Since 1989, NAMT has presented over 200 new musicals to the theatre industry as part of its Annual Festival of New Musicals.
View photos of some Festival Shows that have gone on to prominent productions.
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2009 - Read more about the 2009 Festival Shows
BAND GEEKS!
Book by Tommy Newman and Gordon Greenberg
Lyrics by Gaby Alter and Tommy Newman
Music by Mark Allen, Gaby Alter and Tommy Newman
Concept by Tommy Newman
FACTORY GIRLS
By Creighton Irons and Sean Mahoney
HOSTAGE SONG
Book by Clay McLeod Chapman
Music and Lyrics by Kyle Jarrow
HOW CAN YOU RUN WITH A SHELL ON YOUR BACK?
By Michael Mahler and Alan Schmuckler
IRON CURTAIN
Book by Susan DiLallo
Music by Stephen Weiner
Lyrics by Peter Mills
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
Book and Lyrics by Brian Hargrove
Music by Barbara Anselmi
Additional Lyrics by Jill Abramovitz, Carla Rose Arnone, Michael Cooper, Ernie Lijoi and Will Randall
MEMORY IS THE MOTHER OF ALL WISDOM
Book and Lyrics by Sara Cooper
Music by Zach Redler
RIPPER
By Duane Nelsen
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
SOUTHERN COMFORT by Dan Collins & Julianne Wick Davis,
based on Kate Davis’ Sundance Festival Grand Jury Prize winning Documentary of the same name
WHILE I WAIT by Deborah Abramson & Amanda Yesnowitz
VENICE by Eric Rosen & Matt Sax, with additional music by Curtis Moore
CRAZY, JUST LIKE ME by Drew Gasparini
THE AVERAGEACHEIVERS CLUB by Benji Goldsmith & Jonathan Karpinos
THE BLACK SUITS by Joe Iconis
THE GREAT AMERICAN RACE by Patrick Barry
POP! by Maggie-Kate Coleman & Anna K. Jacobs
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2008 - Read more about the 2008 Festival Shows
BARNSTORMER
Book & Lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis
Music by Douglas J. Cohen
BEATSVILLE
Music & Lyrics by Wendy Leigh Wilf
Book by Glenn Slater
Based on the Roger Corman film A Bucket of Blood
THE CUBAN AND THE REDHEAD
By Robert Bartley and Danny Whitman
THE LEGEND OF STAGECOACH MARY
By Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore
ORDINARY DAYS
By Adam Gwon
PAMELA’S FIRST MUSICAL
Book by Wendy Wasserstein
Lyrics by David Zippel
Music by Cy Coleman
Based on the book by Wendy Wasserstein, illustrated by Andrew Jackness
SEE ROCK CITY & OTHER DESTINATIONS
Book & Lyrics by Adam Mathias
Music by Brad Alexander
THE YELLOW WOOD
Book by Michelle Elliott
Music by Danny Larsen
Lyrics by Elliott and Larsen
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
A SUPERHERO by Marty Johnson & Jonathan Waller
ADAM LIVES by Rob Baumgartner
HAVING IT ALMOST by David Goldsmith, John Kavanaugh, & Wendy Perelman
HOMEMADE FUSION by Chris Dimond & Michael Kooman
HOSTAGE SONG by Kyle Jarrow & Clay McLeod Chapman
PEOPLE ARE WRONG by Robin Goldwasser & Julia Greenberg
UNLOCK’D by Sam Carner & Derek Gregor
VICTOR WOO by David Henry Hwang, Kevin Merritt & Kevin So
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2007 - Read more about the 2007 Festival Shows
THE BREAK UP NOTEBOOK: THE LESBIAN MUSICAL
Music and Lyrics by Lori Scarlett
Book by Patricia Cotter
CASEY AT THE BAT
Music by Gordon Goodwin
Book and lyrics byTom Child
TELL ME (f.k.a THE CHOCOLATE TREE)
Music by Marshall Pailet
Lyrics byA.D. Penedo
Book by Marshall Pailet and A.D. Penedo
THE GYPSY KING
Music and Lyrics by Randy Rogel
Book by Randy Rogel and Kirby Ward
KINGDOM
Music by Ian Williams
Book and Lyrics by Aaron Jafferis
THE STORY OF MY LIFE
Music and Lyrics by Neil Bartram
Book by Brian Hill
TINYARD HILL
Music by Mark Allen
Book and Lyrics by Thomas M. Newman
WRITING ARTHUR
Book, Music and Lyrics by David Austin
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
BEAUTIFUL CRIMINALS by AnnMarie Milazzo and Leigh Silverman
THE BLONDE STREAK by Dan Lipton and David Rossmer
BROTHER WOLF by Preston Lane and Laurelyn Dossett
EMILY by Richard Ouzounian and Marek Norman
HOW CAN YOU RUN WITH A SHELL ON YOUR BACK? By Michael Mahler and Alan Schmuckler
LUCKY LINDY by Barry Harman and Keith Herrmann
SAINT HEAVEN by Martin Casella, Keith Gordon and Steve Lyons
SECONDHAND LIONS by Rupert Holmes, Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
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2006 - Read more about the 2006 Festival Shows
DANGEROUS BEAUTY
Book by Jeannine Dominy
Lyrics by Amanda McBroom
Music by Michele Brourman
Adapted from the screenplay The Honest Courtesan written by Jeannine Dominy, released as the film Dangerous Beauty
Inspired by the scholarly book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal.
