NYMF Awards Gala

Honoring
A New Generation of Broadway Producers

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Each November, the New York Musical Theatre Festival holds The NYMF Awards Gala to honor the award winning performers, authors, and shows from the year's Festival, and to raise money for the following year. Click here for a full list of the 2007 winners!

This Gala is a major fundraising tool for the Festival, and an important way to honor those in our field who are dedicated to advancing musical theatre.

Please join us and your peers in the commercial theatre industry in celebrating a new generation of producers and artists.

6:00pm Cocktails and Silent Auction

7:00pm Dinner

8:30pm Awards Presentation & Performances

10:00pm VIP After Party

Hudson Theater 145 West 44th St. New York, NY

Festive Attire

	Our *2006 Awards Gala* honored Kevin McCollum with performances by Sutton Foster and Beth Leavel, as well as the song, "You Can't Be the Man in the Chair" written especially for the occasion.
The NYMF 2006 Awards for Excellence were given in the following categories: Excellence in Direction and Excellence in Choreography, Outstanding Individual Performance, Most Promising New Work, Excellence in Design, Excellence in Writing (Book, Music, Lyrics) and Outstanding Ensemble Performance.

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Since 2004, The New York Musical Theatre Festival has established itself as the key source for new material and talent discovery in the world of musical theatre. We are dedicated to helping musical theatre continue to thrive in the 21st century and are thrilled to honor three Broadway producers who have a similar mission. Our honorees tonight are all committed to producing new musicals on Broadway and, like NYMF, are on the forefront of the musical theatre revolution.

Producer of Broadway's Xanadu, Robert began acquiring the stage rights in 2002. During that period he produced three films--Bumping Heads, Book of Love and WTC View. Prior to stalking the five Xanadu rights holders and Douglas Carter Beane, Robert worked at Paramount Pictures and also in theatre in NYC on Full Gallop, Never the Sinner, and The Diary of Ann Frank. He began his career in Bill Rockford's project finance group at the Chase Manhattan Bank and graduated from Cornell.

Pun is a founding partner in ZenDog Productions and his Broadway credits include Glengarry Glen Ross (2005 Tony Award) and Spring Awakening (Drama Desk and Tony Awards). He has also worked on the West End as Associate Producer on Fiddler on the Roof. Pun is an actor and MFA graduate of the Yale School of Drama. ZenDog's short film The Hidden was a finalist in the 27th annual Asian American International Film Festival.

Jennifer's Broadway credits include Spring Awakening (Drama Desk and Tony Award), Legally Blonde, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life and Off Broadway's I Love You Because. She is currently developing the musical Writing Arthur. Jennifer was the Coordinating Producer of As the World Turns from 1999-2006, where her producing team won the Emmy Award twice. She has just finished producing the film See You In September and is in development for the film Harlem, a movie musical she wrote.

Melinda Atwood
Sharon Fallon
Ralph and Calla Guild
Vicki Halmos
David Hurwitz and Claudia Fine
Square Peg Productions
Jaimie Mayer
Brad Rubenstein
Jill E. Jaysen
Sam Rudy
Marcus Cheong

Thanks to:

ASCAP, Anni Kuan, As The World Turns, Backstage, Lillian and Maurice Barbash, Susan Barbash, Blue Point Brewing Company, BMI, The Cartoon Network/Phyllis Ehrlich, Chanterelle, Chelsea Piers, The Colbert Report, Michele Crowley, Crunch, D'Agostinos, The Daily Show, Karen Davidov, The Film Forum, Foragers Market, Foster Entertainment, Freeze 24/7, Gil Ferrer Salon, The Guggenheim Museum, IFC Center, Integrity Financial Partners, IZZE, Sharon King, Legally Blonde, Michael Lexton, The Long Island Ducks, Manhattan Fruitier, Mark Garrison Salon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, Neon Shop/Kenny Greenberg, New York City Opera, New York Magazine, The Paley Center for Media, Patina Restaurant Group/Rock Center Cafe, Playwrights Horizons, Prospect Theater Company, Steve Rosen, Second Stage Theatre, Smart Workout, Spring Awakening, Stonekelly Inc, Regal Cinemas, Tony's Di Napoli, Variety, Verizon, Xanadu