NYMF Announces 2010 Lineup

The seventh annual New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced its lineup, which includes 27 musicals, a developmental reading series, and special events. The festival, which runs Sept. 27–Oct. 17, will team up with South Korea's Daegu International Musical Festival for one production and will feature performances by participants in Rosie O'Donnell's arts program Rosie's Broadway Kids and by students from the Marquez Charter Elementary School in Los Angeles.

NYMF has premiered more than 200 musicals since it began in 2004, and more than 60 of them have gone on to award-winning productions across the U.S. and in several countries. Festival alumnus "Next to Normal" won three Tony Awards after opening on Broadway last year, as well as the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in drama.

Isaac Robert Hurwitz, the festival's executive director and producer, said in a written statement, "We are extremely excited with the unique variety of this year's festival offerings. It is essential for us to challenge ourselves to bring the best new musicals and events to our audiences and the New York theater community."

Festival memberships are on sale now, and single tickets go on sale Sept. 1. For tickets and more information, go to www.nymf.org.

The complete list of musicals:

"Above Hell's Kitchen" by Jonathan Spottiswoode
"Bloodties" by Ned Massey
"Fellowship!," book by Kelly Holden-Bashar and Joel McCrary; music by Allen Simpson; lyrics and additional material by Brian D. Bradley, Lisa Fredrickson, Kelly Holden-Bashar, Joel McCrary, Edi Patterson, Steve Purnick, Cory Rouse, Allen Simpson, Ryan Smith, Peter Allen Vogt, and Matthew Stephen Young
"Fingers and Toes" by Logan Medland
"Frog Kiss," book and lyrics by Charles Leipart; music by Eric Schorr
"The Great Unknown," book by William Hauptman; music and lyrics by Jim Wann
"The History of War," book by Chip Zien; music by Deborah Abramson; lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz
"I Got Fired: A Semi-Autobiographical Sort-of-True Revenge Musical" by Keith Varney
"Jay Alan Zimmerman's Incredibly Deaf Musical" by Jay Alan Zimmerman
"The Most Ridiculous Thing You Ever Hoid," book by Andy Seiler, Jim Beckerman, and Fred Wemyss; lyrics by Jim Beckerman and Andy Seiler; music by Jim Beckerman
"My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding" by David Hein and Irene Carl Sankoff
"Nighttime Traffic" by Alex Wyse
"Pandora's Box," book by Maria S. Schlatter; music and lyrics by Glen Roven
"Petrouchka" by Matthew Neff; music by Michelangelo Sosnowitz
"POPart: The Musical," book and lyrics by Daryl Lisa Fazio; music by Aaron McAllister
"Shine! The Horatio Alger Musical," book by Richard Seff; music by Roger Dean Anderson; lyrics by Lee Goldsmith
"Show Choir!–The Musical" by Donald Garverick and Mark McDaniels
"Special Letter," book and lyrics by In Seon Park; music by Chang Wook Ma
"The Tenth Floor," book by Sara Cooper; music and lyrics by J. Sebastian Fabal
"Tess: A New Rock Opera" by Annie Pasqua; additional book, music, and lyrics by Jenna Pasqua
"Therapy Rocks," book by Kaethe Fine, Nat Bennett, and Karen Bishko; music and lyrics by Karen Bishko
"Things as They Are," book and lyrics by John Dietrich; music by Jonathan Comisar
"Trails," book by Christy Hall; music by Jeff Thomson; lyrics by Jordan Mann
"Trav'lin," book by Allan Shapiro and Gary Holmes; music and lyrics by J.C. Johnson and friends
"V-Day" by David Rossmer and Steve Rosen
"Vote for Me: A Musical Debate" by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola
"Without You" by Anthony Rapp, featuring music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson