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National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 2005 Fest Commences Sept. 25
By Robert Simonson
25 Sep 2005
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre's 17th Annual Festival of New Musicals will begin its two-day run, open to alliance members and industry professionals, in Manhattan Sept. 25.
In recent years, the festival has developed a reputation as a pathway to production. According to an festival spokesperson, last year's event directly led to five of the eight shows securing productions. They were: The Drowsy Chaperone (to be done at the Ahmanson Theatre, November 2005), The Flight of the Lawnchair Man (Goodspeed Musicals, May 2005), The Girl in the Frame (Goodspeed Musicals, November 2005), Striking 12 (TheatreWorks Palo Alto, December 2004) and Winesburg, OH (The
Arden Theatre Company, October 2005).
This is perhaps why the cast of this year's shows feature Broadway and Off-Broadway-bred talent such as actors Fyvush Finkel, Hunter Foster, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Terrence Mann, Will Chase, Julia Murney, Christiane Noll, Donna Lynne Champlin, Billy Porter, Michael Rupert, Matt Farnsworth and Jodie Langel.
The directors trusted with piloting the lucky octet of shows are Lonny Price, Susan H. Schulman, Will Frears, Joe Calarco, Steve Minning, Lee Summers, Daniel Kutner and Lee Sankowich.
The eight selections for this year’s festival, with casting, are:
Ace
Book and Lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker
Music by Richard Oberacker
With Christiane Noll, Adam Monley
Directed by Steve Minning
Caraboo, Princess Of Javasu
Book by Marsha Norman
Lyrics by Beth Blatt
Music by Jenny Giering
With Celia Keenan Bolger, Andrew Lippa
Directed by Will Frears
The Funkentine Rapture
Book by Lee Summers and Ben Blake
Music and Lyrics by Lee Summers
With Billy Porter, Marva Hicks
Directed by Lee Summers
I Love You Because
Book and Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham
Music by Joshua Salzman
With Stephanie D'Abruzzo
Directed by Daniel Kutner
A Little Princess
Book and Lyrics by Brian Crawley
Music by Andrew Lippa
With Will Chase, Julia Murney
Directed by Susan H. Schulman
Meet John Doe
Book by Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman
Lyrics by Eddie Sugarman
Music by Andrew Gerle
With Donna Lynne Champlin, Michael Rupert
Directed by Joe Calarco
Party Come Here
Book by Daniel Goldfarb
Music and Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum
With Fyvush Finkel, Hunter Foster, Terrence Mann
Directed by Lonny Price
River's End
Book and Lyrics by Cheri Coons
Music by Chuck Larkin
With Matt Farnsworth and Jodie Langel
Directed by Lee Sankowich
The festival is funded by contributions to NAMT, a not-for-profit organization, and is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
A Sept. 25 Songwriter Showcase will be hosted by Rachel Sheinkin, Tony Award winner for Best Book of a Musical for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and a writer of Striking 12.
For those planning to attend one or more of the eight shows, the line-up is as follows:
Sunday, Sept. 25 (evening program):
6-7 PM: NAMT Songwriter Showcase
8-8:45 PM: A Little Princess
8-8:45 PM: The Funkentine Rapture
9:15-10 PM: Meet John Doe
9:15-10 PM: I Love You Because
Monday, Sept. 26 (morning-afternoon program)
10-10:45 AM: River's End
10-10:45 AM: Caraboo, Princess Of Javasu
11:15-12 PM: Party Come Here
11:15-12 PM: Ace
12:30-1:15 PM: Meet John Doe
12:30-1:15 PM: I Love You Because
2:30-3:15 PM: Party Come Here
2:30-3:15 PM: The Funkentine Rapture
3:45-4:30 PM: River's End
3:45-4:30 PM: Caraboo, Princess Of Javasu
5-5:45 PM: A Little Princess
5-5:45 PM: Ace
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