Monday, July 8, 2019
Musical lovers will have the opportunity to see new work in action when New Musicals Inc. debuts eight original short musicals on July 18 and 19. The 15 Minute Musical Project is the culmination of NMI’s writers’ workshop, a program that teaches the essentials of writing for musical theatre and covers everything from bookwriting to lyric construction to musical composition.
The 15-minute musicals will be presented at the Broadwater Second Stage in Hollywood and sell out quickly each year (everyone says that but these really do!) Tickets are $25 and can be purchased HERE. Performances begin at 7:30 pm.
For the final project of the writers’ core curriculum, teams of three writers – a composer, a lyricist, and a bookwriter (in some cases 2 writers) – will write, revise and polish a brand-new musical written for four actors whom they’ve never met before, in only three months.
“It’s like a rite of passage,” says Elise Dewsberry, the Academy’s Artistic Director and producer of the 15 Minute Musicals. “We design the process to imitate a full-length show in a professional theatre: draft, rehearsal, rewrites, rehearsal, opening. It’s really a wonderful experience, but it’s often stressful, just like a million-dollar opening night. Our writers’ names are in the program, and it’s important to them they write the best show they possibly can, in the short amount of time we’ve given them.”
This year’s presentation is entitled: Green-Eyed Monsters: eight new musicals about jealousy, and the writing teams have created wildly different approaches to the theme. Picture a high-wire act featuring feuding siblings, jealous musical divas succumbing to magical trickery, a conniving cat and mouse, and a pair of gardeners raising rival flowers and you get the picture.
The annual NMI event is an inspiring celebration of the musical development process and one no musical theatre geek should miss. You just might hear the next big Broadway sensation here before they hit it big!
All eight shows are presented each night and include:
The BLUE Program:
Granny Wars with book by Kimberly Barger, and music and lyrics by Katie Brady
Stanford or Bust with book by Michael Harold, and music and lyrics by Jan Wong
Cheese & Crackers with book by Thomas Blakely, music by Duncan Smith, and lyrics by Bill Coe
Highwire with book by Gustav Hoyer, music by Joely Zuker, and lyrics by Elizabeth Coleman
Directed by John Coppola; Music Directed by Jake Anthony; Stage Managed by Jenn Dupre
Starring Melvin Biteng, Tianna Cohen, Marcello Padilla, and Andrea Somera
The RED Program:
The Cure with book and lyrics by B.K. Wells, and music by Xavier Vidal
Greener Gardens with book by Sara Beil, music by Jon Kull, and lyrics by Greg Beattie
I Heart Jeffrey Braddock with book by Marilyn Haese, music by Ron Barnett, and lyrics by Charlotte Bash
The Fifth Element with book and lyrics by Wayne Self, and music by Joelle Ferrando
Directed by Elise Dewsberry; Music Directed by Ron Barnett; Stage Managed by Rachel Shanblatt
Starring Corinne DeVries, Seth David Mitchell, Giane Morris, and Patrick Steward.
NMI 15 Minute Musical Project
Broadwater Second Stage
6320 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Tickets, reservations and more info: NMI.org/nmi-summer-events-2019/
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Monday, August 25, 2014
MUSICAL NEWS: Hudson Theatricals presents Suburban Showgirl, an inspirational one-woman tour de force written by and starring Palmer Davis, Sundays at 7:00 pm, Aug 31 – Sept 28. In the show, Davis creates the character Wendy Walker - wife, mother of two, and professional dancer - whose life is not turning out quite the way she had hoped. While working as a magician’s assistant in Las Vegas, a backstage mishap forces Walker to evaluate her life like never before…in the five minutes before curtain! During an emotional journey through her past, Walker relives some of her most pivotal moments… and comes to a decision that will change her life perspective forever. Coping with the unpredictable demands of career and family, Wendy Walker’s journey takes her down a path to self-acceptance, and the strength and courage to…”just be.” Click Here for tickets or call (323) 960-7784.
