2015 NYMF Gala Program

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

2015

honoring

DARREN P. DEVERNA

CEO, Global Theatre, Production Resource Group

MARTIN GRANT

Immediate Past NYMF Board Chair

CASEY NICHOLAW

Tony Award®-winning Director and Choreographer

Sunday, November 15, 2015 The Edison Ballroom

2015 Dear Friends, Welcome to The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2015 Gala. For the second consecutive year this event marks the greatest attendance ever for a NYMF Gala and we’re grateful to you all for being with us. This celebration is momentous for the recognition of our three distinguished honorees: Martin Grant, Darren P. DeVerna, and Casey Nicholaw. It is also an extension of our ongoing celebration of theatre artists who have chosen to create musicals as their life’s work. These composers, lyricists, and librettists are the essence of the Festival and we remain dedicated to supporting their creative pursuits.

The 2015 Festival brought fifty-two unique productions, readings, and events to the West 42nd Street corridor. As is our trademark, an eclectic and diverse slate of musicals brought choice and discovery to our patrons. Most shows sold out and we filled 20,000 seats. Our Honorary Chair, Jeanine Tesori, anchored the stunning Women of Note Concert and Tom Kitt thrilled his fans with a star-studded concert chronicling the historic path of Feeling Electric to its enduring success as Next to Normal.

As we celebrate the great success of 2015 tonight, our focus is trained on next summer and beyond. With your help, we will raise an historic amount of funds tonight to expand the work we do – specifically, more financial, creative, and producing support for stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals. The 2016 Festival is beginning to take shape and we’re facing the happy challenge of improving on our success, but this team is absolutely eager and capable of accomplishing that goal.

Our honorees Martin, Darren, and Casey represent a cross-section of the core support system for NYMF and the musical theatre community.

They have each continued to reach ever higher levels of achievement throughout their stellar careers. We honor them for having dedicated their professional lives to the theatre, particularly to musical theatre, and for their enduring contributions to the musical theatre canon and our industry.

Thank you all for gathering with us this evening and we look forward to seeing you next summer!

Best Wishes,

Dan Markley Executive Director & Producer

Bravo, Darren!

You deserve the spotlight. Thank you for your vision and leadership. We are proud to be on your team.

Everyone at PRG Global Theater

PRODUCTION RESOURCE GROUP

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Congratulations Martin and thank you for your years of leadership! — Your NYMF Board colleagues: Margot Astrachan, Karen Azenberg, Janice Brandt, Jeep Bryant, Harry Coghlan, Darren P. DeVerna, Linda L. D’Onofrio, Mark Edelman, Michael Emmel, Sharon Fallon, Lily M. Fan, Charlie Fink, David Garfinkle, Vicki Halmos, Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Jill E. Jaysen, Jon Kimbell, Eric Luftig, Dan Markley, David Matthews, Krista K. Parsons, Emil Rensing, Patricia Stockhausen, Frank Troutman, and R. Wesley Webb

Theatrical Productions

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Events of the Evening 6:00pm Cocktails and Silent Auction 7:15pm Dinner 8:00pm Live Auction 8:15pm Presentations and Performances

Gala Committee Margot Astrachan

GALA CHAIR & PRODUCER

Jill E. Jaysen

AUCTION CHAIR

Karen Azenberg Janice Brandt Jeep Bryant Harry Coghlan Darren P. DeVerna Linda L. D’Onofrio Mark Edelman Michael Emmel Lily M. Fan Charlie Fink David Garfinkle

Susan Groner Vicki Halmos Eric Luftig David Matthews Kevin McCollum Lynnette McCollum Krista K. Parsons Emil Rensing Patricia Stockhausen Frank Troutman R. Wesley Webb

We’re always inspired when Broadway’s shining stars support Broadway’s rising stars.

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Victoria Clark – Host Victoria Clark won the Tony®, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as Margaret Johnson in The Light in the Piazza.

