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The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is an annual three-week summer festival which presents more than thirty new musicals at venues in New York City's midtown theater district. More than half of these productions are chosen by leading theater artists and producers through an open-submission, double-blind evaluation process; the remaining shows are invited to participate by the Festival's artistic staff. As of 2015, the festival has premiered over 375 musicals, which have featured the work of over 8,000 artists and have been attended by 300,000 theatergoers. NYMF alumni productions had been produced in all fifty U.S. states (plus the District of Columbia,) and in 24 countries worldwide, having been seen by approximately four million people.〔 (), The Official Site of The New York Musical Theatre Festival. 〕 ==History== NYMF audiences have enjoyed premieres of new musicals from Australia, Britain, Canada and the United States, featuring a broad spectrum of contemporary musical styles including R&B, jazz, hip-hop, Broadway, emo-pop, rock, punk, ska, country and opera. NYMF premieres have ranged from original pieces like ''Next To Normal'', ''Altar Boyz'', ''Gutenberg! The Musical!'', ''The Great American Trailer Park Musical'', and ''title of show'', to adaptations of classic stories like ''Caligula'', ''The Portrait of Dorian Gray'', ''R.U.R.'' (Save The Robots), and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' (About Face).〔 In addition to full productions, NYMF presents a wide range of special events, readings and concerts of new music, educational seminars, explorations of musicals in TV and film, and unusual collaborations with other New York-based arts organizations. In 2005, the Festival featured a series of co-productions with the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater exploring the nexus of improvisation and musical theater.〔 NYMF has also partnered with The Paley Center each season to present special screenings of Musicals on Television.〔 (), The Paley Center's Musicals on Television Series.〕 Also in 2005, the New York Musical Theatre Festival received the 21st Jujamcyn Theaters Award, a $100,000 prize given to a not-for-profit institution that has made an "outstanding contribution to the development of creative talent for the theatre."〔 (), Playbill Article on the 22nd Jujamcyn Award referencing prior winners.〕 NYMF also features a Dance Series, celebrating the fusion of musical theatre and dance. Each series included one new musical commissioned by the Festival: ''Common Grounds'' (2006), ''Platforms'' (2007), ''Wild About Harry'' (2008), and ''Andy Warhol Was Right'' (2009).〔 During the off season, NYMF produces a number of concerts, from large star-studded evenings like "The Unauthorized Musicology of Ben Folds", to intimate events like a salon with Grammy Award nominee and Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik. It also operates a year-round writer service program, The Next Link Project, which provides dramaturgical, professional, entrepreneurial and financial support to help writers bring their musicals to fruition as fully staged productions. The Next Link Project culminates with twelve writing teams each year receiving subsidized productions in NYMF's fall Festival.〔 () Playbill article on 2010 Next Link Project Selections.〕 On July 17, 2008, the musical ''title of show'' became the first show to transfer from the New York Musical Theatre Festival to a commercial Broadway production when it opened at the Lyceum Theatre. The show closed October 12, 2008 after playing 13 previews and 102 performances. It was produced by Kevin McCollum, the producer of Rent and Avenue Q, as well as Roy Miller, producer of Drowsy Chaperone, the Vineyard Theatre, Laura Camien and Kris Stewart, founder emeritus of the New York Musical Theatre Festival.〔 (), The Internet Broadway Database entry for Title of Show's Broadway production.〕 In 2009, ''Next To Normal'' became the second show to transfer from the New York Musical Theatre Festival to a commercial Broadway production. It became a smash hit at the Booth Theatre, winning 3 Tony Awards including Best Score and Best Leading Actress In A Musical.〔 (), Internet Broadway Database page for Next to Normal.〕 "Next To Normal" went on to win the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, only the ninth musical to be so honored in the history of that award.〔 (), The Pulitzer Committee's announcement of the 2010 Prize for Drama.〕 It was far and away the biggest success to emerge from NYMF, catapulting its cast and creative team to stardom, and played 21 previews and 733 regular performances before it closed on January 16, 2011. Also in 2009, NYMF began a partnership with the Daegu International Musical Theatre Festival (DIMF), which shares its dedication to new musicals and new artists. The partnership includes a production exchange, which began with the hit Korean production of ''My Scary Girl'' at NYMF, and continued in the Summer of 2010 with the 2009 NYMF musical ''Academy'' at DIMF. NYMF's Korean production of ''Academy'' received awards for Best Musical and Best Supporting Actor at the annual Daegu Musical Theater Awards.〔 (), Theatermania article on the Daegu production of ''Academy''.〕 On September 10, 2012, ''Chaplin'' became the third musical to transfer from NYMF to the commercial Broadway stage when it opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. It closed on January 6, 2013, after 24 previews and 136 performances. Rob McClure received a Tony nomination for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. In 2013, NYMF won a Special Drama Desk Award "for a decade of creating and nurturing new musical theater, ensuring the future of this essential art form."〔() NYMF News Announcement About the Special Drama Desk Award]]〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New York Musical Theatre Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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