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The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) was an annual event held each summer from 2004 to 2019 in New York City's midtown theater district.It mounted more than 30 new musicals each year, more than half selected through an open-submission, double-blind evaluation process involving prominent theater artists and producers.
New York, New York is a musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and Lin-Manuel Miranda, and a book by David Thompson and Sharon Washington. Inspired by and loosely based on the 1977 film of the same name by Martin Scorsese , [ 1 ] the musical premiered on Broadway on April 26, 2023.
The New Music Seminar added music showcases and a festival, initially called "New York Nights" and later, "New Music Nights." These were held in various New York City clubs. At its peak, the first series of seminars attracted more than 8,000 participants from 35 countries. On August 6, 1984, singer Madonna participated in the seminar.
In 2013, Hurwitz received a special Drama Desk Award in recognition of his service and "a decade of creating and nurturing new musical theater, ensuring the future of this essential art form." [8] At the end of that year, Hurwitz left the festival to become a consultant for Fox Stage Productions, a new stage division of 20th Century Fox. [9]
Parts of Ace were shown at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's (NAMT) Festival of New Musicals in New York in September 2005. Cheyenne Jackson starred as Ace, with Christiane Noll featured. [3] The musical debuted at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Missouri, from September 6 through October 1
Each season, three new works are produced for a two-week “work in progress” run. In addition CAP21 works in development with twenty new musicals and plays providing public and in-house readings. CAP21’s season features diverse productions of new and classic plays and musicals, drawing audiences from the greater New York metropolitan area ...
Gender relationships, of a slightly different sort, also figure in "Maybe Happy Ending" (Belasco Theatre, previews start Oct. 16. opens Nov. 12), a new musical by Will Aronson and Hue Park ...
Theater for the New City's annual summer performance festival known as Dream Up Festival started in 2010. The festival is dedicated to new works and performances run in August and September. Theater for the New City is looking for the best writing and or most original concepts to present to New York City.