Additional Broadway credits include Sister Act (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Cinderella (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Snow Geese at Manhattan Theatre Club, Titanic, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (with Matthew Broderick), Urinetown, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls (Dir. Jerry Zaks), A Grand Night for Singing, and Sunday in the Park with George. She starred in the Encores!

Productions of Follies, Juno, and Bye Bye Birdie.

Off-Broadway, Ms. Clark earned a Drama Desk nomination for When The Rain Stops Falling, and starred in A Prayer for My Enemy, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, The Agony and the Agony, and Marathon Dancing. Ms. Clark starred as Sally Durant Plummer in Follies (Ahmanson Theatre, LA). Film: Harvest, The Happening, Tickling Leo, Main Street, Cradle Will Rock, and Archaeology of a Woman.

Mark Waldrop – Director Mark Waldrop served as Production Supervisor and contributed special material for Bette Midler’s Divine Miss Millennium tour. Broadway: Bea Arthur, Just Between Friends, direction and special material, (Tony Award nomination, Unique Theatrical Event).

Off-Broadway and in Los Angeles: Howard Crabtree’s When Pigs Fly, direction, book, and lyrics (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critic’s Circle Award, OBIE; Best Director nominations: Drama Desk and L.A. Ovation Awards). Off-Broadway directing credits: Pete ‘n Keely, Til Divorce Do Us Part (Drama Desk Award nomination, Best Revue), NEWSical, Inventing Avi, Game Show, Listen to My Heart, My Deah, and Whatnot (Richard Rodgers Production Award).

Also: Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 (City Center Encores); Hey, Love! the Songs of Mary Rodgers starring Faith Prince (Rainbow & Stars) and multiple New York and San Francisco engagements of the political satire troupe, Capitol Steps. Cabaret and concert appearances for Sutton Foster, Brooke Shields, Edward Hibbert, and many others at venues like Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, Joe’s Pub, Café Carlyle, and Feinstein’s.

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Shawn Gough – Music Director Shawn Gough is currently the Music Director and Conductor of the world premiere of Little Dancer directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman and written by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

He made his Broadway debut as a performer last summer in Violet staring Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry. He recently conducted Big Fish starring Norbert Leo Butz and Kate Baldwin plus Nice Work If You Can Get It on Broadway starring Matthew Broderick, Kelli O’Hara, Jessie Mueller, Judy Kaye, and Michael McGrath. He served as Resident Music Director and Conductor of the 10-time Tony Award winning musical Billy Elliot composed

by Elton John. He is a New York City based music director, conductor, arranger, and pianist hailing from Charleston, IL, who has worked with other Broadway productions including Aladdin, Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago, The Coast of Utopia, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Frogs, Into the Woods, Kiss Me Kate, Les Miserables, The Light in the Piazza, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Music Man, and Something Rotten.

Musicals Live Here From West Side Story to Rent, from On the Town to Hamilton, from 42nd Street to If/Then, one thing is certain: musicals and New York City go hand in hand. Though song and dance have long played an important role in storytelling, it wasn’t until the turn of the 20th century in New York that book, music, and lyrics came together for the first time to form what we know today as the “book musical.” It is clear that even the earliest musicals were shaped and nourished by this city, influenced by the rumble of the subway train and the rattle of the taxis.

Even when it is not explicitly stated, New York City is a character in so many of the musicals we love, just as musical theatre is part of the identity

Our Mission The New York Musical Theatre Festival nurtures the creation, production, and public presentation of stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure the future vitality of musical theatre.

of New York. In 2004, The New York Musical Theatre Festival was launched to provide a platform for artists to continue to mount exciting new works in the heart of New York’s theatre district.

NYMF combines a grassroots festival model with a technical framework geared specifically to musicals. The Festival provides or subsidizes all the key components needed to realize a show, from theaters and technical equipment to marketing support and industry and audience outreach, giving independent artists and emerging producers resources and opportunities they couldn’t otherwise access or afford.

In 2013, NYMF was honored with a Drama Desk Award that recognized a decade of creating and nurturing new musical theatre. Since the first Festival, nearly 400 shows have been presented, featuring thousands of artists. The musicals and artists introduced at NYMF have gone on to further successes on and Off-Broadway, across the country, and around the globe – reaching millions of theatergoers worldwide.

“I think that new musical theatre is incredibly important because there are so many young artists out there that need a chance to develop their new works and find their own voices in a larger environment ... NYMF is the chance for those young up-and-comers to find their voice ... and really give them that real, raw, experience.” ­—Jeremy Jordan

Tonight’s Gala helps us raise the funds to continue nurturing and supporting new musical theatre works for the 2016 Festival and beyond. We can’t achieve this without our patrons, supporters, musical theatre fans, actors, and writers.

We thank you for your continued support of new musical theatre, and of The New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Please enjoy the festivities tonight as we celebrate our honorees Darren P. DeVerna, Martin Grant, and Casey Nicholaw for their contributions to the world of musical theatre!

We are so happy to have you gathered here with us tonight to support our mission: ensuring the future vitality of musical theatre. Contributions from your generous bids on our auction items tonight will help to support the following programs in the 2016 Festival: The Next Link Project — Of the hundreds of applications we receive each year, 10 musicals are selected by a Grand Jury to participate in this writer service program that develops original work by the best and brightest

emerging composers, bookwriters.

lyricists,

and

Developmental Reading Series — This program is designed to make each musical as strong as possible, to give dramaturgical support in the process, and to allow the writers to gather audience feedback that informs the rewrite process.

Student Leadership Program — This program provides training and mentoring to students interested in careers in musical theatre. NYMF accepts applications each spring from both undergraduate and graduate students, ultimately selecting a group of student leaders. They are assigned roles of producer, director, stage manager, casting director, or marketing director – depending on their areas of interest – under the mentorship and supervision of Festival staff.

We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to our patrons and donors here tonight. Please sit back, relax, and enjoy the festivities!

Poster images from the NYMF 2014 and 2015 “Musicals Live Here” campaign, featuring Jeremy Jordan, Telly Leung, Amy Bodnar, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Julia Mattison.

Photos by Dirty Sugar Photography.

Artwork by Serino/Coyne. Concept

by Matt Britten.

Past Honorees 2006 Kevin McCollum 2007 Robert Ahrens, Pun Bandhu, Jennifer Maloney 2008 Robyn Goodman 2009 NY1 On Stage Sh-K-Boom Records 2010 Chita Rivera Barry & Fran Weissler 2011 Neil Meron & Craig Zadan 2012 Kelli O’Hara 2013 Isaac Robert Hurwitz Billy Porter 2014 Christopher Gattelli Beth & Allan Williams

Photos: Two examples of lighting in NYMF shows, with all equipment provided by PRG: The Awakening of Angel DeLuna (Peter James Zielinski) and Spot on the Wall (Jenny Anderson); the original cast of Gigi (Joan Marcus).

Our Honoree

Darren P. DeVerna Darren P. DeVerna is CEO, Global Theatre for Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) responsible for the company’s global theatrical division, which includes Broadway, the West End, and touring theatrical productions.

Darren has over 35 years’ experience in the theatre.

He is the fourth generation of DeVernas to work in the theatrical industry.

Producing credits include Gigi, Disgraced, Janis Joplin, and Destination Dusty in London. Along with being a Partner in Grove Entertainment, he is also an investor in numerous theatrical productions, both on Broadway and in London’s West End including Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Something Rotten. He is also an investor in the Charing Cross Theater in London. Darren generously donates his time to numerous groups and is former Chairman of the Board of Mount Vernon Hospital, former ViceChairman of Sound Shore Health System, and former Chairman of the Hoffer School of Nursing. He has served on the Board of Directors of The New York Musical Theatre Festival since 2009.

Photos: Martin Grant introduces the 2015 Patron Preview event (Russ Rowland); Martin Grant presents at the 2014 Gala (John Von Herget); the 2009 NYMF production of Hurricane (David Burnett).

