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New Musicals Australia

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New Musicals Australia is a music theatre workshopping program founded in 2010 by Century Venues with the support of the Australia Council Music Board.

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History

New Musicals Australia was founded in 2010 by director and producer Kris Stewart, who also founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

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:

  • 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

    New Musicals Australia Wikipedia
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