New musical fest includes Piece
Set for Oct. 8-9 at New World Stages, the industry-only NAMT fest hosts producers, reps from regional theaters and other NAMT members for a two-day look at 45-minute segments of eight developing musicals. [read more]

NAMT Festival of New Musicals
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) has announced the official selections for its 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals to be held at New World Stages (340 West 50th St between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Sunday, October 8 and Monday, October 9, 2006. [read more]

Adriane Lenox, Shoshana Bean, Rachel York and Emily Skinner Set for Piece Workshop
A by-invitation-only workshop of Scott Alan and Tara Smith's new musical Piece will be presented Nov. 1, 3 and 4 at The Duke Theatre on West 42nd Street. [read more]

Recent Aida Star to Be Part of Reading of New Musical Piece
Lisa Brescia, who was the final actress to portray Amneris in the long running Disney musical Aida, will be part of the cast of the upcoming reading of the new musical Piece. [read more]

New works tunes up: San Fran company has new take on tuners
Everything about developing new musicals is time-, labor- and money-intensive. So when a regional theater like the Bay Area's TheatreWorks makes a commitment to do just that -- and to mainstage at least some of the musicals it incubates -- composers, playwrights and lyricists nationwide take notice. [read more]