New Musicals Australia
New Musicals Australia is a music theatre workshopping program founded in 2010 by Century Venues with the support of the Australia Council Music Board.[1]
History
[edit]New Musicals Australia was founded in 2010 by director and producer Kris Stewart, who also founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival.[2]
Panel
[edit]The program selects a number of original musicals by Australian composers, lyricists and bookwriters to be workshopped and presented to a selected panel of theatre professionals. This panel is also involved in the selection of musicals to be workshopped and includes:[3]
- Stephen Schwartz (Patron), composer and lyricist
- Peter Casey, musical director
- Kellie Dickerson, musical director
- Rodney Dobson, performer
- Neil Gooding, producer and director
- Roger Hodgman, director
- Karen Johnson Mortimer, director
- Jennifer Murphy, director and educator
- Guy Noble, musical director
- Peter Ross, producer and director
- Darren Yap, director
Venues
[edit]New Musicals Australia is operated out of a collection of entertainment spaces owned by Century Venues.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Australia Council Music Theatre update, retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ 'Staff & Board', The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2010, retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ a b "About Us", New Musicals Australia, retrieved 15 August 2010. Archived 29 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- New Musicals Australia Archived 2010-07-29 at the Wayback Machine