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FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

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Last month, my featured article was all about the New York Musical Theatre festival (NYMF), running until October 3, 2004. This festival gives artists, composers, writers, directors and performers a chance to present new works in a nurturing environment and to showcase promising new talents. The New York Musical Theatre Festival is being compared to the Sundance film festival (celebrating diversity, creativity and future), for it's impact on the musical theatre genre and the opportunities that it presents to its participants.

For more information on this amazing celebration of musical theatre, check out their website at http://www.nymf.org

Many new works will debut at this event, one of them being FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, at the 47th St. theatre. Chosen from the 245 new works submitted, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD is one of 31 shows to be presented during this year's festival.

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD is based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel set in 19 century England. It is a love story mixed with elements of murder, betrayal and intrigue. The libretto and lyrics were written by Barbara Campbell,who also writes fiction and musicals for kids. The musical score comes to the show courtesy of Gary Schocker, http://www.garyshocker.com ,an internationally acclaimed flutist and composer.

The cast of sixteen performers features many Equity actors including Kate Fisher, Richard Todd Adams, D.B.Bonds, William Broderick and Rena Stober.

Jamibeth Margolis, the director for this project, specializes in the development of new musical works.

Musical director, Tom Gallaher, was recently in the national tour and Broadway company of Chicago. Choreographer, James Darrah, is set to star in a world premier of the musical WAS.

Tickets for FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD are only $15.00 and are available at the 47th St. Theatre, or by calling 212-352-3101 or my going to either of the following websites:

http://www.theatermania.com

http://www.nymf.org

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD OFFERED AUDIENCES SIX PERFORMANCES:

Monday Sept. 20 8:00 pm

Wednesday Sept. 22 8:00 pm

Saturday Sept. 25 8:00 pm

Tuesday Sept. 28 4:30 pm AND 8:00 pm

Sunday Oct. 3 4:30 pm

There's still time to catch the final performance, this Sunday, the closing day of the New York City Musical Theatre Festival.

Getting into the festival wasn't an easy task with such a large number of submissions and a limited number of performance spaces and opportunities. The Judges on the selection panel have all been involved in the musical theatre genre in some capacity, many of them Tony award winners. Some of the judges included:

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