Thursday, April 24, 2008
Festival of New American Musicals Debuts in L.A.
Backstage: "Four decades after the golden age of Broadway musicals ended in the late 1960s, we are still hearing doomsday reports that the American musical theatre is inching its way to extinction, a victim of the changing tastes of new generations. Don't try to sell that oft-expressed idea to Marcia Seligson, co-executive producer of Southern California's first Festival of New American Musicals. She believes the musical genre is on a creative upswing, and she aims to prove it."
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I love that this festival is involving so many students. I think its very exciting for high school students to be involved in something so culturally meaningful. In general we get really fixated on all the Broadway hits, and it starts to feel like there will never be another "great" new musical. I love that theatre artists are not only making a conscious effort to solve this problem now, but also ensuring the future of musicals by exposing young people to them.
This sounds like a great festival. The New York Musical Theater festival is fantastic, innovative, entertaining, and a theatrical education experience. I agree with Corinna that the involvement of students is a positive.
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