26th Annual NAMT Festival Set

9/16/2014 12:37pm


The National Alliance For Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced the all-star lineup of directors and musical directors participating in the 26th Annual Festival of New Musicals on Thurs Oct 23 and Friday Oct 24 at New World Stages (340 West 50th St). BEAUTIFUL POISON will be directed by David Armstrong with Ian Eisendrath serving as musical director with Music by Brendan Milburn, Lyrics by Valerie Vigoda, and a Book by Duane Poole. CUBAMOR will be directed by Kent Nicholson with Jerome Korman  serving as musical director. "Cubamor" features a Book and Lyrics by James D Sasser and Music and Lyrics by Charles Vincent Burwell. GREAT WALL will be directed by  Chris Gattelli with Music and Lyrics by Kevin So, a Book by Kevin Merritt, and creative consulting by David Henry Hwang. MARY MARIE will be directed by Daniella Topol with a Book and Lyrics by Chana Wise and Music by Carl Johnson.  THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES will be directed by Lonny PriceAndy Einhorn will serve as musical director with a Book and Lyrics by Christopher Dimond and music by Michael Kooman. STRING will be directed by Marc Bruni with Matt Castle as musical director. "String" features Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon and a book by Sarah Hammond. STU FOR SILVERTON will be directed by Andrew Russell.  "Stu For Silverton" has a Book by Peter Duchan, Music and Lyrics by Breedlove, and is based on the story of Stu Rasmussen and the town of Silverton, Oregon. HOW TO BREAK will be directed by Tamilla Woodard with a Book by Aaron Jafferis, Lyrics by Mr Jafferis and Rebecca Hart, and Music by Ms Hart and Yako 440. The musical director will be Jon Spurney. For more information, please visit www.namt.org/festival. Press contact: Matt Ross PR (212/756-1248)...