Lost the Musical: We Have To Go Back, written by Steven Christopher Parker & Steven Brandon has announced its cast. The unauthorized parody of LOST will feature Brielle Batino, Ben Burch, Will Choi, Frank Crim, Tyler Courtad, Sarah Jayne Daquioag, Eric Fagundes, Ryan Grassmeyer, Josh Hillinger, Katie Hotchkiss, Randy Wade Kelley, Cat LaCohie, Alex Lewis, Kahlie Metz, Ken Maurice Purnell, Kacey Spivey, Rajan Velu and Bruno Xavier, directed by Steven Brandon, with musical direction by DeReau K. Farrar and choreography by Heather Ashleigh Rivers. Lost the Musical will run Sept. 18 – Oct. 26, with opening night set for Monday, Sept. 22, (the ten-year anniversary of the LOST series premiere) at the Lillian Theatre, 1076 N. Lillian Way in Hollywood. Tickets: (323) 960-1055 or www.plays411.com/lost.
Panic! Productions begins its third season with the classic musical fable, The Fantasticks, Sept. 5 - 21, at the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks. The longest running musical in the history of the American theatre, The Fantasticks features music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones. This newly imagined, intimate production is directed and choreographed by Broadway veteran Joshua Finkel, with vocal direction by Diann Alexander and orchestra direction by Ben Ginsberg. Appearing in The Fantasticks are Katie Hume, Christian Thomas, John Gaston, Paul Panico, Robert Weibezahl, Jim Seerden, Andrew Metzger, and Michelle Miller. The Hillcrest Center for the Arts is located at 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Tickets: (805) 381-1246 or www.hillcrestarts.com.
NMI presents Frogs in the Living Room, a wild two-person musical about the tempestuous feud between architect Frank Lloyd Wright (Scott Guy) and arts patron Aline Barnsdall (Elise Dewsberry) and the bitter battle for the artistic soul of Hollyhock House on August 26 & 28. Rich patroness Aline Barnsdall dreams of building a spectacular house and theatre complex on top Olive Hill. She thinks with her money and artistic vision, she can control Frank Lloyd Wright to get him to build the house HER way. She’s wrong. The musical is based on the letters of the tempestuous relationship between two of the most powerful figures in the art world in 1919. NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601. Tickets: www.nmi.org/summer2014.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
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| L-R: Jeff Scot Carey and Jeffrey Christopher Todd. Photos by Bill Johnson. |
New Musicals Inc., in association with Celebration Theatre, is presenting the world premiere of The Max Factor Factor through August 31 at NoHo Arts Center. Michael Shepperd directs the story of two leading men from rival film studios (Jeff Scot Carey as Lance Grant and Jeffrey Christopher Todd as Hoyt Baxter) who fall in love during the 1930s Golden Age of Hollywood, a time when no one came out of the closet voluntarily. With Cordelia Goodwife (Heather Olt) from the Legion of Rectitude hot on their trail and looking to expose what she knows is a Hollywood scandal, the men must find a way to derail her while keeping their relationship under wraps.
Written by Adrian Bewley (book), Joe Blodgett (music), and Chana Wise (lyrics), the cast also includes Jessica Howell as Lance’s onscreen leading lady Alice Fern, Jessica Snow Wilson as Hoyt’s onscreen partner Clara Burns, Jordan Kai Burnett as troublemaker Eva Gallagher, with Stefan Rich (Johnny Strong), Kevin Michael Moran (Fred), Kevin McIntyre (Hank), Everjohn Feliciano, Trevor Shor, and Alex Boling. Musical direction is by Bryan Blaskie, choreography by Palmer Davis, costumes by Daniel Mahler, scenic design by Carlo Maghirang, lighting by Matthew Brian Denman, sound by Rebecca Kessin, and props by Michael O'Hara. NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA. Tickets: www.nmi.org or (818) 506-8500.
