Andrew Rohn (Music and Lyrics), opening Labor Day, September 3 at 7PM at The Minette Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane).

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), now in its fourth year, is a three-week event in NYC that has premiered over 90 musicals in its first three years, becoming the largest musical theatre event in America. Tickets for NYMF productions are available at www.nymf.org or by calling 212-352-3101. This year's Festival will run from September 17 through October 7 with the following schedule of events...