If I had a dollar for every writer or producer I’ve met who’s said: “I’m going to take my [insert your obscure, small, irreverent, etc show] to Broadway. It’s sure to be a hit because [insert Next To Normal, Spring Awakening, Book of Mormon, Rent] was a hit!” …I could practically fund each of their [...]

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It’s less than a week before the New Musicals Festival I’m producing at Village Theatre. Producing a festival with 6 new musicals, 14 writers, 126 cast members and a few dozen of directors, stage managers, music directors, and technicians is both incredibly wonderful and maddeningly stressful. I decided to get some advice from the man [...]

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It’s 19 days until Village Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals and if YOUR show was part of this year’s festival, you’d likely be doing several things in the next few days: – Staying in close contact with the on-site creative team to work out your festival week schedule – Finalizing the current version of the [...]

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