EMMA
Music, Lyrics and Book by Paul Gordon
JERRY CHRISTMAS
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Book by Daniel Goldfarb
JULIAN PO
A New Musical
Book & Lyrics by Andrew Barrett
Music by Ira Antelis
ONE STEP FORWARD
Music and Lyrics by Leslie Arden
Book by Berni Stapleton with Leslie Arden & Timothy French
Conceived by Timothy French
PIECE
Music and Lyrics by Scott Alan
Book by Tara Smith
SUNFISH
A New Musical
Book and Lyrics by Michael L. Cooper Book and Music by Hyeyoung Kim
VANITIES
A New Musical
Book by Jack Heifner
Music and Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum
Based on the original play Vanities by Jack Heifner
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
A BITE OF PARADISE by David Howard and Bret Simmons
ETHAN FROME: AN AMERICAN ROMANCE by Michael Ruby and Adam Gwon
FARAWAY BAYOU by Michael Milton, Margaret Dorn and Janie Barnett
IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU aka THE WEDDING PROJECT by Brian Hargrove, Barbara Anselmi, Jill Abromovitz, Carla Rose Arnone, Ernie Lijoi and Will Randall
JOYCE JACKSON’S GUIDE TO DATING by Scott Logsdon and Steve Marzullo
LONG SEASON by Chay Yew and Fabian Obispo
PLASTIC! By Robert Maddock, Joe Iconis and Reza Jacobs
ROCKWELL: LIFE ON A PALETTE by Eleanor Albano, Anthony Barnao and Ron Abel
THE STORY OF MY LIFE by Neil Bertram and Brian Hill
WRITING ARTHUR by David A. Austin
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2005 - Read more about the 2005 Festival Shows
ACE
Music by Richard Oberacker
Book and Lyrics by Richard Oberacker and Robert Taylor
CARABOO PRINCESS OF JAVASU
Book by Marsha Norman
Lyrics by Beth Blatt
Music by Jenny Giering
THE FUNKENTINE RAPTURE
Book by Lee Summers and Ben Blake
Music and Lyrics by Lee Summers
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
Music by Joshua Salzman
Book and Lyrics by Ryan Cunningham
A LITTLE PRINCESS
Book and Lyrics by Brian Crawley
Music by Andrew Lippa
MEET JOHN DOE
Music by Andrew Gerle
Lyrics by Eddie Sugarman
Book by Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman
Additional Story by Matt August
Based on the film by Frank Capra
PARTY COME HERE!
Music and Lyrics by David Kishenbaum
Book by Daniel Goldfarb
RIVER'S END
Book and Lyrics by Cheryl Coons
Music by Chuck Larkin
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
THE COSMOPOLITAN by Lance Horne, Lorin Latarro and Josh Rhodes
LOVE JERRY by Megan Gogerty
PIECE by Scott Alan and Tara Smith
SPRING AWAKENING by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik
THE UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAMANTHA BROWN by Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk
VANISHING POINT by Liv Cummins and Rob Hartmann
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2004 - Read more about the 2004 Festival Shows
CAMILLE CLAUDEL
Music by Frank Wildhorn
Book & Lyrics by Nan Knighton
Directed by Gabriel Barre
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Book by Don McKellar and Bob Martin
Music by Greg Morrison
Lyrics by Lisa Lambert
FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN
Music & Lyrics by Robert Lindsey Nassif
Book by Peter Ullian
Based on a concept by Robert Lindsey Nassif
THE GIRL IN THE FRAME
Music, Book, & Lyrics by Jeremy Desmon
A GOOD MAN
Music by Ray Leslee
Book & Lyrics by Philip S. Goodman
LANGSTON IN HARLEM
Book by Kent Gash, Langston Hughes, & Walter Marks
Music by Walter Marks
Lyrics by Langston Hughes
Directed by Kent Gash
STRIKING 12
Music, Lyrics, & Book by
Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda
WINESBURG, OHIO
Music by Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman
Book and Lyrics by Eric Rosen
Additional lyrics by Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman
Created in collaboration with Jessica Thebus
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
CARABOO by Beth Blatt, Jenny Giering and Marsha Norman
FROM MY HOMETOWN by Lee Summers, Ty Stephens and Herbert Rawlings, Jr.
