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20 Ways to Use Social Media to Promote Your New Musical (at Every Stage of Development)

20 Ways to Use Social Media to Promote Your New Musical at Every Stage of Development, from inception to profitable production.

5 Key Takeaways from Irene Sankoff

The MusicalWriters community recently chatted with Come From Away writer Irene Sankoff. Here are our 5 key takeaways for new musical development.

Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Center for the Arts Launches Inaugural New Musicals Lab for Emerging Musical Theatre Artists

The New Musicals Lab at the Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts is making space for new musical works by providing Artist Residencies with access to world-class facilities, funding, and student and Broadway talent.

Musical Writers Development Series Spotlight: Todd Low

Composer Todd Low shares his experience in the MusicalWriters Development Series, our 12-month coaching and musical development program.

Institute for American Musical Theatre Offers Online Courses for Writers

New York City’s Institute for American Musical Theatre “Creators” program has announced a diverse array of online courses in musical theater writing for the 2020-21 season. (MEMBER PERK: Members of MusicalWriters Academy are eligible to receive a $50 discount on each course!)

Incubating New Musicals at the Madison New Works Lab

In the Madison New Works Lab, Mark Evan Chimsky and Zev Burrows learned how to work with a team and how that team responds to a musical work-in-progress.

Ilana Ransom Toeplitz on Directing, Casting, and 29-Hour Readings

In the business of new musicals in New York City, so much depends on who you know. Ilana Ransom Toeplitz is one of those popular directors known for her skill in guiding new works, especially musical comedy. In turn, she knows many actors, stage managers, producers and others who can help move a show from page to stage.

BMI Musical Theatre Workshop Supports Emerging Writers

The BMI Musical Theatre Workshop is a free, weekly, ongoing program and can boast famous graduates like Alan Menken, Ahrens and Flaherty, and Robert Lopez.

Music and Lyrics at Spalding, OH, MY!

Ten writers. Two facilitators. Ten days. One piano. That was the recipe for Spalding University’s MFA Creative Writing Program Musical Theatre Workshop.