The Magical Music for Life Foundation 2014 in Times Square
Magical Music for Life foundation is thrilled to present its third annual??Tunes in Times Square??benefit concert May 4, 2014 from 10am-6pm, in Father Duffy Park, Times Square, NY. We are especially delighted to be donating to this wonderful cause once again! Please check them out and or donate if you can!
Magical Music for Life’s mission is to develop and produce a wide range of musical projects that can provide a positive approach to everyday life for young children and their families. As a way to reinforce self-confidence and further self-esteem, each of these projects is designed to enable children to participate with professionals in the performance and/or recording of these productions.
The Magical Music for Life Foundation was formed in 1999 by parents concerned with the messages children were receiving from the music, TV, movies, advertising and video games they were exposed to. Bombarded with age inappropriate media that often focuses on sex and violence, it became clear to them that their children were missing the wholesome messages that were so much a part of their youth and the generations before them.
The founders concluded that parents, teachers and other guardians of our children were at a disadvantage in competing with these well-funded commercial ventures. How could a parent’s five minute oral explanation that “fighting is bad” compete with a three to five million dollar production of a video game that a child may play for hours, a game in which points are based upon body counts.
Working under the premise that music is an effective and popular medium for communicating with children, the founders pulled together a team of professional musicians, actors, writers and producers to use the power of music in a more constructive, responsible fashion.
The foundation’s two musicals,?The Adventures of Zak?and?Russell, the Hermit Crab, were created, written and produced as family musicals, with wholesome messages for children that would bring families together to enjoy the magic of live musical theatre, raise money for pediatric charities and offer some children a chance to sing on stage with a professional cast of actors. Many inner-city children have had extremely limited exposure to live theatre, and those in pediatric hospitals benefit greatly from the diversion and joy of a live musical performance. These are two important target audiences for Magical Music’s outreach efforts.
Since April, 2000,?The Adventures of Zak?and?Russell, the Hermit Crab?have been performed in numerous theatre spaces in 7 states as well as at the White House in Washington, D.C. Fifty three charities and special events used the show which played to over 27,000 audience members. Over 585 children have shared the stage with the professional actors, singing in the guest chorus in the finale.
Times Square Social Gay Networking Event hosted by The Men Event!
Dear New York Broadway Tour Goers!
We want to introduce you to “The Men Event” who we are excited to partner with!
About The Men Event: ?With a readership of over?18,000 members, we are the?largest Gay social and business networking company in NYC!? We encourage our readers to network for their business needs at our events and online.? If your agenda includes meeting a man to date, our events also serve those needs.? So, whether you are seeking a job, promoting your business, meeting new friends, or looking for a man to flirt with- TheMenEvent is here to serve you!? Enjoy!– Hugh Hysell, founder of TheMenEvent
Hugh Hysell recently won a Tony Award for producing Christopher Durang’s Broadway play “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike!”
Check out their upcoming event “Times Square Social Gay Networking event” on Tuesday, AUGUST 13th from 6pm-9pm
TUESDAY 8/13, 6-9pm?
Times Square Social – NYC’s HIT gay Networking Event
Presented by TheMenEvent and Edge Networks
Boxers HK, 742 9th Ave at 50th St
Featuring:
* Happy Hour Drink Specials
* Hundreds of Amazing Attendees
* No cover!
* First 25 to check-in get a voucher for free admission at a future walking tour with NY Broadway Tours (www.newyorkbroadwaytours.c
* SWEEPSTAKES for great prizes: You can enter to win a prize package where you can win 5 pairs of tickets to Broadway and Off Broadway shows.
It’s FREE! Visit?http://gaynetworkingsocial.eventbrite.com?to register and most of all ENJOY THE EVENT!
New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)
Today I volunteered at The New York Musical Theatre Festival where I helped put placards together and passed out brochures and programs to New Yorkers on the street and we donated gift certificates to their annual gala.
