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!
IF YOU LIKE romantic comedies, try...
F#@king Up Everything
Lighter
Marrying Meg
My Scary Girl
Plagued – A Love Story
Seeing Stars
Whatever Man
IF YOU LIKE outrageously funny situations, try...
Deep Cover
Fantasy Football: The Musical?
Fat Camp
Gay Bride of Frankenstein
The Happy Embalmer
In Therapy With Celine
Judas & Me
Live! Nude! Girl!
Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas
One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
IF YOU LIKE satires, try...
The Last Smoker in America
Open the Dark Door
R.R.R.E.D.: A Secret Musical
IF YOU LIKE drama in your drama, try…
Academy
All Fall Down
Anjou, A Tale of Horror
Cross That River
The Cure
Hurricane
Max Understood
Mo Faya
Open the Dark Door
Punk Princess
Rainbow Around the Sun
Street Lights
The Toymaker
Under Fire
IF YOU LIKE falling in and out of love, try...
Count to Ten
The Cure
F#@king Up Everything
Gay Bride of Frankenstein
The Greenwood Tree
The Happy Embalmer
In Therapy With Celine
Lighter
Lorenzo
My Scary Girl
Open the Dark Door
Plagued – A Love Story
Liberty
Rated RSO: The Music and Lyrics of Ryan Scott Oliver
Seeing Stars
Sing, But Don’t Tell
IF YOU LIKE sci-fi, fantasy, or graphic novels, try…
The Cure
Gay Bride of Frankenstein
Max Understood
My Illustrious Wasteland
Nightingale and the Satin Woman
Whatever Man
IF YOU LIKE to bring the whole family to the show, try...
Count To Ten
Letters to Daddy, Jr.
Liberty
Marrying Meg
One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
Plagued – A Love Story
Seeing Stars
IF YOU LIKE pirouettes and kicklines, try...
Andy Warhol Was Right
Count to Ten
Encore
IF YOU LIKE histories and biographies, try…
Anjou, A Tale of Horror
Cross That River
Hurricane
Liberty
Lorenzo
The Toymaker
IF YOU LIKE revues, concerts and cabarets, try...
The Greenwood Tree
In Therapy With Celine
Liberty
Rated RSO: The Music and Lyrics of Ryan Scott Oliver
Sing, But Don’t Tell
IF YOU LIKE musicals that really break the mold, try…
Andy Warhol Was Right
Max Understood
Nightingale and the Satin Woman
One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
Open the Dark Door
R.R.R.E.D.: A Secret Musical
IF YOU LIKE pop, try…
All Fall Down
Deep Cover
Fantasy Football: The Musical?
In Therapy With Celine
Letters to Daddy, Jr.
IF YOU LIKE rock, try…
The Cure
Fat Camp
F#@king Up Everything
Gay Bride of Frankenstein
The Happy Embalmer
My Illustrious Wasteland
Open the Dark Door
Punk Princess
Rainbow Around the Sun
Whatever Man
IF YOU LIKE hip-hop and R&B, try…
Mo Faya
Street Lights
IF YOU LIKE queer themes or sensibilities, try…
Andy Warhol Was Right
Gay Bride of Frankenstein
The Greenwood Tree
Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas
Open the Dark Door
IF YOU LIKE jumping into a time machine, try...
Fantasy Football: The Musical? (New York, 1991)
The Greenwood Tree (An Ancient Forest)
Judas & Me (Jerusalem, Biblical Times)
Live! Nude! Girl! (Las Vegas, 1950s)
Marrying Meg (Scotland, 1603)
My Illustrious Wasteland (Hollywood, the not-too-distant future)
Nightingale and the Satin Woman (South America, Asia & Europe, Post-WWI )
Punk Princess (London & New York, Early 1980s)
Seeing Stars (New York, 1930s)
Under Fire (Central America, Late 1970s)
IF YOU LIKE adaptations, try...
Academy (Goethe’s Faust)
The Greenwood Tree (incorporates the text of William Shakespeare)
Judas & Me (the New Testament)
Marrying Meg (the play The Lass wi the Muckle Mou by Alexander Reid)
Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas (Frosty the Snowman)
My Scary Girl (the 2006 Korean film of the same title)
Nightingale and the Satin Woman (the 1978 fantasy novel Herr Nightingale and the Satin Woman by William Kotzwinkle and Joe Servello)
Plagued – A Love Story (Cinderella)
Under Fire (the 1983 Nick Nolte/Gene Hackman political thriller of the same name)
IF YOU LIKE sampling international flavors, try…
Anjou, A Tale of Horror (Mexico – performed in Spanish with English supertitles)
Marrying Meg (Scotland)
Mo Faya (Kenya – performed in English with Swahili)
My Scary Girl (Korea – performed in Korean with English supertitles)
IF YOU LIKE to talk about politics or social issues, try...
Lighter
Mo Faya
The Last Smoker in America
Open the Dark Door
Street Lights
Under Fire
IF YOU LIKE knowing that there are other families more dysfunctional than yours, try…
All Fall Down
Deep Cover
The Last Smoker in America
Rainbow Around the Sun
IF YOU LIKE showbiz stories, try...
Count To Ten
Deep Cover
Encore
Live! Nude! Girl!
Lorenzo
One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical
Punk Princess
IF YOU LIKE a night out with the girls, try...
Gay Bride of Frankenstein
In Therapy With Celine
Lighter
Live! Nude! Girl!
R.R.R.E.D: A Secret Musical
