Immorality

A selection from the new musical Bonnie & Clyde: A FolkTale, currently in development with the Academy for New Musical Theatre.

Credits: Book by Hunter Foster, Music and Lyrics by Rick Crom.

CAST: Featuring Bill Buell as J. Edgar Hoover.

King of the Road

A concert musical on the life of Roger Miller, composer of decades of hits, including King of the Road and the musical Big River. Currently in development with the Academy for New Musical Theatre.

Credits: Book by Cort Casady, Mary Miller and Larry Cansler, Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller.

Featured original recording star: Roger Miller.

Oh God, We're Gonna Die

A 15-Minute Musical written at ANMT by Jeff Marx ('Avenue Q') and Jake Anthony. Part of the 15-Minute Musical Project which culminates the Core Curriculum program at the Academy for New Musical Theatre.

Credits: Written by Jeff Marx and Jake Anthony.

CAST: Alex Chester, David Holmes, Adam LeBow, Kelly Lester, and Amber Nelson. Stage Direction: Dan Fields; Music Direction: Bill Brown.

Another World

A selection from the new musical Killa Vanilla, developed in the ANMT Writers' Workshop.

Credits: Book by Joe Moe, Music by Brian Woodbury, Lyrics by Brian Woodbury and Elma Meyer.

Demos Performed By: Stephanie Courtney, Kathi Funston, Elma Mayer, Joe Moe, Sandy Shimoda, Rob Shapiro, and Brian Woodbury.

Better Than This

From 40 is the New 15: Fortysomethings look back to when they were fifteen and wonder if they’d known then what they know now, would it have made any difference? Developed as part of the Full Length Curriculum in the ANMT Writers' Workshop.

Credits: Book and lyrics by Larry Johnson; Music by Cindy O'Connor. With Dana Meller (Sarah).

Hotsy Totsy

A selection from the new musical Cotton Club, developed by Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities in association with the Academy for New Musical Theatre.

Credits: Book by Arnold Margolin, Music by Weslie Brown, Lyrics by Jason Kuller. CAST: Parnell Damon, Lawrence Cummings, Venita Harbour, and Nikkema Taylor. Musical Director David Pinto.

Keep Him in a Box

A genie shares her secret of keeping a man at her side in this excerpt from Shahrazad: Heads or Tales, an inventive take on '1001 Nights.' Developed at the Academy for New Musical Theatre as part of its partnership with London's Mercury Musicals Development.

Credits: Book by Stephen Oles and Noelle Donfeld; music by Sandy Shanin; lyrics by Noelle Donfeld.

CAST: Lisa Peace; with Erin Carter and Louise Hollamby.

Partners

From Twice-Told Tales,, an evening of four musicals based on classic American short stories by Mark Twain, O.Henry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Alan Poe. Partners features a con man in O.Henry's The Ransom of Red Chief, trying to talk another con man into babysitting the kidnapped victim, a holy terror of a ten-year-old boy. (Developed through the Developers' Workshop at ANMT).

Credits: Music by Ed Martel; Lyrics by Kellen Blair; Book by Scott Guy.

The Tell-Tale Heart

From Twice-Told Tales,, an evening of four musicals based on classic American short stories by Mark Twain, O.Henry, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Alan Poe. The Tell-Tale Heart is Poe's classic story of a man wracked with guilt. Developed through the Developers' Workshop at ANMT.

Credits: Music by Nick DeGregorio; Libretto by Scott Guy.

CAST: David Holmes, Mitch Lippman, Curtis Rhodes and Shannon Watson.

Three Thousand Pairs of Shoes

From the musical Imelda, premiered at East West Players in Los Angeles in 2004.

Credits: Book by Sachi Oyama, Music by Nathan Wang, Lyrics by Aaron Coleman. Developed in association with the Academy for New Musical Theatre.

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