NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation Concerts
ATTENTION RISING STARS...
AUDITIONS COMING SOON!
This is the chance to win your moment in the spotlight! Stay tuned for audition information for the 2009 NYMF'S NEXT BROADWAY SENSATION!
Not sure what this is, what opportunity awaits, or if you're even qualified? Scroll down below for info from last year's competition.
And keep checking into NYMF for updates on 2008's winner Shawna M. Hamic! Missed last year's competition? Don't sweat it! Our sponsor theatremania.com captured all the high belting performances!
NYMF'S NEXT BROADWAY SENSATION HISTORY
Sponsored by TheaterMania, NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation, formerly known as Broadway Idol, returned for Round 3 in 2008! Produced by The New York Musical Theatre Festival, this talent competition seeks to find the newest musical theatre star with the help of special celebrity judges, our fancy musical director Christopher D. Littlefield and director David F. Chapman, and audience votes.
NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation is open to singers aged 18 and over who have tons of Broadway flair but no Broadway credits. This year's competition was held Fridays, September 19th and 26th during the Festival at The Zipper Tavern at 11pm, with the grand finale happening on Friday, October 3rd at The Zipper Theatre. At the final showdown, Shawna M. Hamic beat out NNBS finalists Mike Harrison and Omar Lopez-Cepero for the audience fav vote and walked away with the Broadway Sensation title. The proceedings were hosted by Kate Shindle and all captured live by TheaterMania, which sponsored the competition and webcast the finals.
In 2007, the competition was held at Stitch Bar & Lounge on Friday nights during the festival; the three themed rounds included "My Favorite Things" where contestants sang their favorite tunes from any Broadway show, "Broadway Rocks!" where remaining contestants sang a rock song from a Broadway show, and "Star to Be" where the finalists sang one song from a Broadway show pre-Oklahoma! and one song from a Broadway show post-Hair.
Celebrity judges including Anthony Rapp, Marc Shaiman, Lonny Price, Manoel Felciano, and Stephanie D'Abruzzo advised the crowd before they text messaged in their votes.
2007 winner, George Psomas, beat out nine other contestants to win his very own cabaret concert and the title of Broadway Idol 2007 -- and shortly thereafter made his Broadway debut in SOUTH PACIFIC! Psomas, a native of Wyckoff, NJ and a graduate of Muhlenberg College, won the 2007 competition with renditions of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" from Roberta, and "Being Alive" from Company. Psomas' regional credits include Judas in Godspell, Rocco in Once Upon a Time in New Jersey, and Levi in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His debut solo concert performance was held on August 4, 2008 at the Zipper Factory Theatre in midtown.
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