Educational Series
The 2007 NYMF-ASCAP Educational Series, featuring three weekly panels on the hottest topics in musical theatre today, provided festival attendees with an opportunity to learn from industry experts and current festival participants. All seminars were held at Barnes & Noble in Lincoln Center (1972 Broadway at 65th Street), and were free to the general public.
The New York Musical Theatre Festival's Educational Series is made possible through the generous support of the ASCAP Foundation and the Irving Caesar Trust.
Here's what the 2007 Series had to offer:
September 20th at 5:30PM
Someone Else's Story: Partnering with a Librettist |
Panel Gary Adler, Music and Lyrics, Altar Boyz Kevin Del Aguila, Book, Altar Boyz Michael Patrick Walker, Music and Lyrics, Altar Boyz Charles Gilbert, Music and Lyrics, Gemini The Musical Albert Innaurato, Book, Gemini The Musical Michael Korie, Lyrics, Grey Gardens |
| Moderator: Peter Filichia, Theater Columnist, Theatermania, New Jersey Star-Ledger | |
Unfortunately, there is no Match.com for composers and librettists. Fortunately, some matches are made in heaven. Find out how musical theater writers found the right yin to their yang and formed a writing team that produced one (or more) successful musicals. Learn what qualities attracted them to one another and find out how they manage to work on a day-to-day basis without strangling each other with piano wire.
| September 27th at 5:30pm On My Own: Authors producing their own work |
Panel |
| Moderator: Kris Stewart, NYMF Executive Director (Emeritus) | |
It’s not always easy for writers to break into the commercial and non-profit theatre scenes in New York, or anywhere else for that matter. Sometimes, it’s easier to write the show than it is to get it produced. Hear direct from musical theater writers (and agents and producers) about how they successfully learned to self-produce and get their career under their control, as they discuss the trials, tribulations, blood, sweat, and tears they poured into their work to see it reach a full production
October 4th at 5:30PM One Good Break: Emerging Writers on Their Way Up the Ladder |
Panelists Jeremy Desmon, Music & Lyrics, I See London, I See France Laurence O'Keefe, Music, Legally Blonde, Bat Boy Tom Kitt, Music, High Fidelity Andrew Gerle, Book and Music, Meet John Doe Marcy Heisler, Book and Lyrics, Ever After |
| Moderator: Michael Kerker, Asst. Vice President, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, ASCAP | |
The Golden Age of Broadway has long since past and, with it, the composers who wrote for that generation. Now, a new breed of composers and lyricists are forging their way into the 21st century by incorporating musical theater traditions with modern sensibilities. Find out what it’s like climbing the ladder of success from the perspective of young, emerging musical theater writers.