HIGH FIDELITY by David Lindsay-Abaire, Amanda Green and Tom Kitt
OWL CREEK by Ben Cohn and Sean McDaniel
RIVER’S END by Cheri Croons and Chuck Larkin
THE SHAGGS: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD by Joy Gregory, John Langs and Gunnar Madsen
SLUT by Stephen Sislen and Ben Winters
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2003
THE AMBITION BIRD
Book, Music and Lyrics by Matthew Sheridan
BALLAD OF LITTLE PINKS
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Marion Adler
Book by Connie Grappo
HAROLD AND MAUDE
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Joseph Thalken
PRINCESSES
Book by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner
Concept and Lyrics by David Zippel
Music by Matthew Wilder
SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL
Book by Julia Jordan
Lyrics by Nell Benjamin
Music by Laurence O'Keefe
SWING SHIFT
Book by David Armstrong
Music Arrangements and New Music by Michael Rafter
New Lyrics by Mark Waldrop
TWO QUEENS, ONE CASTLE
Book and Lyrics by Jevetta Steele and Thomas W. Jones II
Music by William Hubbard and J.D. Steele
WAS
Book and Lyrics by Barry Kleinbort
Music by Joseph Thalken
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
BARNSTORMER by Douglas Cohen and Cheryl Davis
BONNIE AND CLYDE by Rick Crom and Hunter Foster
CHINESE HELL by Leon Ko and Robert Lee
CINDERELLA by Jim Luigs and Scott Warrender
DESPERATE MEASURES by David Friedman and Peter Kellogg
THE FLIGHT OF THE LAWNCHAIR MAN by Robert Lindsay Nassif and Peter Ullian
MIRACLE BROTHERS by Kirsten Childs
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER by Stephen Cole and Claibe Richardson
NOTES TO MARIANNE by David Rossmer and Dan Lipton
PARTY COME HERE by Daniel Goldfarb and David Kirshenbaum
THE RHYTHM CLUB by Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar
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2002
DUCKS AND LOVERS
Based on the play Ducks and Lovers by Murray Schisgal
Book by Peter Gootkind & Marni Goltsman
Music & Lyrics by Peter Gootkind
THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE
Based on the play The Enchanted Cottage by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
Book by Thomas Edward West
Music by Kim Oler
Lyrics by Alison Hubbard
LIL BUDDA
Words by Stephanie L. Jones
Music by Janice Lowe
Story by Janice Lowe & Stephanie L. Jones
ROMEO & JULIET: THE MUSICAL
Adapted from William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet
Music by Terrence Mann & Jerome Korman
Adaptation by Matthew Bennett
Originally Conceived by Terrence Mann
RUNNING MAN
Story & Music by Diedre Murray
Text by Cornelius Eady
Directed by Diane Paulus
THORSTEIN VEBLEN'S THEORY OF THE LEISURE CLASS
Suggested by the economic theories of Thorstein Veblen
Book & Lyrics by Charles Leipart
Music by Richard B. Evans
SONGWRITERS SHOWCASE
ADVENTURES IN LOVE by Charlie Shanian, Shari Simpson, Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler
THE BURNT PART BOYS by Nathan Tysen and Chris Miller
THE FABULIST by Stephen Witkin and David Spencer
LIKE YOU LIKE IT by Sammy Buck and Daniel S. Acquisto
MEMPHIS by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan
NORMAL by Cheryl Stern, Yvonne Adrian and Tom Kochan
RADIANT BABY by Stuart Ross, Debra Barsha and Ira Gasman
THE TAXI CABARET by Peter Mills
WAS by Barry Kleinbort and Joseph Thalken
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2001
ACTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF
Book by David H. Bell
Music and Lyrics by Craig Carnelia
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Book and Lyrics by John Jakes
Music by Mel Marvin
I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE
Book and Lyrics by Jeffrey Sweet
Music by Melissa Manchester
LETTERS FROM 'NAM
By Paris Barclay
MAKING TRACKS
Concept and Book by Welly Yang
Book and Lyrics by Brian R. Yorkey
Music by Woody Pak
THE MYSTERY OF THE DANCING PRINCESSES
Book, Music and Lyrics by Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner
PALM BEACH
Book by Robert Cary & Benjamin Feldman
Music by David Gursky
Lyrics by Robert Cary
THE SCREAMS OF KITTY GENOVESE
Libretto/Story by David Simpatico
Music by Will Todd
UG
Book by Jim Geoghan
Music by Rick Rhodes
Lyrics by Vivian Rhodes, Jim Geoghan & Rick Rhodes
WHEN THE RAINS COME
Book by Ann Mortifee & David Feinstein
Music by Ann Mortifee & Edward Henderson
Lyrics by Ann Mortifee
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2000
THE ARK
Book and Lyrics by Kevin Kelly and Michael McLean
Music by Michael McLean
CONVENIENCE
By Gregg Coffin
CUPID & PSYCHE
Book and Lyrics by Sean Hartley
Music by Jihwan Kim
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Book and Lyrics by Barbara Campbell
Music by Gary Schocker
GLIMMERGLASS
Book by Jonathan Bolt
Lyrics by Ted Drachman
Music by Douglas Cohen
HOT AND SWEET
By Barbara Schottenfeld
JOE!
By Dan Lipton & David Rossmer
LIBERTY SMITH
Book by Marc Madnick and Eric Cohen
Lyrics by Adam Abraham
Music by Michael Weiner
LIZZIE BORDEN
Book and Music by Christopher McGovern
Lyrics by Christopher McGovern and Amy Powers
MANDELA
By Steven M. Fisher
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1999
The Big Bang
By Jed Feuer & Boyd Graham
Birth of the Boom
By Thomas Jones II and Keyth Lee
The Boswell Sisters Project
By Stuart Ross & Mark Hampton
Eliot Ness in Cleveland
By Peter Ullian & Robert Lindsey Nassif
Heading East
By Robert Lee & Leon Ko
Honk!
By George Stiles & Anthony Drewe
In That Valley
By Richard Oberacker & Steven Minning
The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea
By Karole Foreman & Andrew Chukerman
Summer of '42
By Hunter Foster & David Kirshenbaum
The Three Musketeers
By George Stiles & Paul Leigh & Peter Raby
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1998
Barrio Babies
By Luis Santeiro & Fernando Rivas
Blackbirds of Broadway
By David Coffman & Marion J. Caffey
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Kirsten Childs
Dorian
Richard Gleaves
King Island Christmas
Deborah Baley Brevoort & David Friedman
O. Henry's Lovers
By Joe DiPietro & Michael Valenti
On Borrowed Time
By John Clifton, Bruce Peyton & William F. Brown
Urban Myths
By John Bucchino & James D. Waedekin
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1997
About Face
By David Arthur & Jeffrey Lodin
4 A.M. Boogie Blues
By Marsha Myers & Jim Owen
Heart Land
By Darrah Cloud & Kim Sherman
The Molly Maguires
By William Strempek & Sid Cherry
Ophelia's Cotillion
By Elmo Terry-Morgan & Clarice LaVerne Thompson
Songs For A New World
By Jason Robert Brown
Twist of Fate
By Lissa Levin & Ron Abel
Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
David Kirshenbaum & Myles McDonnell
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1996
Children of Eden
By John Caird & Stephen Schwartz
Dodsworth
By Stephen Cole & Jeffrey Saver
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
By David Levy, Leslie Eberhard & Phil Hall
Fragrant Harbour
By Dean Barrett & Ed Linderman
Kudzu
By Jack Herrick, Doug Marlette & Bland Simpson
Mirette
By Elizabeth Diggs, Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones
The Perfect 36
By Laura Harrington, Mel Marvin & Mac Pirkle
Thoroughly Modern Millie
By Richard Morris & Dick Scanlan
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1995
Enter The Guardsman
By Scott Wentworth, Craig Bohmler & Marion Adler
Joseph And Mary
By Mark St. Germain & Randy Courts
Love Comics
By Sarah Schlesinger & David Evans
Paper Moon
By Martin Casella, Larry Grossman & Ellen Fitzhugh
Paramour
By Joe Masteroff & Howard Marren
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1994
Abyssinia
By James Racheff & Ted Kociolek
After The Fair
By Stephen Cole & Matthew Ward
The Gig
By Douglas J. Cohen
Lust
By The Heather Brothers
Oedipus, Private Eye
By Chad Beguelin & Matthew Sklar
Phantom Of The Country Palace
By S. Grennan, K. Santen, M. Duff & C. Coons
Tycoon
By Luc Plamondon, Michel Berger & Tim Rice
Western Star
By Dale Wasserman, Bill Francoeur & Scott DeTurk
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1993
Brimstone
By Mary Bracken Phillips & Paddy Meegan
Do-Wop Love
By Ronald Wyche & Herbert Rawlings Jr.
Elmer Gantry
By John Bishop, Mel Marvin & Robert Satuloff
Good Sports
By Susan Rice & Carol Hall
Johnny Pye And The Foolkiller
By Randy Courts & Mark St. Germain
Jungle Queen Debutante
By Sean S. O'Donnell & Thomas Tierney
Mating Habits Of The Urban Mammal
By M. Leeds, B. Lasser & P. Gordon
Robin Hood
By Milton Granger
Sayonara
William Luce, George Fischoff & Hy Gilbert
The Three Musketeers
By Warner Crocker & Gregg Opelka
Twist
By Eugene Lee, Tena Clark & Gary Prim
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1992
Another Kind Of Hero
By Lezley Steele & E.A. Alexander
Eleanor
By Jonathan Bolt, Thomas Tierney & John Forster
Heartbeats
By Amanda McBroom, Gerald Sternbach & Michele Brourman
Josephine
By Ernest Kinoy & Walter Marks
The Library
By Sarah Knapp & Steven M. Alper
Lunch
By Rick Hawkins, Steve Dorff & John Bettis
Mikado, Inc.
By Jane Waterhouse, Robert Johanson, Albert Evans & Glen Kelly
New Things To Feel Bad About
By Paul James & Ben Mason
The Scarlet Pimpernel
By Dave Wollert & David Shapiro
Smiling Through
By Ivan Menchell
Smoky Mountain Suite
By George S. Clinton & Sherry Landrum
Swamp Gas And Shallow Feelings
By S. Strother, J.E. Williams & R. Buck
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
By Nagle Jackson & Robert Sprayberry
Tiananmen: Freedom In The Square
By Fred Burch & Willie Fong Young
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1991
The Adventures Of Friar Tuck
By Allan Leicht & Glenn Paxton
Book Of James
By Scott Warrender & B.J. Douglas
Columbus
By Yvonne Steely & J. Ben Tarver
Complaining Well
By Jack Helbig & Mark Ray Hollmann
Conrack
By Granville Burgess, Anne Croswell & Lee Pockriss
Ghost Dance
By Jeff Sheppard & Michael Wright
Gunmetal Blues
By Scott Wentworth, Craig Bohmler & Marion Adler
Hurry! Hurry! Hollywood!
By Bruce Newberg & Sam Harris
Junkyard
By Manuel Mandel & Michael Sahl
Rhythm Ranch
By Hal Hackady & Fred Stark
Ruthless!
By Joel Paley & Melvin Laird
Some Sweet Day
By Don Jones, Mac Pirkle, John O'Neal & Si Kahn
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1990
Boxes
By Eric Saltzman & Michael Sahl
Captains Courageous
By Patrick Cook & Frederick Freyer
Denning (a.k.a. Murder On Broadway)
By Bryan Leys & James Campodonico
Finale!
By Bob Ost
First Comes Love
By Diane Seymour, Alison Brewster & Amanda George
Goose! Beyond The Nursery
By Scott Evans, Austin Tichenor & Mark Frawley
Juba
By Wendy Lamb & Russell Walden
Love Is Spoken Here
By Jacquelyn Reinach & Stanley Ralph Ross
Quality Street
By Lee Goldsmith & Roger Anderson
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1989
Alias Jimmy Valentine
By Jack Wrangler, Bob Haber & Hal Hackady
Angelina
By Barry Kleinbort
Backstage With Warren G.
By Elmer Lee Kline, Terry Waldo & Lou Carter
Blanco
By Will Holtzman, Skip Kennon & Michael Korie
Geech: The Moosical
By Jerry Bittle & Angelo Badalamenti
Kiss Me Quick Before The Lava Reaches The Village
By S. Hayes & P. Ekstrom
The Last Musical Comedy
By Tony Lang & Arthur Siegel
Little Ham
By Dan Owens, Judd Woldin & Richard Enquist
Never or Now (a.k.a. Catch Me If I Fall)
By Barbara Schottenfeld
The Odyssey Of Anna In Red Pumps
By Geoffrey Holder
That Pig of a Molette
By Sheldon Harnick & Thomas Z. Shepard
The Real Life Story of Johnny DeFacto
By Douglas Post
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