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Nominations for the 51 st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced today at The New York Friars Club by theater notables Marvin Hamlisch and Donna McKechnie, who revealed the nominees for the 2005/2006 theater season in front of a crowd of theater professionals at the press conference this morning.

The hit Broadway musical, JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, which has taken Broadway by storm, will launch a National Tour in San Francisco beginning in December, 2006. JERSEY BOYS, which opened to rave reviews on November 6, 2005, continues to set new weekly box office records at the August Wilson Theatre and has been among the top grossing shows on Broadway ever since.

Anthony Rapp, Phylicia Rashad and Marsha Norman will be among the seven-member Grand Jury for the 2006 Next Link Project Submissions

The New York Musical Theatre Festival's starry Best of Fest Bash will be presented tonight, February 27th

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), whose annual three-week celebration has premiered more than 70 new musicals in the past two years, will present a one-night-only benefit concert, 'The Best of Fest Bash,' on Monday, February 27 at Dodger Stages (340 W. 50th St.). Showtime is 7 p.m.

The cast recording of The Great American Trailer Park Musical has been released

The cast recording of The Great American Trailer Park Musical will be released on January 24th

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is seeking submissions for its 2006 Next Link Project season

Find out how this was accomplished, along with all the challenges, triumphs and tribulations along the way. (Translated: Get the whole dang dirty low down scoop!)

A 25% increase in audience attendance occurred between the New York Musical Theatre Festivals held in 2004 and 2005

But I'm A Cheeleader is this year's recipient of the Golden NYMFette

Tony winner, Emmy winner and two-time Oscar nominee Shirley Knight will sit down with the ladies of 'THE VIEW' live on ABC, Friday, September 30 at 11am EST.

RICHARD CORY, DON IMBROGLIO and ROOMS have extended runs at the 2nd annual New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), running September 12th - October 2, 2005 organizers announced today.

WPIX Channel 11, Tribune Broadcasting's WB Television Network affiliate (a.k.a. The WB11), has begun shooting 'The 2005 New York Musical Theatre Festival,' a half-hour special report on the ambitious efforts of the eponymous annual festival, now in its second year.

As of last night (September 1st), the producers of THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL have announced that they will donate $15 from each full-price ticket sale to the American Red Cross' Hurricane 2005 Relief Fund, for all performances now thru the end of September.

The Great American Trailer Park Musical, currently in previews at Dodgers Stages, will give a benefit performance for the New York Musical Theatre Festival on September 12th

Performances of THE PAJAMA GAME will begin Friday, January 27th on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre with the official opening set for Thursday, March 2nd. The limited engagement is scheduled to run 20 weeks through June 18th, 2006.

Tickets are now onsale for the comic sex-ed musical Swimming Upstream, which will run as part of the New York International Fringe Festival from August 14th to 27th

The New York Musical Theatre Festival announced today that it far exceeded all of its expectations in terms of finance, audience turnout, press, and acknowledgement within the theater community.