Our Honoree

Martin Grant Martin Grant is a Principal and Financial Advisor in the New York office of Bernstein Private Wealth Management where he manages investments for high-networth families, individuals and foundations. Prior to joining Bernstein in 2007, he was involved in mergers and acquisitions, finance, sales, and operations in the media business for more than 20 years, most recently serving as Executive Vice President of Client Development for Argent Trading, a global corporate trading firm. Martin holds a BS in Marketing and Advertising from Syracuse University.

Martin is the Treasurer and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Greater New York Chapter. He served for seven years as a board member, Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Board of The New York Musical Theatre Festival, the largest musical theatre festival in the country; and as a Member of the Board of the Arts & Business Council of New York. He previously served for 10 years as a Member of the Advisory Board of Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Martin holds a private pilot’s license. He and his wife have one son and reside in Manhattan.

Photos: the original cast of Something Rotten! (Joan Marcus); the original cast of Aladdin (Sarah Krulwich); the original cast of The Book of Mormon (Joan Marcus).

Our Honoree

Casey Nicholaw Casey Nicholaw is currently represented on Broadway as director and choreographer of Something Rotten! (2015 Tony® Nominee Best Director) and Disney’s Aladdin (2014 Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Award nominations Best Choreography), co-director and choreographer of The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Awards as co-director with Trey Parker receiving the same nominations for choreography as well as an Olivier Award).

Other Broadway credits as director/choreographer: Elf: The Musical; The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations); Monty Python’s Spamalot directed by Mike Nichols (2005 Tony, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle nominations Best Choreography). Additional New York credits: for City Center Encores! – the highly acclaimed productions of Most Happy Fella, Anyone Can Whistle and Follies (direction/choreography).

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NYMF /Stage Rights Publishing Award Acappella Conceived by Greg Cooper Book by Vynnie Meli Music & Lyrics by The Acappella Company

As recipients of the NYMF/Stage Rights Publishing Award, Acappella will join the theatrical licensing catalog of Steele Spring Stage Rights and will soon be offered to professional and amateur theatre companies throughout the United States and around the world.

Steele Spring Stage Rights is the foremost boutique theatrical publisher of intimate new musicals in the United States. Exploring new works has always been a vital part of the company’s mission, and this partnership with NYMF helps further that goal. Founded by a playwright, Steele Spring Stage Rights is proud to represent new and inventive plays and musicals that have appeared Off-Broadway, way Off-Broadway, and nowhere-near Broadway. Steele Spring Stage Rights wants to help authors share their distinctive voices with eager audiences around the world hungry for something beyond the ordinary. Find them online at www.StageRights.com to explore their full catalog.

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Congratulations to all the artists and event organizers of the new York musical theatre festival!

The NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award iLLA: A Hip Hop Musical Book & Lyrics by Ronvé O’Daniel Music by Jevares C. Myrick Story Consultant: J Kyle

Each year NYMF gives an award to the most promising new musical in our Developmental Reading Series. This award includes automatic acceptance into NYMF’s Next Link Project the following season as well as a $5,000 subsidy toward production costs. The writers also benefit from several additional months of ongoing dramaturgical development with NYMF’s Programming Department.

Last year, the Developmental Reading Series Award was given to Manuel versus the Statue of Liberty which won the 2015 NYMF Award for Social Relevance and Impact and for an Outstanding Individual Performance by Shakina Nayfack.

We are pleased to announce this year’s NYMF Developmental Reading Series Award winner: iLLa: A Hip Hop Musical. We hope you will join us next summer for their production as they take the next step in the development of their musical.

Gala Hosts

& Leaders

On behalf of the Board, staff, and many, many artists whose work has graced our Festivals since 2004, we would like to extend our special thanks to those who have generously helped make tonight’s event a success.

