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“Academia Nuts” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre (Closed on Sunday July 13, 2014)

July 12, 2014 | NY Musical Theatre > | Tags:

With the sweetness of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the caustic humor of “South Park,” and the vitriol of “Hairspray,” the new musical “Academia Nuts” chronicles the quiz kid competition between the McCutter Clan of Weiner, Arkansas and the Walla Walla Walruses from the Pacific Northwest. The musical celebrates the strength of the human spirit and the importance…

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“Searching for Romeo” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The PTC Performance Space (Closed on Sunday July 13, 2014)

July 12, 2014 | harmony, NY Musical Theatre, rescue rue > | Tags:

“Searching for Romeo,” currently being presented as part of NYMF at the PTC Performance Space, is a pleasant parody. This new musical is entertaining and clever, however not without fault, offering nothing innovative as far as concept, theme or musical development. It would be unfair to critique the cast and their devoted effort, since the production was afflicted with an…

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“Somewhere with You” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre (Closed on Sunday July 13, 2014)

July 11, 2014 | NY Musical Theatre > | Tags:

“Somewhere with You,” currently running as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, touts itself to be “THE country-rock musical of a new generation.” If by ‘new generation’ the creators mean (in their own words) “Southerners growing up in the early 2000s confronted by the methamphetamine epidemic, the war in Iraq, and other post-9/11 challenges in the rural South,”…

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“Coming of Age” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at The Ford Foundation Studio Theatre (Closed on Sunday July 13, 2014)

July 11, 2014 | NY Musical Theatre > | Tags:

A new song cycle entitled “Coming of Age” is being presented as part of NYMF at The Ford Foundation Studio Theatre and proves to be a good addition to the roster of the Festival’s developing musicals. It deals with the awkward transitional experience when one becomes aware of a problematic situation that affects his or her life; simply put, growing…

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“Marry Harry” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre (Closed July 28, 2013)

July 29, 2013 | NY Musical Theatre > | Tags:

Anyone who enjoys good old fashioned musical theater should certainly find comfort in a new endeavor titled “Marry Harry” which completed a successful run as part of NYMF at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre. This is a full two-hour production which tackles the impetuous plot of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, and boy gets girl with a slightly…

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“Bend in the Road” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the PTC Performance Space (Closed July 28, 2013)

July 25, 2013 | NY Musical Theatre > | Tags:

“Bend in the Road” is a delightful character-driven musical lifted from the framework of the classic 1908 novel “Anne of the Green Gables” by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The musical – like those before it – closely follows the plot of the novel and includes all of the significant moments in Montgomery’s delightful story of Anne Shirley’s coming of age at…

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“Boys Will Be Boys” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Studio Theatre (Closed July 24, 2013)

July 23, 2013 | LGBTQ+, NY Musical Theatre, once on this island > | Tags: ,

Billed as an ‘Out-rageous Musical Revue,’ “Boys Will Be Boys” presented at the Studio Theater as part of the ongoing NYMF certainly lives up to its claim. Almost everything from concept, lyrics, characters, parodies and innuendos are completely over the top and as gay as one can possibly imagine. It is a fun romp very reminiscent in style to the…

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“The Pirates of Finance” at the NYMF at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre (Closed July 20, 2013)

July 19, 2013 | NY Musical Theatre > | Tags:

Things are not always what they seem on the high seas or in the competitive world of finance. The high-flying team of Veley and Sullivan deliver a delicious convoluted plot in Charles Veley’s “The Pirates of Finance” currently running at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Charles Veley’s lyrics neatly complement…

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“Life Could Be A Dream” at NYMF at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre (Closed July 17, 2013)

July 18, 2013 | NY Musical Theatre > | Tags:

The new jukebox musical at the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater, presented as part of NYMF, is aptly titled “Life Could Be A Dream” (lyrics from the opening musical number) and is a collection of songs from the late 1950’s Doo Wop era (rather than songs focused on one particular group). The musical numbers are so well integrated that they…

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“Swiss Family Robinson” at the New York Musical Theatre Festival at the Linney Theatre (Closed July 17, 2013)

July 15, 2013 | NY Musical Theatre, swiss family > | Tags:

“It will make me happy to think that my simple narrative may lead some [children] to observe how blessed are the results of patient continuance in well-doing, what benefits arise from the thoughtful application of knowledge and science, and how good and pleasant a thing it is when brethren dwell together in unity, under the eye of the parental love.”…

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