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. [1]

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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. [2]

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: [3]

Venues

New Musicals Australia is operated out of a collection of entertainment spaces owned by Century Venues. [3]

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References

  1. Australia Council Music Theatre update, retrieved 15 August 2010.
  2. 'Staff & Board', The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2010, retrieved 15 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 "About Us", New Musicals Australia, retrieved 15 August 2010. Archived 29 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine