Kris Stewart News

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced its first-ever Spring Concert series, featuring 4 different shows from March through June - beginning with 'More Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds' on Monday, March 26 at the Zipper Theatre

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), an annual three-week event created in 2004 to smash the developmental glass ceiling and highlight the vibrant community of writers and artists working in musical theatre today, will be accepting open submissions from January 1 through March 1 for its fourth season. This year's festival will run from September 17 through October 7, 2007.

The 2006 NYMF Awards for Excellence were presented on Sunday, November 12th at the Hudson Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there!

The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the winners of the 2006 NYMF Awards for Excellence, who will be recognized as part of the NYMF 2006 Awards Gala honoring Kevin McCollum

The New York Musical Theatre Festival is pleased to announce that Broadway producer Kevin McCollum (The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, Avenue Q, [title of show], and the upcoming High Fidelity) will be honored as part of their 2006 Awards Gala, recognizing this year's outstanding contributions by both individual artists and entire production teams.

The 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival completed its third year with a 65% increase in audience attendance compared to 2005, which is a record number for the young event

The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)'s 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals was held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St. between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9

On September 22nd, the New York Musical Theatre Festival offered its own spin on the popular reality talent show as part of the second installment of 'NYMF Broadway Idol' at New World Stages

Jeff Marx will be among the panelists of 'The Business of Show' on Thursday, September 28th from 6 to 7:30 PM at the Theatre at St. Clemens

All is Love, a new dance musical, runs from September 19th through 28th as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival

Igor Goldin and Sammy Buck, of the dance musical Common Grounds, discuss the new NYMF show

On September 15th, the New York Musical Theatre Festival offered its own spin on the popular reality talent show with 'NYMF Broadway Idol' at New World Stages

Dean Bryant talks about Virgins' journey from Sydney to NYMF

The New York Musical Theatre Festival got off to a festive start with 'Opening Night: The Back-to-NYMF Fall Pep Rally,' which took place on September 10th at New World Stages

Producer Melody Brooks describes some of NYMF's educational programs and seminars

Janet Cole Valdez and Kim Vasquez relate Emerald Man's journey to NYMF

'30 Days of NYMF' will be a regular column on BroadwayWorld.com for the month of September, offering a different perspective every day on what it's like to be a part of the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival. These columns will be written in the first person by someone involved in the Festival, and will offer you their unedited perspective on the process. Day One is by Kris Stewart, Executive Director and founder of NYMF.

'Broadway Bullet,' a new, weekly theatre podcast that aims to cover the entire spectrum of the New York theatre scene, launched on Wednesday, August 16th with the first of 8 episodes dedicated to covering the New York Musical Theatre Festival

This year, NYMF will present a new series: The NYMF Dance Series

Complete scheduling information has been announced for the New York Musical Theatre Festival