VISIONARY LEADERS Alchemation

Lily M. Fan

BNY Mellon

Martin & Judi Grant

The Book of Mormon

Jill E. Jayson

Darren P. DeVerna

Krista K. Parsons

Disney Theatrical Productions

Production Resource Group

CHAMPION PATRONS Margot Astrachan

Charlie & Jane Fink

Jeep Bryant

Emil Rensing

Clear Channel Spectacular SUPPORTERS The Araca Group

Grove Entertainment

Janice Brandt

Vicki Halmos

BWF Foundation

Jam Theatricals

Creative Artists Agency

Eric Luftig

Linda L. D’Onofrio

Patricia Stockhausen & Michael N Emmerman

Mark Edelman / Theater League Michael Emmel Fox Stage Productions Fuzzrocket David Garfinkle

TheaterMania Frank Troutman R. Wesley Webb

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Auction Donors Alison Sheehy Photography

Jill E. Jaysen

Barry’s Bootcamp

Dan Markley

Jen Bender

Drew McGukin

Mario Cantone

Chalet Merlo

Thomas Caruso

ModelBartenders Inc.

Noni Chullani (The Signature Collection)

New York Optimum Performance

Rishi Chullani (The Dark Knot)

Will & Anthony Nunziata

Clear Channel Spectacolor Daryl Roth Productions Devine Development

Eric Luftig

Stefanie Pintoff Robinson’s Prime Reserve SoulCycle

Disney Theatrical Group

The Sports Center at Chelsea Piers

Linda L. D’Onofrio

Jonathan Tolins

Mark Edelman

Steve Traxler

Michael Emmel

Frank Troutman

Etcetera Etcetera Restaurant

Jeffrey and Scottie Twine

Charlie Fink Flywheel Sports Nick Fouquet Vicki Halmos

Barry Weinberg Jennifer Wider Elizabeth Williams

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Congratulations to Darren P. DeVerna!

Lighting and Sound Designers across the country thank you for your work!

From Ken Billington, Howell Binkley, Jeff Croiter, Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Donald Holder, Natasha Katz, Tony Meola, The Queen, Philip Rosenberg, Nevin Steinberg, and Hugh Vanstone

NYMF Staff Executive Director & Producer

Dan Markley

Director of Programming & Artist Services

Rachel Sussman

General Manager

Liz Ulmer

Director of Marketing

Matt Britten

Associate General Manager

Cassie Lundgren

Literary Manager

Lynn Spector

Press Representative

Matt Ross Public Relations | Matt Ross, Nicole Capatasto, Nancy Alligood

Development Consultant

Advance NYC

Resident Casting Director

Michael Cassara Casting | Michael Cassara, CSA & Jamie Anderson

Web Programming

Karl Hinze

Journal Design

Katie Kavett

Accounting

Fylstra & Associates, LLC

Legal Services

Feldshon & Schwartz LLP | Lee A.G. Feldshon, Esq. & David F. Schwartz, Esq.

Insurance

Insurance Office of America

Interns

Whitney Bunn, Martavius Parrish, Nick Walsh, Nora Yawitz

Gala Staff Director

Mark Waldrop

Production Stage Manager

Nikki Hyde

Assistant Stage Manager

Katie Kavett

Musical Director

Shawn Gough

Musicians

Randall Klitz, Eric Poland

Cocktail Pianist

Adam Spiegel

Audio Visual Engineer Photography

Russ Rowland

Special Thanks Steve Bebout, Michele Guasconi, Jack Morton Worldwide, Joe Slabe, and our Gala Volunteers.

Darren Puppet designed and built by David Fino & The Brooklyn Puppet Conspiracy.

With thanks to The Edison Ballroom House Tech Crew.

Congratulations to Casey Nicholaw & The New York Musical Theatre Festival — Roy Furman

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

2015

Board of Directors Chair Charlie Fink

Founder/CEO, Quotecards.co & Producing Artistic Director, New Musical Foundation

Vice-Chair Eric Luftig

Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets

Treasurer Jeep Bryant

Executive Vice President, BNY Mellon

Secretary Krista K. Parsons

Senior Manager, Deloitte

President Dan Markley

Executive Director & Producer, The New York Musical Theatre Festival

Margot Astrachan

Producer & Founder, Margot Astrachan Production

Karen Azenberg

Artistic Director, Pioneer Theatre Company

Janice Brandt

Vice Chair Emeritus, America Online, Inc.

