Public concerts and cabarets showcasing our Festival alumni writers, reunions of Festival shows, NAMT fundraisers, and special nights out at productions of past Festival shows.
Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC
NAMT is excited to present a one-night-only event at Joe’s Pub in New York City offering a perfect mix of nostalgia and energy, blending the vibes of a summer backyard party and a live concert, featuring performances by Festival of New Musicals alumni writers. Join us for an unforgettable summer night!
Venus Cabaret at Mercury Theater Chicago
The Green Room 42, 570 10th Avenue, NYC (inside the Yotel, 4th Floor)
Guastavino's, 409 East 59th Street, New York, NY
On the evening of Monday, October 22nd at 7pm, we will kick off NAMT Fall Events week with a gala event to celebrate the 30th Annual Festival of New Musicals. We are delighted to announce that our amazing and deserving honorees will be Marleen & Kenny Alhadeff and New World Stages. Expect Broadway-caliber talent at Guastavino’s, a beautiful, uniquely New York venue, with plenty of food, drink and mingle time. (Dress code: festive!)
Our Gala honorees have each made significant impacts to the musical theater landscape. Marleen & Kenny Alhadeff are dedicated and eloquent ambassadors for the musical theatre field and wonderfully generous supporters of new musical development. NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals has proudly called New World Stages home for the last 15 years and they also are the home of Tony Award-winning, Guinness World Record-setting and Pulitzer Prize-earning shows.
254 W 54th Street, New York, NY
It’s been 10 years since The Drowsy Chaperone (Fest ’04) concluded its successful Broadway run, and Man in Chair is back to celebrate! The Drowsy Chaperone cast and creative team reunited for a one-night-only reunion concert to benefit NAMT.
New World Stages, 340 W. 50th Street, NYC
New York City Center, 131 W 55th St (btwn 6th & 7th)
NAMT’s guests attended a special concert presentation of this 1998 Festival show, plus a pre-show reception and talk with writer Kirsten Childs.
Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street, New York, NY
Celebrate the arrival on Broadway of Come From Away (Fest ’13), by Irene Sankoff and David Hein! Join us on Thursday, March 2 for a preview performance at the Schoenfeld Theatre, followed by a reception with members of the cast and creative team.
New World Stages, 340 W. 50th Street, NYC
This year’s writers will share some amazing songs from their shows that will NOT be heard at the Festival.
New World Stages, 340 W. 50th Street, NYC
This year’s writers will share some amazing songs from their shows that will NOT be heard at the Festival.
Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street (between Broadway & 8th Ave)
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Join us on March 30 as we turn the spotlight on four more of our Festival alumni: Adam Gwon, Michael Kooman & Chris Dimond, and Alan Schmuckler.
New World Stages, 340 W. 50th Street, NYC
This year’s writers shared some of the amazing songs NOT heard at the Festival.
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Featuring music from Rock Musicals by Joe Iconis, Kyle Jarrow, and from the writers of Lizzie.
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On April 28, 2014 Barbara Anselmi & Brian Hargrove (It Shoulda Been You, Fest ’09), Paul Gordon (Jane Austen’s Emma, Fest ’06; Analog and Vinyl, Fest ’13), and Ben Clark (The Circus in Winter, Fest ’12) shared songs from their NAMT Festival shows.
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY
Featuring songs from past Festival shows you already love and shows you are going to love, this once-in-a-quarter-century benefit concert celebrated 25 years of the NAMT Festival of New Musicals.
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On February 11, 2013 Andrew Lippa (Big Fish, The Addams Family, The Wild Party, John & Jen), Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner (First Date, Secondhand Lions), and Sara Cooper & Zachary Redler (The Memory Show) shared songs from their NAMT Festival shows.
Broadway at Birdland
On September 7th, 2009 we presented our first NAMT Songwriter Spotlight, at Jim Caruso’s Broadway at Birdland in New York City.
NAMT celebrated 20 years of the Festival of New Musicals on October 19, 2008 with a benefit concert in New York City.