Photo Flash: 12TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW MUSICALS at Goodspeed Opera House

Every musical got its start somewhere-for many, it was at Goodspeed. This past weekend, Connecticut audiences got the chance to see the next big hit at Goodspeed's Twelfth Annual Festival of New Musicals. Hundreds of musical theatre lovers gathered on the Goodspeed campus for staged readings of brand new works as the brightest new writers and performers collaborate to create the future of America's greatest art form.

Check out photos from the festival below!

For more information, visit www.goodspeed.org.

Photo credit: Diane Sobolewski

Matthew Lee Robinson

Matthew Lee Robinson

Mark Sonnenblick

Mark Sonnenblick and Garry Owens

Mark Sonnenblick and Garry Owens

Writers of New Musicals

Daniel Zaitchik

Daniel Zaitchik

Michael O'Flaherty

Zack Zadek

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Daniel Goldstein and Dawn Landes

Daniel Zaitchik

Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis

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