2009 Festival Of New American Musicals Held April-July
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Mar 6, 2009
The 2009 Festival of New American Musicals, a four-month musical theatre festival, will be held in April through July, 2009, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson, Bob Klein, and Linda Shusett are the Executive Producers of the second annual Festival.
WHO LIVES? Chronicles Kidney Transplant Morality Issues
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Feb 9, 2009
Who Lives?, a morally complex play chronicling the 1960's anonymous citizens committee who determined the life-or-death fate of kidney patients applying for dialysis, will feature veteran stage actor and two-time kidney transplant recipient R. Martin 'Bob' Klein, along with other renal patient-actors.
Dance With Me, A New Festival Of Musicals Closes on 7/13
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 25, 2008
The Festival of New American Musicals which officially launched throughout Southern California on May 1 will officially end on July 10-13th with a staged reading of the new musical, DANCE WITH ME, based on the lives and romance of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. The Festival has included 158 performances of 43 musical theater events in 36 theaters stretching from Santa Barbara to San Diego, reaching an estimated 122,000 theatergoers.
Photo Flash: 'Norman's Ark' in LA
by BWW News Desk
- May 29, 2008
'Norman's Ark' is an unprecedented production that includes over 100 children from all over greater Los Angeles.
Festival of New American Musicals in Southern CA
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 14, 2008
The Festival of New American Musicals, a two-month musical theatre festival, will be held in May and June, 2008, throughout Southern California. Marcia Seligson and Bob Klein are the Executive Producers of the Festival.
Schwartz Launches L.A. Musical Festival
by James Sims
- Feb 28, 2007
The theatrical industry was abuzz Wednesday morning as a smattering of Broadway's most successful American composers gathered in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion's Founder's Room in downtown Los Angeles, kicking off the Festival of New American Musicals...