NYMF 2012 is supported by a grant from the Theatre Subdistrict Council, LDC
 

Taster's Menu

Want to see a NYMF show, but overwhelmed by choice? Finding your way through almost 50 different productions and special events and over 200 performances would be tough for anyone.

 

To help you along, all of us NYMFies here have decided to put together a “taste-test” list, so you can break down the festival into more bite-sized chunks. Browse through the menu or click on one of the categories below to go straight the section containing your new favorite musical!

 

Comedy
Histories
Period Pieces
Drama Non-traditional Musicals
Adaptations 
Romance
Cabaret/Revues
Political Themes
Fantasy/Science Fiction 
 Pop/Rock/Jazz/R&B Scores Dysfunctional Families
Family
 Gay Themes Dance

Autobiographies 

 
 

 

IF YOU LIKE romantic comedies, try...
Flambe Dreams

Himself and Nora

How Deep Is The Ocean?

The Two Month Rule

Happy Endings (Reading)

IF YOU LIKE outrageously funny situations, try...
American Vaudeville

Arnie the Doughnut

Flambe Dreams

The Groove Factory

He's Not Himself

How Deep Is The Ocean?

It's On!

Koberet

Le Cabaret Grimm

PICTURE INCOMPLETE, a one man musical

Re-Animator the Musical

The Two Month Rule

Howe and Hummel (Reading) 

IF YOU LIKE real drama in your drama, try...
A Letter to Harvey Milk

Baby Case

Central Avenue Breakdown

Foreverman

Living With Henry

Requiem for a Lost Girl

Rio

Shelter

Stuck

Swing State

Prison Dancer

Trouble

Zapata!

Reporting Live (Reading)

The Weaver of Raveloe (Reading)

IF YOU LIKE some serious romantic drama, try…
Foreverman

He's Not Himself

Living With Henry

Shelter

Stealing Time

Swing State

Trouble!

Marina (Reading)

Zelda (Reading)

IF YOU LIKE stories based on a true story, try…
Baby Case

Himself and Nora

Living With Henry

Prison Dancer

Really Bad Things

Requiem for a Lost Girl

Affair of Honour (Reading)

Reporting Live (Reading)

Zelda (Reading)



IF YOU LIKE fantasy world and sci-fi adventures, try...
A Letter to Harvey Milk

Arnie the Doughnut

Foreverman

The Groove Factory

How Deep Is The Ocean?

Le Cabaret Grimm

Living With Henry

Re-Animator the Musical

Stand Tall

Zapata!

Hungarian Nights (Reading)

Sidekicks (Reading)

IF YOU LIKE to bring your whole family to the show, try...
Arnie the Doughnut

He's Not Himself

It's On!

My Perfect Pet

Show Me Real

Stand Tall

IF YOU LIKE your musicals to really dance, try…
The Groove Factory

Prison Dancer

Rio

Show Me Real


IF YOU LIKE histories and biographies, try...
Baby Case (Lindbergh baby kidnapping)

Central Avenue Breakdown (jazz in 1940s LA)

Foreverman (a 400 year romance)

The Groove Factory (1990s NYC club scene)

Himself and Nora (James Joyce's literary career)

Really Bad Things (political scandals)

Zapata! (Mexican Revolution)

7:32 (Reading)

Reporting Live (Reading)


IF YOU LIKE concerts, cabarets, and revues, try…
6 - in Concert

AMERICAN VAUDEVILLE THEATER presents...TRAVESTIES OF 2012

Baby Case

Bashert

Cutting Edge Composers

Diamond Line

It's On!

Koberet

Le Cabaret Grimm

Part of It All: Introducing the New Generation

PICTURE INCOMPLETE, a one man musical

Requiem for a Lost Girl

Stealing Time


IF YOU LIKE musicals that really break the mold, try…
Baby Case

The Groove Factory

Le Cabaret Grimm

Requiem for a Lost Girl

Show Me Real


IF YOU LIKE pop, try…
Bashert

Le Cabaret Grimm

Living With Henry

Prison Dancer

Shelter

Stand Tall

Stealing Time

Stuck

Trouble

Sidekicks (Reading)


IF YOU LIKE rock, try…
Bashert

The Groove Factory

Le Cabaret Grimm

Living With Henry

Prison Dancer

Shelter

Stealing Time

Stuck

Trouble

 

IF YOU LIKE jazz and R&B, try…
Central Avenue Breakdown

The Sugar Hill Sisters (Reading)
 


IF YOU LIKE queer themes or sensibilities, try…

A Letter to Harvey Milk

Bashert

The Groove Factory

Koberet

Le Cabaret Grimm

PICTURE INCOMPLETE, a one man musical

Prison Dancer

Swing State

Trouble

Cruel Shoes (Reading)

Madame: The Musical (Reading)



IF YOU LIKE jumping into a time machine, try...
Baby Case (1920s USA)

Central Avenue Breakdown (1940s USA)

Foreverman (400 years in Europe)

The Groove Factory (1990s NYC)

How Deep Is The Ocean? (Jersey Shore)

Madame: The Musical (early 20th century Louisiana)

Prison Dancer (20th century Philippines)

Really Bad Things (20th century Washington DC)

Rio (Brazil)

Stand Tall (Biblical times...sorta)

Zapata! (20th century Mexico)

Affair of Honour (colonial America) (Reading)

7:32 (20th century USA) (Reading)


IF YOU LIKE adaptations, try...
A Letter to Harvey Milk (short story)

Arnie the Doughnut (book)

Himself and Nora (James Joyce's life's works)

Prison Dancer (Youtube viral video)

Re-Animator the Musical (H P Lovecraft, movie)

Rio (Oliver Twist)

Stand Tall (Bible)

The Weaver of Raveloe (Silas Mariner) (Reading)


IF YOU LIKE to talk about politics or social issues, try...
Baby Case

Central Avenue Breakdown

The Groove Factory

Living With Henry

Prison Dancer

Really Bad Things

Requiem for a Lost Girl

Shelter

Swing State

Zapata!

Color Blind (Reading)



IF YOU LIKE knowing that there are other families more dysfunctional than yours, try…
Baby Case

Central Avenue Breakdown

Flambe Dreams

The Groove Factory

Living With Henry

Prison Dancer

Really Bad Things

Requiem for a Lost Girl

Shelter

Swing State

Zapata!

Color Blind (Reading)