Isaac Robert Hurwitz (NYMF Executive Director & Producer) announces that the musical Wood has sold out its initial run and that an additional performance has been added Sunday, September 21 at 4:30pm.
Wood stars Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman (The Producers) and Jason Michael Snow (Saved!) and features music by Julianne Wick Davis, with book and lyrics by Dan Collins and choreography by Andrew Parkhurst. Thomas Caruso (Off-Broadway’s Mimi Le Duck, Bingo) directs.
“I am thrilled to announce that Wood is our first show to sell out its initial six performances. With the many successful commercial productions that have come from NYMF in previous years, I’m excited by how much potential this year has in store,” Hurwitz said.
Other top selling shows and shows with sold out performances include Hunter Foster & Rick Crom’s Bonnie & Clyde: A Folktale; Drew Fornarola and Scott Elmegreen’s COLLEGE: the Musical; James Millar and Peter Rutherford’s The Hatpin; Matthew Loren Cohen’s Jason and Ben; and Matt Prager’s She Can’t Believe She Said That!
The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year with 24 full productions, a dance series, a developmental series, concerts and special events. Since its inception in 2004, this three-week annual festival has premiered more than 130 new musicals – many of which have gone on to award-winning productions in New York, in regional theaters and on tour in 38 states, and nine countries worldwide. NYMF 2004 hit Altar Boyz has played well over 1,000 performances Off-Broadway and spawned two National Tours; fellow NYMF alum [title of show] recently opened to rave reviews at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway; Nerds is coming to Broadway this Spring; and Off-Broadway audiences will soon see My Vaudeville Man. This year’s Festival will begin September 15th and continue through October 5th.
Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) exists to revitalize one of America’s greatest art forms by discovering, supporting and promoting new musical theater artists, producers, and projects, and by introducing a diverse audience to the vibrancy of contemporary musical theater.
Widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery, NYMF is the flagship program of The National Music Theater Network, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, and is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com, and is supported by amNewYork, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, BroadwayBox.com, BroadwayInsider.com, Frank & Camille's Fine Pianos, HX Magazine, Jossip.com, King Displays, Queerty.com, Manhattan Movement & Arts Center, Metromix.com, The New York Blade, Next Magazine, Panasonic Astrovision, Tekserve, TheMENEvent, VOGA Italia, and The Zipper Factory. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Tickets for all NYMF productions are on sale now and can be purchased at www.nymf.org or by calling 212-352-3101