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Jessica Howell, Jeff Scot Carey, Jeffrey Christopher Todd
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Jordan Kai Burnett and her boys
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Jeff Scot Carey and Jeffrey Christopher Todd
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Heather Olt with Jeff Scot Carey, Stefan Rich, Kevin
Michael Moran and Jeffrey Christopher Todd
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Jessica Snow Wilson and Jeffrey Christopher Todd
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Trevor Shor, Alex Boling, Jeff Scot Carey and Everjohn Feliciano
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L-R: Kevin Michael Moran, Jessica Howell, Jeff Scot Carey, Trevor Shor,
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
MUSICAL NEWS: The Garage Theatre and Alive Theatre present Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera August 1-30 at The Garage Theatre. Often described as brutal, scandalous, perverted; yet humorous, hummable and with a happy ending, it is one of the earliest and most successful attempts to introduce jazz into the theatre. With musical direction by Ellen Warkentine (the mastermind behind LOLpera) and longtime director and managing director, Eric Hamme, this evening is going to get weird...that good kind of weird. The cast and band includes Robert Edward, Mark Piatelli, Ellen Warkentine, Ashley Elizabeth Allen, Thomas Amerman, Sarah Chaffin, Dana Benedict, Lysander Ruesehk, Jason Bowe, Stephani Keith, Lizzie Stride, Ethan Zahn, Sally Nguyen, Jeanine Van Dyke, Travis Guerrero, Matthew Proffitt, Daysmel Muniz, John Robertson, Alanah Ntzouras, Matt Kollar and Sumner LeVeque. Choreography is by Angela Lopez. The Garage Theatre, 251 E. 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90813. www.thegaragetheatre.org
A workshop production of It Happened in Roswell: an intergalactic musical will be presented as part of New Musicals Inc.’s summer series at NoHo Arts Center August 3 – 25. The story follows hard-nosed reporter Scoop who thinks he’s just chasing a story to save his sagging career. But when the alien turns out to be a wide-eyed sexy girl whom the Army wants to capture and dissect in the laboratory, well, Scoop discovers he’s in a big pickle: get the story, or get the girl? The cast includes Rory Dunn as the hard-nosed reporter, with Broadway’s Julie Tolivar as the alien. Nathan Ondracek plays a sweet 4F lad who has been too preoccupied trying to communicate with aliens to notice the love of his life, Bessie, right in front of him in the local diner. Deranged former military man Major Nails is played by John McCool Bowers. The cast also includes Amy Bloom, Emma Sperka, Emerson Boatwright, and Carrie Madsen. Music direction is by Ron Barnett. Co-directed by Terrence Atkins and Scott Guy. It Happened in Roswell is written by Terrence Atkins and Jeffery Lyle Segal. NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd, in North Hollywood. Tickets are $20 at www.nmi.org.
The Festival of New American Musicals presents an ASCAP staged reading of The Front, based on the 1976 Hollywood movie starring Woody Allen and Zero Mostel, August 19 and 20 at 7:30 pm. Barnsdall Gallery Theater, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90027. Music & Lyrics are by Paul Gordon & Jay Gruska; Book by Seth Friedman; Based on the screenplay by Walter Bernstein. Richard Israel directs the reading, with musical director Keith Harrison. Produced by Marcia Seligson and Michael Kerker. Associate Producer Linda Shusett. For free tickets RSVP to info@lafestival.org
EXTENDED: Chance Theater has extended its run of In The Heights through August 10 with six additional performances. The show was originally scheduled to close on August 3 but will now also play Thursday, August 7 at 8pm, Friday, August 8 at 8pm, Saturday, August 9 at 3pm and 8pm, and Sunday, August 10 at 2pm and 7pm at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center. Tickets: (714) 777-3033 or www.ChanceTheater.com.
