Neil Bartram

Offies Finalists Revealed as Awards Mark 15 Years
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2025

The finalists for the OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have been announced, as the UK’s foremost awards for independent theatre mark their 15th anniversary. Learn more here!

THE STORY OF MY LIFE Comes to Theatre444 in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 12, 2025

 Theatre444 will present new two-man musical; The Story of My Life with music & lyrics by Neil Bartram and a Book by Brian Hill. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Tim Edwards Joins UK Premiere of THE STORY OF MY LIFE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 4, 2024

Tim Edwards (The Book of Mormon, Wicked) will now co-star in the  UK premiere of the intimate two-person Broadway musical The Story of My Life.

George Renshaw and Markus Sodergren Will Lead UK Premiere of THE STORY OF MY LIFE
by Stephi Wild - Jul 30, 2024

George Renshaw and Markus Sodergren, who both attended Arts Ed Performing Arts School and performed in the recent hit production of Heathers the Musical, will play childhood friends in the UK premiere of the intimate two-person Broadway musical The Story of My Life.

UK Premiere of THE STORY OF MY LIFE Comes to Stage Door Theatre in September
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2024

Stage Door Theatre has announced the UK premiere of the intimate two-person Broadway musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE, with Music and Lyrics by NEIL BARTRAM and Book by BRIAN HILL, Directed by Robert McWhir.

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Reveals Residencies For 24 Writers Of Nine New Musicals
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 25, 2024

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat has revealed the residencies for 24 writers to develop nine new musicals. Learn more about the artists!

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Reveals Residencies For 24 Writers Of Nine New Musicals
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2024

For its 14th summer, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat is hosting 24 award-winning musical theatre writers of nine new musicals for nine consecutive weeklong residencies between June 23 and August 25. Each writing team will live in a private home in the Hudson Valley for one week to focus solely on writing their musical.

Have There Been Many Two-Person Broadway Musicals Before GUTENBERG?
by Jennifer Ashley Tepper - Oct 22, 2023

This time, the reader question was: Have there been many Broadway musicals starring only two actors, before Gutenberg! The Musical!?

Bartram & Hill's THE STORY OF MY LIFE to be Presented at Theater At Monmouth This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 22, 2023

Theater at Monmouth will open their 2023 Brave New Worlds Summer Repertory Season with Neil Bartram and Brian Hill's The Story of My Life.

Alpha Arts Institute at Sussex County Community College Presents THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY
by Stephi Wild - Mar 21, 2023

Alpha Arts Institute at Sussex County Community College will present its first college musical post pandemic. From Drama Desk Award nominees Neil Bartram and Brian Hill, “The Theory of Relativity” is a joyous and moving look about our surprisingly interconnected lives. 

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Hosts 16 Award-winning Musical Theatre Writers For Summer Residencies
by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2022

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat will host 16 award-winning musical theatre writers of eight new musicals for eight consecutive weeklong residencies between July 3 and August 28.

MTI Releases Dramatic Moments for Theater Educators
by Nicole Rosky - May 12, 2022

Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) announced the release of Dramatic Moments, the first product from MTI Classroom, which is an inspiring collaboration between theatre teachers, students, authors and industry professionals designed to elevate arts education. MTI Classroom lets theatre practitioners and fans engage with the shows and musical theatre authors they know and love.

THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY Opens At Bridgetown Conservatory Of Musical Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 20, 2022

Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theatre has announced the cast of its May 2022 in-person live production of The Theory of Relativity, by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill. The production will take place May 19 through May 22, 2022 in Bridgetown's new Black Box Theatre. After postponing the production in 2020, and again in 2021, Bridgetown has high hopes for a successful third try.

THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY Comes to The Players Club of Swarthmore
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2022

The show’s musical numbers use a playful treatment of the laws of physics as a background to the movement of human bodies and lives, as they attract, collide, couple and separate.  Individually and in harmony, the ensemble members sing of relationships beginning, ending, changing and enduring, and ultimately of our relationship to all the others in our world.  Oh, and to cats of course.

VIDEO: Watch the New Extended Trailer for BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
by Taylor Brethauer-Hamling - Nov 10, 2021

A new, extended trailer has been released for Bedknobs and Broomsticks in the UK!

BWW Review: BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS THE MUSICAL, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Nov 4, 2021

Enter a world of magic and fantasy as Disney’s classic movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks makes its world premiere as an exciting new stage musical.

Most Popular High School Plays and Musicals of 2020-21 Revealed!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 26, 2021

Find out what the most popular plays and musicals were in high school according to Educational Theatre Association’s annual high school play survey.

Photos: First look at Evolution Theatre Company's THE STORY OF MY LIFE
by Jerri Shafer - Oct 7, 2021

This heart-warming musical follows the friendship of Alvin and Thomas, two men from a small town. These lifelong friends are reunited after Alvin's mysterious death. In the abstract world of his mind, Thomas struggles to write Alvin's eulogy while recounting the many turns that their lives have taken since meeting as children. Alvin searches through the manuscripts and stories in Thomas' mind to lead him on a journey of remembrance. Through music and song, these two friends recount their adventures, explore their past dissonance and ultimately discover what is at the base of every strong friendship... love. In person and streaming, performances run October 7th thru the 16th, 2021 at the Abbey Theater of Dublin, 5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH 43017. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.evolutiontheatre.org/

BWW Review: THE STORY OF MY LIFE at The Marcelle
by Rob Levy - Oct 4, 2021

Emerging from the pandemic for their 30th season, New Line Theatre is welcoming audiences back to live theater with The Story of My Life, an emotionally powerful two-hander about memory, friendship, individualism and, the power of words.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE Comes to The Abbey Theater Of Dublin
by Stephi Wild - Sep 21, 2021

Evolution Theatre Company, Dublin's only professional theater company, brings to the stage Broadway performer Matt Clemens, and award-winning actor Joe Bishara, Theater Supervisor for the City of Dublin, Abbey Theater in a tour de force performance of the two-person musical, THE STORY OF MY LIFE, by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill.