2008 NYMF Musicals Announced
About half of the lineup of the 2008 New York Musical Theatre Festival has previously been announced: About Face, Bedbugs! The Musical, Castronauts, Cyclone and The Pig Faced Lady, Jason and Ben, The Jerusalem Syndrome, Love Jerry, To Paint the Earth, Twilight In Manchego and Wood.
Now the "Next Link" musicals, which are voted on by a jury of musical theater professionals, have been announced. While NYMF has yet to recapture the spirit of its first season, in which TITLE OF SHOW and ALTAR BOYZ premiered, it's still a heavy hive for new musical theater activity and is worth checking out come this September.
Some highlights:
Bonnie & Clyde
Book by Hunter Foster, music and lyrics by Rick Crom
"Bonnie & Clyde is a toe-tappin', gun-slingin', cross-dressin' romp through the Depression-era Southwest, where America's most famous criminal duo find themselves runnin' from J. Edgar Hoover and straight into each other's arms…as long as they don't kill each other first."
The Bubble: A Musical Dot-Comedy
Book by Karen J. Paull, music by David Pack, lyrics by Karen J. Paull and David Pack
"Welcome to Silicon Valley, circa 1991, a magical place packed with scooter parks, massage parlors…and 'options'…in something called…THE DOT COM. Nobody knows what it is but everybody wants a piece…"
College: The Musical
Book, music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen
"Endless parties. Skipping classes. Wii bowling. And…um…finding yourself? Welcome to College: The Musical, a slice of contemporary dorm life and one hook-up you WILL remember the next morning."
Fancy Boys Follies
Book and lyrics by David Pevsner, music by Michael Skloff, Jamie Forsyth, Michael Orland, Mark Hummel, Chris Lavely and David Pevsner
"Down and dirty meets brains and heart as five sexy men sing, dance and strip in this funny, filthy, fabulous low-rent Ziegfeld Follies…"
Idaho!
Book, music and lyrics by Morris T. Sheffield
"Yee-haw! Whip Masters, Jed Strunk, Manny Meany, Aunt Pearlie and the rest of the gang are rarin’ to introduce you to potato country's simplest pleasures — square-dancin’, spud-peelin’…and devirginizin' — in this razor-sharp spoof of one of Broadway's most beloved classics."
She Can’t Believe She Said That!
Book, music and lyrics by Matt Prager
"The original Kathie Lee-sical. Watch as our plucky heroine converts, cajoles and connives her way through churches, recording studios and one very special long-running talk show to national fame...and international infamy."
The Road to Ruin
Book, music and lyrics by William Zeffiro
"Welcome to The Road To Ruin (The 1928 Exploitation Musical)…where sex, bad mommies, worse daddies, bottled water and Christians conspire to bring down Little Sally Canfield, 'The Nicest Girl at Central High.'"