SEASON NEWS: San Diego Musical Theatre has announced its 2015 season at its new home, the historic Spreckels Theatre in downtown San Diego. Shows will include:
West Side Story (Feb. 13 – March 1, 2015) directed by James Vasquez
Singin’ in the Rain (May 22 – June 7, 2015) directed by Todd Nielson
La Cage aux Folles (Sept. 25 – Oct. 11, 2015) directed by Larry Raben
White Christmas (Nov. 27 – Dec. 6, 2015) directed by Todd Nielsen
www.sdmt.org
FILM: In memory of an incredible talent, Arena Cinema Hollywood will screen the documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me for four showings only. In this bold, hilarious and poignant portrait, the uncompromising Tony and Emmy Award-winner is revealed both on and off stage. Candid reflections about her life are punctuated with words from friends (including James Gandolfini, Tina Fey, John Turturro, Tracy Morgan, Hal Prince, George C. Wolfe, Nathan Lane and Cherry Jones) and archival footage that showcases some of the great moments from her career. The 81-minute Sundance Selects film is directed by Chiemi Karasawa. Screenings takes place Sat. July 26 and Sun. July 27 at 3:00 pm; Tues. July 29 and Thurs. July 31 at 6:15 pm. Admission is $12.00. Arena Cinema Hollywood, 1625 N. Las Palmas Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028. (Entrance at rear gate.) Discounted parking is available with validation at lots adjacent to the venue and across the street. For more information, call (323) 306-0676 or go to http://arenascreen.com.
CONCERTS/CABARET: Kritzerland Tributes Female Songwriters Sunday, August 3rd at 7:00 pm at Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal starring Dan Callaway, Jennifer Kranz, Heather Lee, Lisa Livesay and Shannon Warne, with special guest Kay Cole and musical direction by Tom Griep. The show salutes musical theatre lyricists Carolyn Leigh, Lynn Ahrens, Marsha Norman, Gretchen Cryer, Fran Landesman, Amanda McBroom, and Carole Bayer Sager. Reservations: 818-754-8700.
UPDATE: Tony Award-nominee Obba Babatundé has been set to host Broadway Under the Stars at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre Aug. 16 at 8:00 pm. The Chris Isaacson Presents production stars Tony Award-winner Jennifer Holliday with Erich Bergen, Rogelio Douglas, Jr., Danny Gurwin and Chad Kimball. David Galligan will direct, and the music director is Gerald Sternbach. Purchase tickets by August 2 and save $5. Discount tickets are available by calling (323) 461-3673 or at www.FordTheatres.org.
The Grove Theatre in Upland announces a weekend of entertaining tributes to Elton John, Billy Joel and ABBA. On Friday, August 8th, at 8:00 pm, Terry Davies, “The Piano Man,” will present his personal tribute to greats Billy Joel and Elton John featuring a video as the backdrop that will take the audience through the story he sings. On Saturday, August 9th at 8:00 pm, ABBA FAB, featuring Anne Davies, Chelsea Faulds, Scotty Pearson and Nick Davies, performs its tribute to the music of ABBA. Comprised of vocalists and musicians who have toured the world as solo artists and band members, ABBA FAB has come together to create an extremely entertaining ABBA tribute. The Grove Theatre is located at 276 E. Ninth Street, Upland, CA 91786. Tickets: (909) 920-4343, or http://grovetheatre.com/.
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony has announced a celebratory concert to commemorate the orchestra’s 20th Anniversary on Sunday, September 7 at 7:30 pm at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Hollywood. LAJS will be joined by award-winning and critically acclaimed pianist, actor, playwright, producer, and composer Hershey Felder, who has written an overture specifically for this occasion. With the anniversary concert, LAJS will be making its 11th consecutive appearance in the Ford Summer Partnership Concert Series. Tickets: (323) 461-3673 or www.FordTheatres.org.
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Sunday, July 6, 2014
MUSICAL NEWS: Overtone Industries will share the stage at REDCAT with two other LA-based arts organizations during the kick-off weekend of the New Original Works Festival 2014 (NOW Festival), July 24 - 26. Overtone Industries will present the first glimpse of ICELAND, a new multidisciplinary music theatre work written, composed, and directed by Overtone Industries’ artistic director O-Lan Jones, in collaboration with Emmett Tinley, best known as front man for the folk-indie band The Prayer Boat. The contemporary story is set against a mythic backdrop, inhabited by elemental forces and ancient creatures that influence and guide the protagonists, Vala (Cesili Williams) and Mundur (David O). The piece explores the archetypal passage through the “dark night of the soul,” as the heroine and hero travel through a hidden world in order to find themselves and each other. This story is told through a visually fluid world, vertically and horizontally, using a chorus of multidisciplinary performers to create landscapes, weather, pathways, and flashbacks. Click Here for tickets or call (213) 237-2800.