Harry Coghlan

President, Clear Channel Outdoor, New York Division

Darren P. DeVerna

CEO, Global Theatre of Production Resource Group

Linda L. D’Onofrio

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Mark Edelman

Executive Director, Theater League, Inc.

Michael Emmel

President and Founder, Michael L. Emmel CPA

Lily M. Fan

Producer and Founder, Scandobean Productions, LLC

David Garfinkle

CEO, Hello Entertainment

Vicki Halmos

Philanthropist, Peter and Vicki Halmos Foundation

Jill E. Jaysen

Founder, Center Stage Theatre Company & Optimum Edge Communications

David Matthews

Human Resources Executive

Emil Rensing

Chief Digital Officer, Studio 3 Partners

Patricia Stockhausen

Chair, Keen Theater Company

Frank Troutman

Senior Vice President, City National Bank

R. Wesley Webb

Senior Consultant, Retirement Practice, Towers Watson & Co.

Artistic Advisors Lynn Ahrens, Douglas Carter Beane, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jason Robert Brown, Stephen Flaherty, Amanda Green, Brian d’Arcy James, Marc Kudisch, Robert Lopez, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Casey Nicholaw, Kelli O’Hara, Billy Porter, Rachel Sheinkin, Alex Timbers

Founding Producers Founder Emeritus

Isaac Robert Hurwitz

Founder Emeritus

Kris Stewart

Founding President

Tim Jerome

Jen Bender, Tesha Buss, Geoff Cohen, Charlotte Cohn, Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Jill E. Jayson, Tim Jerome, David Leidholdt, Elizabeth Lucas, Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen, Jamie McGonnigal, Heather McLaren, Patrick Mellen, Constance L. Mortell, Janet Pailet, Marie Reynolds, Kathryn Schwarz, Kris Stewart, Kim Vasquez, Michael Weitz, Steven Yuhasz

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H O N O R I N G

“ Performance of a Lifetime” Congratulations Chief !

This is a richly deserved honor, my friend.

We are one of the longest running shows in the business and we’re not done yet!

Jere Harris

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Martin, Congratulations on this welldeserved honor! Thank you for bringing the magic of musical theatre into our lives. — Linda & Steph Fogelson

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

2015

NYMF truly changed our lives.

It brought us closer to the musical theatre we love so much. Martin had great joy in participating in its growth.

Congratulations to my wonderful husband for all that you have done. We are so proud of you. — Judi and Harrison

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

2015

Congratulations Darren from your team in Secaucus.

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Congratulations to Darren DeVerna!

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

2015

Dear Martin, Congratulations on all you have accomplished at NYMF. Your passion and level of commitment for everything you do is inspiring.

Love, Nina & Lenny

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

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PLAYGOOD DARREN P. DEVERNA THEATER

Darren, We are so proud of you, and love you very much!

Congratulations!

All Our Love, Karen, Tara, Kyle and Bridget X X XOOO

Congratulations to everyone at The New York Musical Theatre Festival!

Congratulations to Darren DeVerna and The New York Musical Theatre Festival From 321 Theatrical Management Nina Essman, Nancy Gibbs, Marcia Goldberg, Ken Silverman

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

2015

Congratulations to Darren DeVerna And The Other Honorees!

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Congratulations to this year’s honorees!

THE NEW YORK MUSICAL THEATRE FESTIVAL

2015

Invested in great performances.

At BNY Mellon, we believe that the arts are part of every vibrant community.

It is our great pleasure to support The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2015 Gala and we congratulate Darren P. DeVerna, Martin Grant and Casey Nicholaw for their inspirational contributions to musical theater.

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