NYMF Announces Spring Concert Series
Posted by NYMF on 2:26 pm Mar 2nd, 2007(More news)
Broadway Idol winner Jac Huberman
The New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced its first-ever Spring Concert series, featuring 4 different shows from March through June – beginning with "More Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds" on Monday, March 26 at the Zipper Theatre (336 West 37th Street). Jaclyn Huberman, the first-ever winner of NYMF’s 2006 "Broadway Idol" will perform an evening of songs on May 8 and 13 at Ars Nova Theatre (511 W. 54th Street). Kicking off the Next Link Launch Weekend is the "Broadway Battle of the Bands" on Friday, May 18 (at a location tba), and "Undercover Showtunes" in mid June at The Zipper Theatre.
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NYMF Executive Director Kris Stewart and Executive Producer Isaac Robert Hurwitz said, “It is really important for us to start making NYMF a year-round endeavor. We want to kick things off for 2007 with a series of concerts that celebrate all the things we want NYMF to be about – musical theatre as something unexpected, youthful and exciting.”
"More Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds", the first in a series of concerts by the New York Musical Theatre Festival, will take place Monday, March 26 at the Zipper Theatre, 7pm. Broadway and Off-Broadway's best take on the songs of pop sensation Ben Folds, whose offbeat cast of characters, biting lyrics and virtuosic melodies have rocked and touched the music world for over a decade. General admission tickets are $50. V.I.P. tickets with a post-show reception with the cast $90.
"Broadway Idol" is set for May 8 and 13. NYMF’s first-ever 'Broadway Idol' winner Jaclyn Huberman will perform a solo concert at Ars Nova. Tickets are $20.
"Broadway Battle of the Bands" will take place on Friday, May 18. Many of musical theatre’s most popular artists play in established bands in the NY area, and this May, NYMF’s gonna round ‘em up for a good old-fashioned play-off, high-school style. It’s a bang-up Bandapalooza blow-out – the perfect kickoff to NYMF’s Next Link Launch Party Weekend (May 18 – 20), three days of networking, seminars and work sessions designed to help writers, directors and producers get their shows on the right track as they start down the road to NYMF 2007.
"Undercover Showtunes" is set for the Zipper Theatre in the middle of June. ‘Eleanor Rigby’ ‘Captain Fantastic’ ‘Major Tom’ ‘Roxanne’. Some of history’s best showtunes didn’t actually come from musicals. This June, NYMF surveys the entire pop/rock canon and picks out an evening of its best characters, stories and storytellers, taken on by the best performers in New York. Spanning the rich, poignant characters created by The Beatles, Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Stephin Merritt, The Decemberists and dozens more, NYMF will show musical theatre and pop-music lovers once and for all that maybe, just maybe ... y’all aren’t as different as you think.
For tickets to "More Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds" and "Broadway Idol," or for more information on the NYMF Spring Concert Series call 212-352-3101 or click here.
NYMF’s 2007 Spring Concert Series is co-sponsored by www.BroadwayWorld.com and by amNewYork, as part of its “Artist Now” Series.
"More Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds", the first in a series of concerts by the New York Musical Theatre Festival, will take place Monday, March 26 at the Zipper Theatre, 7pm. Broadway and Off-Broadway's best take on the songs of pop sensation Ben Folds, whose offbeat cast of characters, biting lyrics and virtuosic melodies have rocked and touched the music world for over a decade. General admission tickets are $50. V.I.P. tickets with a post-show reception with the cast $90.
"Broadway Idol" is set for May 8 and 13. NYMF’s first-ever 'Broadway Idol' winner Jaclyn Huberman will perform a solo concert at Ars Nova. Tickets are $20.
"Broadway Battle of the Bands" will take place on Friday, May 18. Many of musical theatre’s most popular artists play in established bands in the NY area, and this May, NYMF’s gonna round ‘em up for a good old-fashioned play-off, high-school style. It’s a bang-up Bandapalooza blow-out – the perfect kickoff to NYMF’s Next Link Launch Party Weekend (May 18 – 20), three days of networking, seminars and work sessions designed to help writers, directors and producers get their shows on the right track as they start down the road to NYMF 2007.
"Undercover Showtunes" is set for the Zipper Theatre in the middle of June. ‘Eleanor Rigby’ ‘Captain Fantastic’ ‘Major Tom’ ‘Roxanne’. Some of history’s best showtunes didn’t actually come from musicals. This June, NYMF surveys the entire pop/rock canon and picks out an evening of its best characters, stories and storytellers, taken on by the best performers in New York. Spanning the rich, poignant characters created by The Beatles, Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Stephin Merritt, The Decemberists and dozens more, NYMF will show musical theatre and pop-music lovers once and for all that maybe, just maybe ... y’all aren’t as different as you think.
For tickets to "More Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds" and "Broadway Idol," or for more information on the NYMF Spring Concert Series call 212-352-3101 or click here.
NYMF’s 2007 Spring Concert Series is co-sponsored by www.BroadwayWorld.com and by amNewYork, as part of its “Artist Now” Series.