REP East Playhouse in Santa Clarita is opening Return to the Forbidden Planet this week. The show runs July 11 - August 16. Written by Bob Carlton, the musical is very loosely based on the 1956 film Forbidden Planet which was a sci-fi version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest and features a score of rock n’ roll classics like “Great Balls of Fire,” “Good Vibrations,” “Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “Born To Be Wild.” While working late one stormy night, mad scientist Doctor Prospero develops an elusive formula that will change the world. Duped by his wife Gloria, he is sent light years into the future through hyper-space in an old spacecraft along with his daughter, Miranda. Fifteen years later, a routine survey flight under the command of the chisel-jawed Captain Tempest leaves earth’s orbit with a new Science Officer aboard. As a shower of meteorites hits the ship, the Science Officer flees, and the craft is pulled inexorably towards the plant D’Illyria - the Forbidden Plant where the adventure begins. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 Students/Seniors at www.repeastplayhouse.org.
Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre Group will present 4 performances of Creepshow Cabaret, Mia Morte’s dark, sexy and sinister burlesque side-show-spectacular, Fridays at 11:00 pm July 18 – August 8. The show features Mia Morte, Rynie Das Wreckless, Vincent Wolf, Darin Malfi, Joey Dynomite, Zachariah and MaliciouSid...The Greatest Show Unearthed! ZJU Theatre Group is located at 4850 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601. For reservations, call (818) 202 - 4120. Tickets are $15. www.ZombieJoes.com
New Musicals Inc., in association with Celebration Theatre, will produce the world premiere of The Max Factor Factor, August 1 - 31 at the NoHo Arts Center. Written by Adrian Bewley (book), Joe Blodgett (music), and Chana Wise (lyrics), it will be directed by Michael Shepperd and features a cast that includes Jeff Scot Carey, Jeffrey Christopher Todd, Jessica Howell, Jessica Snow Wilson, Heather Olt, Jordan Kai Burnett, Kevin Michael Moran, Kevin McIntyre, Stefan Rich, Everjohn Feliciano, Trevor Shor, and Alex Boling. The golden age of Hollywood, and two rival movie studios are in a heated battle for survival when their opposing leading men fall in love. Reminiscent of screwball comedies of the past, this new musical takes place in a world of artifice, backstabbing, lavender weddings, double-crossing starlets, and a moral crusader from the Legion of Rectitude, making it increasingly more difficult for the leading men to hold on to the one real thing each has ever found. NoHo Arts Center, 11136 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA. Tickets: www.nmi.org or (818) 506-8500.
The Last Five Years is coming to Chromolume Theatre July 18 – 27, Fri. and Sat. at 8:00 pm and Sun. at 2:00 pm. It is produced by Carly J Worden and Jason Klamm and directed by Brian Robert Harris. The story explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein (Michael Worden), a rising novelist, and Cathy Hyatt (Laura Zimmerman), a struggling actress. The show uses a form of storytelling in which Cathy’s story is told in reverse chronological order (beginning the show at the end of the marriage), and Jamie’s is told in chronological order (starting just after the couple have first met). The characters do not directly interact except for a wedding song in the middle as their timelines intersect. Click Here for tickets ($20). Chromolume Theatre is located at The Attic Theater 5429 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90016.
AUDITIONS: Performance Riverside will hold auditions for Legally Blonde the Musical directed by Roger Castellano on August 3 and 4 at Landis PAC in Riverside. 3:30 pm - 6pm (Equity) and 7pm Non-union. Equity Guest Artist Tier 2 agreement pending; professional pay for non-Equity actors. Rehearsals begin August 25 (Mon.-Thurs., Sat. & Sun. TBA) and the show performs Sept. 26-Oct. 5, 2014 at Landis Performing Arts Center, 4800 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA. For complete details and a breakdown of roles visit www.performanceriverside.org.
