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

New Musicals Australia was founded in 2010 by director and producer Kris Stewart, who also founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival.[2]

Panel

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

New Musicals Australia is operated out of a collection of entertainment spaces owned by Century Venues.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australia Council Music Theatre update, retrieved 15 August 2010.
  2. ^ 'Staff & Board', The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2010, retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. ^ a b "About Us", New Musicals Australia, retrieved 15 August 2010. Archived 29 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine