NYMF Announces Slate of Readings and Partner Events

The 2012 New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the slate of readings and partner events that will take place over the course of the month-long festival, running July 9-29. The readings will take place at the 45th Street Theatre Upstairs.

The readings include KT Peterson and Cedric D. Lyles’ 7:32 (July 10, 12); William F. Reed’s Affair of Honour (July 15, 17); Color Blind by Laura Cunningham, Lynn Szigeti, and Ken Martinak (July 23, 25); Cruel Shoes by Ross Patterson and David Simpatico (July 17, 19); Jennifer Shorstein and Benjamin Shorstein’s Happy Endings (July 10, 13); Howe & Hummel by Steve Frank and Kim Duncan, with Laurie Eliscu and Richard Gelbstein (July 18, 21); Hungarian Nights by Cheryl Kemeny and Mariner Pezza (July 24, 26); Madame: The Musical by Larry Hamilton, with David Levinson (July 16, 18); Sandy Wolf, Justin Melland, and Barney McClure’s Marina (July 26, 29); Michael Finke’s Reporting Live (July 25, 28); Sidekicks by Michael Kutner and Alexander Sage Oyen (July 12, 14); The Sugar Hill Sisters by Joseph Vernon-Banks and Bil Wright (July 20, 22); Erica Glenn’s The Weaver of Raveloe (July 11, 14); and Zelda by Colette Silvestri and Arthur Turner (July 24, 27).

Partner events include Musicals on Television: An Afternoon with Sheldon Harnick at the Paley Center for Media (25 West 52nd Street), which will feature an interview with the award-winning lyricist, as well as screenings of The Canterville Ghost (July 28 at 2pm) and She Loves Me (July 28 at 4pm).

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