FILM CONCERT: La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts will offer a high definition screening of the rock & roll concert of the decade, Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day, to be broadcast on Friday, August 8 at 8:00 pm. (Recorded live in high-definition). On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London's O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band's signature blues-infused rock’n’roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin. Founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 16 songs from their celebrated catalogue. Tickets ($20): 562-944-9801 or www.lamiradatheatre.com
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
MUSICAL NEWS: La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts welcomes back the always hilarious Troubadour Theatre Company with their newest show, Abbamemnon, directed by Matt Walker, playing for one weekend only, Friday, August 1 - Sunday, August 3. This hysterical musical reimagining of the classic Greek tragedy Agamemnon, the sordid story of seduction and scheming, with the sweet Swedish sounds of the Seventies was a bona fide hit earlier this summer at the Falcon Theatre. Read my review HERE. Tickets range from $10 - $50 and can be purchased at www.lamiradatheatre.com or by calling (562) 944-9801 or (714) 994-6310. Recommended for ages 13 and up. La Mirada Theatre is located at 14900 La Mirada Blvd in La Mirada, near the intersection of Rosecrans Avenue where the 91 and 5 freeways meet. Parking is free.
Tonya Harding The Musical returns to Upright Citizens Brigade Theater for two more performances on July 3, and July 22. The musical comedy is a new take on the infamous Tonya Harding, told from her point of view, that chronicles her journey from living in Portland with her mother, to rising to stardom after winning the ‘91 nationals, right into the crazy media storm of the 1994 Winter Olympics. The cast includes Stevie Nelson, Mano Agapion, Mark Rennie, Ben Parks, Ariana Lenarsky, Erika Heidewald, Dan Amerman, and Dina Zugec, directed by Steve Szlaga, and features music by Manny Hagopian and script & story by Jesse Esparza. Click Here for tickets.
FRINGE AWARDS/EXTENSIONS: The Encore! Producers’ Awards return for the fifth year with extended runs of the best of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, running July 5-31, 2014 at eight Hollywood venues. Musicals extended include Bronies: The Musical (which also won a Best Musical Award), Zombies from the Beyond, Giraffenstein, Belli Gemelli: An Opera Sitcom, RSVP: RIP, Snow White the Musical, The Last Five Years, Rapture, Fancy: Secrets From My Bootydoir (Best Cabaret/Variety Award), Lydia Trueblood: The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast, and The Cave: A Folk Opera. For a complete list of awards and extended shows, go to www.hollywoodfringe.org/learn/article/1578.
MUSICAL BIZ CONFERENCE: New Musicals Inc. has announced the panelists for its fifth biennial Biz of the Musical Theatre Biz Conference, set for July 18-20 in North Hollywood. Those who will be speaking on a variety of topics include: John Caird (director, Les Misérables; writer, Jane Eyre, Daddy Long Legs), Randy Johnson (writer/director, A Night with Janis Joplin; original producer, Always, Patsy Cline), Michael Alden (Broadway producer, Grey Gardens), David Bryant (Broadway producer, A Tale of Two Cities), Karyl Lynn Burns (producing artistic director, The Rubicon Theatre), Sheldon Epps (artistic director, Pasadena Playhouse), Paul Gordon (lyricist/composer, Daddy Long Legs, Jane Eyre), Dana Harrel (creative executive director, Walt Disney Imagineering), Daniel Henning (founding artistic director/producer, The Blank Theatre Company), Michael Jackowitz (Broadway producer, How to Succeed..., Tuck Everlasting), Michael A. Kerker (ASCAP director of musical theatre), Terence McFarland (executive director, LA Stage Alliance), Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda (Striking 12, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, Beautiful Poison), Heather Provost (Broadway/film/ TV producer), Cheri Steinkellner (Tony nominated bookwriter, Sister Act), Michael Weiner & Alan Zachary (First Date, Second Hand Lions), Michael R. Blaha (entertainment lawyer, producer), and Cate Caplin (award winning LA director/choreographer). For a complete schedule of conference events, visit www.nmi.org/develop/conference.
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