Michael Bush, Lonny Price, David Shire, et al. Set for NYMF’s Invited Musicals

The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced seven of the musicals that have been invited to the 2011 festival, to run September 26 – October 16. The works join NYMF’s previously announced Next Link Project productions on the 2011 festival slate. The rest of this season’s programming, including additional full productions and special events, will be announced in the coming weeks.

Lonny Price has written the book for and will direct one of the invited pieces, KikiBaby, which is based on the novel Sing, Brat, Sing by Rene Fulop-Miller and has lyrics by Ellen Fitzhugh and music by Grant Sturiale. David Shire has written the music and lyrics for another show, My History of Marriage, which has book and lyrics by Lee Kalcheim and will be directed by Michael Bush. This One Girl’s Story, by bookwriter Bil Wright and songwriter Dionne McClain-Freeney, will be directed by Jeremy Dobrish.

This year’s invited musicals also include Cyclops: A Rock Opera, featuring a book by Chas LiBretto and music and lyrics by Jayson Landon Marcus, with Benjamin Sherman to be directed by Louis Butelli; Kevin Ray and Josh Sohn’s The Last Word, to be directed by Christopher Windom; Ennio: The Living Paper Cartoon, which is created and performed by Ennio Marchetto; and Les Enfants de Paris, which has a book by Stacey Weingarten and music and lyrics by David Levinson to be directed by Donna Drake.

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