If YOU love musicals I definitely recommend checking out this festival. They are ALL musicals and they have special events and workshops going on for 3 weeks beginning next week!
They are running 30 shows from July 8th-28th and they are celebrating their 10 year anniversary! Visit their website for info on purchasing tickets! If you are interested in volunteering they could use more support too!
MISSION & HISTORY
NYMF exists to ensure the future vitality of America?s greatest art form by providing an affordable way for artists to mount professional productions that reach their peers, industry leaders, and musical theatre audiences, and by serving as the preeminent launching pad for stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals.
Like any great art form, musical theatre is shaped by the events and philosophies of the day. The strength and vitality of musical theatre lie in its ability to stay fresh and relevant. It was with that idea in mind, ten years ago, that the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) was created ? to provide an effective platform to introduce new shows, new perspectives, and new blood into the musical theatre canon.
The first Festival, staged in 2004, featured over thirty new fully staged full-length musicals and was met with critical and popular acclaim. More than 350 shows have premiered at the Festival since then, featuring more than 8,000 artists and entertaining more than 300,000 audience members. The musicals and artists introduced at NYMF have, in turn, gone on to further successes on and Off-Broadway, across the country, and around the globe ? reaching literally millions of theatergoers worldwide.
This year, NYMF was honored with a Drama Desk Award recognizing its first decade of creating and nurturing new musical theatre, ensuring the future of this essential art form.
Here’s a little more info:
THE NEWEST ADDITIONS TO THE 2013 LINE-UP
One of the most anticipated announcements of?NYMF’s season is finally here: we’ve got more productions to add to the summer slate!
The Awakening of Angel DeLuna
Book by Judylynn Schmidt; Music by Lee Ellis; Lyrics by Judylynn Schmidt and Lee Ellis
Ollie let the love of his life slip through his fingers and has regretted it ever since. A spectacle with live trapeze acts that will remind you why the human spirit is undefeatable and love is worth every risk.
Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue Presents “The Bront?s”
Book, Music and Lyrics by Debra Buonaccorsi and Steve McWilliams
Everyone’s favorite 19th Century literary family gets the rock-and-roll treatment from Washington DC’s hippest theatrical troupe.
Feather
Book by Jeremy Culver; Music by Charleene Closshey
Original songs by Nick Everitt and Liesl Karlsson; Painting by Jeffry Feeger
With a sweeping, emotional score and an artist painting live on stage, this stunning fusion of art, film and music explores the power of imagination and, ultimately, what it means to be human.
Homo The Musical!
Book by Lola Rock-N-Rolla; Music and Lyrics by Gina Volpe
Posing as a suburban housewife, an alien from Planet Homo has infiltrated a religious middle-American town. Will the good people of Pleasant Valley Pines notice before their whole community erupts in chaos and depravity?
Icarus
Book by Jason Slavick and the LAB Ensemble; Music and Lyrics by Nathan Leigh
Greek mythology meets burlesque, puppetry, and a folk-rock score in the latest piece from acclaimed ensemble Liars and Believers, creators of last year’s gritty Festival hit, Le Cabaret Grimm.
Legacy Falls
Book by James Burn and Ian Poitier, Music and Lyrics by James Burn
The side-splitting new musical that dishes the dirt on soap opera. Tune in to this tuneful, farcical frolic through the on- and off-screen drama of America’s favorite daytime soap!
Life Could Be A Dream
Book, Music and Lyrics by Roger Bean
From the creator of “The Marvelous Wonderettes.” Sixties doo-wop group the “Crooning Crabcakes,”get one more chance at fame and fortune when they enter a local contest on Big Whopper Radio. Can they realize their dreams of making it to the big time?
Marry Harry
Book by Jennifer Robbins; Music by Dan Martin; Lyrics by Michael Biello
Sparks fly when troubled Chef Harry meets the landlord’s daughter, Sherri — but then things start moving much too fast. With a healthy helping of humor and just the right amount of spice, this bouncy musical provides a recipe for finding your path in life.
Mother, Wife and the Complicated Life
Book, Music and Lyrics by Amity Dry
Join four best friends as they discover marriage is nothing like the movies, motherhood can push you to your limits and no one makes you laugh like your girlfriends do.
That Lady from Maxim’s
Book, Music and Lyrics by Bryan Williams
After a night of too much champagne, respectable Dr. Petypon wakes up to find a woman in his bed — and winds up in a maze of mistaken identities and catapulting chaos in this hysterical French farce.
Volleygirls
Book by Rob Ackerman; Music by Eli Bolin; Lyrics by Sam Forman
English teacher Kim Brindell has been assigned to coach the Ladyhawks, a team of wide-eyed, misfit, high-school girls who can’t seem to win a game. Can Kim overcome her own past, help her girls and win it all, in this funny, heart-filled show with a contemporary pop-tinged score.
ALUMNI & AWARDS
In nine years, NYMF has presented over 350 new musicals. Over 85 of them have gone on to further productions following NYMF. Beyond New York, NYMF shows have delighted theatregoers in 48 states and 24 countries around the world!
24 NYMF shows have transferred to Off-Broadway:?Altar Boyz; Balls…The Musical?; The Big Voice: God or Merman?; The Blue Flower; Captain Louie; Fat Camp; F#%king Up Everything; The Great American Trailer?Park Musical; Gutenberg! The Musical!; In Transit; The Last Smoker in America; My Vaudeville Man; Next to Normal; Play It Cool; Rooms: A Rock Romance; The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World; Shout! The Mod Musical; Tales of Custard the Dragon; The Other Josh Cohen; Things to Ruin; [title of show]; Unlock?d; With Glee; Yank!
3 NYMF shows have opened on Broadway:?Chaplin; Next to Normal; [title of show]?
NYMF shows have gone on to win:?1 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; 3 Tony Awards; 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards; 2 Drama Desk Awards; 1 Lucille Lortel Award; 3 Obie Award Citations; 1 Los Angeles Ovation Award; 2 Barrymore Awards; 6 Helen Hayes Awards; 2 Richard Rodgers Awards
And have been nominated for:?13 Tony Awards; 29 Drama Desk Awards; 11 Outer Critics Circle Awards; 4 GLAAD Media Awards; 19 Helen Hayes Awards; 16 Lucille Lortel Awards; 9 Barrymore Awards; 6 Ovation Awards; 7 Jeff Awards
Rockaway Theatre Company
My first production I was in when I made it to New York was in Crimes Of The Heart directed by Peggy Press. I was cast as Lenny the older sister who owned the house and was the heart of the sisters. It was an amazing cast, production, and theatre that I will always treasure as my first experience in New York. Even though it isn’t BROADWAY the amazing talent and quality behind the work is equivalent.
Since the theatre is located in Fort Tilden all the way out by the water when hurricane Sandy hit they were hit hard. They are coming back with a vengeance and could use some assistance in fund raising. I loved the theatre and the way everyone treated each other like family. It was a home and it deserves to be rectified.
I am happy to share that they are having their annual Rockaway Cafe Production starting July 19th and I highly recommend visiting the theatre or donating to their cause. I did! Look for New York Broadway Tours at their special intermission raffle and 50/50 drawings!
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For 10 years, the Rockaway Theatre Company (RTC) has produced a special, one-of-a-kind show that has entertained the Rockaway Community. We call it ?Rockaway Caf??. This is a production where singers and dancers come together and showcase their talents in a musical revue type setting. Selections often include selections by artists such as the Charlie Daniels Band to Lady Gaga and The Temptations to CCR and everything in between. Come out this July and have some fun with the RTC Cast and Crew at our Rockin? Reopening Celebration?Rockaway Caf? ? The Comeback!
For performance dates and times and to reserve tickets check out our?performance calendar!
Visit their website for more info!
