NYMF Adds Kerrigan & Lowdermilk and 'Gay Agenda' To Lineup

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.  And now has added two additional concerts to its lineup: hailed as "perhaps the most important young writers in musical theatre today" by Talkin' Broadway, Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk bring their unique blend of pop and musical theatre to the Zipper Theatre on September 23rd. For the latest from the cutting edge world of musical theatre, enjoy mangled love ballads and disjointed showstoppers to delight the twisted, sentimental show queen in all of us. NYMF offers The Gay Agenda at the 45th Street Theatre on September 27th.

NYMF is an annual three-week event that has premiered over 130 musicals in its first four years - 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; Off-Broadway audiences will soon see return engagements of The Blue Flower and My Vaudeville Man.  This year's Festival will begin September 15th and continue through October 5th. Memberships combining charitable contributions with valuable, flexible ticket packages are available for purchase now at www.nymf.org. Members may purchase tickets now. Tickets for the general public go on sale September 1st.

Hailed as "the Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF is widely regarded as the essential source for new work and emerging artists, and is the largest musical theatre event in America. NYMF exists to revitalize one of America's greatest art forms by discovering, supporting and promoting new musical theater artists, and by introducing audiences to the vibrancy and diversity of contemporary musical theater.

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 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, Queerty.com, 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 NYMF productions are available now for members; individual tickets go on sale Sept. 1st and can be purchased at www.nymf.org or by calling 212-352-3101.

The complete concert schedule is as follows: 

The Gay Agenda
Micah and Nicholas, two harmonizing homos with their ears perked for the latest sounds in the cutting edge world of musical theatre, concoct mangled love ballads and disjointed showstoppers to delight the twisted, sentimental show queen in all of us. The Gay Agenda has a single goal: Complete and utter world domination through SHOWTUNES. Come. Listen. Be offended. Songs have never dripped with such innocent sass and biting satire.
WHERE: 45th Street Theater (354 West 45th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues)
WHEN: September 27th, 11pm

Prozak & the Platypus CD Release Party & Concert!
Come celebrate the release of Jill Sobule sings Prozak & the Platypus - a CD and Comic based on the rockjazzfolkambient musical she wrote with Elise Thoron. Hear acclaimed singer-songwriter Jill Sobule & band sing songs from the show, thumb the dazzling graphic novelette, enjoy special appearances by mammalia from the rock and theater worlds, or just crack open a yabbie and kick back in the mud-wallow with the titular web-foot. 
WHERE: The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues)
WHEN: October 2nd, 8pm

Prospect Theatre Company's 10th Anniversary Concert

Celebrate ten years of innovative new musicals from Prospect Theater Company!  Join Broadway stars and Prospect members in an anniversary retrospective of songs from shows including Illyria, Iron Curtain, Tock Tick, The Taxi Cabaret, The Tutor, The Pursuit of Persephone and many more...

WHERE: 37 Arts Theater C (450 West 37th Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues)
WHEN: September 21st, 9pm

Pasek and Paul in Concert
After becoming the youngest songwriters ever to win the Jonathan Larson Award last year, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Edges, White Noise) have been touted as two of the most refreshing voices in contemporary musical theater today. The boys take the stage with some of Broadway's hottest performers to rock The Zipper with their soul and pop-infused musical styling.
 WHERE: The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues)
WHEN: September 22nd, 10pm

The Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Contingent
Hailed as "perhaps the most important young writers in musical theatre today," Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk bring their unique blend of pop and musical theatre to the Zipper Theatre. Join Kait, Brian and some of the best new voices on Broadway for a laid-back evening of songs from Tales from the Bad Years, The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown, and more.  www.kerrigan-lowdermilk.com
WHERE: The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues)
WHEN: September 23rd, 10pm

Photo of The Gay Agenda by Kristen Diorio