Special Events
Mini-musicals. Fairy Tales. A musical history lesson. And the young voices of the next generation of musical theater performers. We've gotta get a bigger boat…AND WE DID – here's just a few more shows we HAD to make sure you got the chance to see!
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8Minute Musicals presents an evening of original short musicals created during NYMF 2010! Just 10 days before opening, 8 composers and 8 writers will be paired up and given a common theme as inspiration to create 8 new 8-minute musicals. With the help of 2 directors, 2 musical directors, and 10 performers, these freshly-created pieces are fully staged, rehearsed, and performed.
Schedule: Oct 4th, 7:00 pm, Oct 4th, 9:30 pm, Oct 5th, 7:00 pm, Oct 5th, 9:30 pm at American Theatre of Actors (Chernuchin)
Ten year-old Iris is having the worst day ever! She desperately wants to fit in with the popular “beautiful” girls and is willing to do whatever it takes… until things start to go wrong. Follow Iris as she learns that compromising yourself comes at a cost, popularity isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and the true meaning of the word “Beautyfull” is from the inside out.
Schedule: Oct 3rd, 1:00 pm, Oct 3rd, 4:30 pm at The Duke on 42nd
In 2003, Rosie O’Donnell founded Rosie's Broadway Kids, an organization devoted to using musical theatre to enrich the lives of New York City public school children who otherwise have limited exposure to the arts. Seven years later, their stories and experiences have been transformed into an original musical performed by the students themselves. Centered around a single day in a high school, My Life: Today is a window into the vibrant lives of the city’s youth.
Schedule: Oct 5th, 8:00 pm, Oct 6th, 1:00 pm, Oct 6th, 5:00 pm at The Duke on 42nd
Book and Lyrics by Jeff Lantos; Music by Bill Augustine
Fifteen year-old Abby must leave her family farm to work in the cotton mills of Lowell, MA. When she falls in love with the rich son of the mill owner, their relationship is tested by her involvement in the nascent labor movement. Performed by 30 children in 4th-6th Grade, this production is part of the STAR Program, a unique immersion program at Marquez Charter Elementary School in Los Angeles, in which students learn history by performing musicals written to illustrate important moments from the past.
Schedule: Oct 1st, 8:00 pm, Oct 2nd, 1:00 pm at The Duke on 42nd
