New Musicals Australia Explained

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.

References

1. http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/the_arts/music/music_theatre_update Australia Council Music Theatre update
2. http://www.nymf.org/Page.48.Staff 'Staff & Board', The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2010
3. http://newmusicals.com.au/content/about-us "About Us"

External links

• New Musicals Australia