The Rockaway Theatre Company, Inc. is a not-for- profit NYS 501C3 organization located at Fort Tilden in The National Park Service Gateway National Recreation Area. We strive to improve the quality of life for residents of Rockaway and surrounding communities by bringing them live quality entertainment at a nominal cost. Over the course of the last fourteen years, we have earned a reputation as the best that community theater has to offer.
During our tenure at our present location we have been proud to offer full season line-ups of professional quality theatrical productions to the members of our community each year at very reasonable prices. We also provide opportunities for performers of all ages to showcase their talents.
Our Young People?s Theatre Workshops are extremely popular. They are open to children between the ages of 6 and 18. In class, youngsters learn the ins and outs of theatrical production and develop and hone their dramatic skills. There are usually 30 sessions culminating in a full scale musical theater production performed for audiences by workshop students on our main stage. In addition, we offer evening adult workshops in dance, acting, musical theatre and theatre tech. Classes offered in our theater are taught by licensed educators and professionals in various areas of instruction. They are offered to the community as a public service and tuition is nominal as our Company assumes the bulk of the operating costs In an attempt to keep our ticket prices affordable for our patrons, we have instituted a reduced-price season subscription and reduced-price tickets for seniors and children.
Our community service efforts include free performances, both in our theater and in various other sites, to benefit North Shore Animal League America, The Children?s Diabetes Foundation, Rockaway and Brooklyn Chambers of Commerce, NYPD 100th Precinct Community Council, The Addabbo Family Health Center, Gateway National Recreation Area and many other worthy institutions.
Unfortunately, we were forced to bring our activities at the Post Theatre to an abrupt halt at the end of October, 2012 when our theater was ravaged by superstorm Sandy. We suffered many devastating losses including irreparable damage to our seats, our equipment, our lighting, amplifiers, microphones, musical instruments, etc. The replacement of most of these items was not covered by our insurance. Much of our house, stage and dressing room areas were underwater for a significant amount of time which necessitates massive commercial dry out and mold treatment before our building can be deemed safe for both adults and children to resume activities. The cost of this mold remediation, building renovation and equipment replacement is astronomical and we have already suffered major financial losses due to prolonged cancellation of previously scheduled programs.
At this point, we have been denied any federal or state grants which we have sought in an effort to cover these expenses. We are appealing to the public and to various charitable groups to assist us in bringing our theater back to the level of a safe, operational cultural institution.
We are gratified to observe that our audiences have grown steadily over the past fourteen years and we are anxious to have the opportunity to, once again, offer quality entertainment and educational services to our ever increasing public, hopefully in the very near future. Now, more than ever, Rockaway residents need the joy of live theater in their lives.
Please help us bring it to them.
It’s a red carpet world and you deserve to walk on it!
New York Broadway Tours is happy to sponsor our new friends at Local Talent Connect. Check out their event on Facebook and info below:
Sunday, August 11, 2013
7:00pm until 12:00am?
48 West 21st Street (Between 5th & 6th Avenue)
What better place to launch the 1st of many world-wide networking parties than in the greatest city in the world “NYC”.
Come meet Todd Wharton and the rest of the LTC Team responsible for the network that will become the life-blood of your career.
Come meet and mingle with future potential colleagues (artists of all genres) and businesses alike. Keep your business cards in one hand and a drink in the other. They say never mix business w/pleasure? We are going to change that! The night’s about you, this network was built for you! It’s time to start celebrating the unknown, the raw and the undiscovered. It’s time for the artists of the world to shine amongst one another! Let’s face it, there is nothing more powerful than an artist who as the will and passion to succeed in life by living their dream!
Please purchase tickets to reserve you & your guests place at this event:http://www.eventbrite.com/
$ 10.00 (Early Bird Special) Online – Sale ends 7/1/13 @11:55PM
$ 15.00 – Online- Effective 7/2/13 @12:00AM Thru 8/10/13 @11:55PM
$ 20.00 At The Door 7/11/13@7:00PM (Last Walk-in is at 10PM)
Must be “21” or older to attend this event (ID IS REQUIRED)
**Dress To Impress**
Venue Policy: No athletic wear, hats, t-shirts, baggy jeans & boots!
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If you would like to be a sponsor or promote your business that would be of benefit to artists (of all genres) contact us via email: [email protected]
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Event Details (A lot more info to come will be added)
7PM – 8PM We will be having a “Pre-Red Carpet Event”. Get your photos taken by professional photographers. Camera crews, reporters & columnists will also be on hand to film & document the full night’s event & Nigel Scott Morris Guscott (The Nights MC) will be conducting brief interviews as well.
– Luis Da Silva of LDS Perceptible Imaging & LTC’s own will be on hand as the events official Photographer!
Other photographers are more than welcome to bring there cameras as well!
*Let’s face it, you are all stars & deserve to feel that way for at least one night*
Enjoy the events opening acts as you enter the venue with music by:
2 acts to be named at a later date.
– Events featured speaker & your host for the evening:
Todd Wharton- CEO & Founder of LocalTalentConnect
– The Legendary DjMarvilous will be supplying the vibes on the one’s & two’s throughout the evening.
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– Nigel Scott Morris Guscott will be the night’s MC
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– Emily Hulslander (Acoustic / Rock / Soul)
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– Comedic Routine w/ Clipperman Godboldo & Nicky Sunshine
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– Snap your fingers to the lyrical, deep, soulful & rhythmatic words being spit by poets: Tru Lyfe & Roya Marsh
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– 10PM – LTC Dance Party w/DJ Marvilous!
“Raffle” (Prizes Donated By LTC, Sponsors & Outside Parties)
– Win a chance to be in the 1st LTC YouTube Commercial Directed by LTC’s own Christian LaMorte filming in late August!
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– 3 Free admission movie passes to any AMC Movie Theatre
– A signed copy of their Cosmetic Book which was an Amazon’s Best Seller along with a bag of products from their cosmetic line by Na-Toni Cosmetics
– Free Private Coaching Session w/Acting Teacher/Coach Alan Gordon
– A featured T.V.Interview w/Lucy Norris “On Deck w/Lucy” in Season 2 ,whereby they highlight the individuals Talent, Trend or Taste!
– 2 free tickets to the Katra Film Series September 2013 Edition!
– 3 Free Trial of QR Codes -?http://aminah.qr.gl/
from NotYourAverageTalent
– Free 30 day trial memberships to NYSC donated by NYSC
– 4 Complimentary Tickets for a NY Musical Theatre Walking Tour
donated by “New York Broadway Tours”
“Media”
(More To Be Announced)
– City World Radio Network (The AC Lowe/Bill Russo Show) will be there doing a “Live” radio broadcast from the red carpet.
– Bronze Magazine will have a photographer & writer on hand & will be publishing an article in there up and coming issue.
– Chike Evans from “Conversations w/Chike” will be there with his camera crew.
– Profile Magazine:?www.profile-magazine.webs.
“Sponsors & Raffle Donation Acknowledgements”
(More To Be Announced)
– AC Lowe/Bill Russo Show:?www.cityworldradio.com
– Alan Gordon Studio:?http://
– Bronze Magazine:?http://
– CityStreetDreams:?www.citystreetdreams.com
– Clipperman:?http://clipperman.wix.com/
– Divine Voices Media:?www.divinevoicesmedia.webs
– Josh Rivedal:?www.gospeljosh.com
– Kaleidoscope Theatre Productions –http://
– Katra Films Series:?http://
– Leaders Are Born:?www.leadersareborn.co
– Na-Toni Cosmetics:?www.natonicosmetics.com
– New York Broadway Tours:?www.newyorkbroadwaytours.c
– NotYourAverageTalents -?http://
– NYC First Class Limo:?https://
– NYSC:?http://
– On Deck With Lucy (Norris):?http://
– ThrowbackBlvd:?www.ThrowbackBlvd.com
– Vidtel:?http://www.vidtel.com/
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