Winners Announced!

Manhattan Theatre Mission's 2nd Annual New Musicals Showcase was once again, a great success! We started with many entries from all around the country and selected the FOUR best submissions to perform in our New Musicals Showcase. Each of the four were invited to present a 20 minute excerpt from their shows in a staged reading format, which took place on Saturday, December 7th and was attended by a sold out audience!

 We invited three guest judges who read the full scripts prior to the Showcase and to adjudicate the performances! Here are the winners!

1.     Best Ensemble – Mayday

2.     Catchiest Tune – “Bangarang”, Eddie and the Palaecades

3.     Best Comedic Couple – Shelley Valfer and Susan Destefano, Eddie and the Palaceades

4.     Best Director – Ray Zilberberg, Queen of the West

5.     Best Musical Director – Dimitri Landrain, Mayday

6.     Best Book and Lyrics – Chuck Muckle, Mourning Becomes Ridiculous

7.     Best Composition – Landon Braverman, Queen of the West

8.     Best Actress – Emily Nash, Mourning Becomes Ridiculous

9.     Best Actor – Carter Lynch, Mourning Becomes Ridiculous

10.  Audience Favorite – Eddie and the Palaecades

11.  Best New Musical – Queen of the West

The companies were invited to an after party at Bourbon Street Bar and Grill and a great time was had by all! Each of the writers were invited to participate in a talk-back session with the Showcase's judges on Sunday, December 8th. 

Manhattan Theatre Mission is so thankful for the many contributions from artists and theatre professionals who made this weekend a success! We would like to thank:

Our Guest Judges:

Jason Cocovinis (Music Theatre International)

Michael Gioia (Playbill.com)

Melissa Merz (Texas Tech University)

The Finalists:

Roy O'Neil, Stephen Feigenbaum, Michael Holland (EDDIE AND THE PALACEADES)

Jason Hart and Dimitri Landrain (MAYDAY)\

Chuck Muckle and David Eisner (MOURNING BECOMES RIDICULOUS)

Derek Hassler and Landon Braverman (QUEEN OF THE WEST)

MTM's Volunteer Staff:

Katy Baker: Artistic Director

Jeff Crosley: Associate Producer

Chelsea Jupin: Marketing Coordinator

Alex Krasser

Stephen Velasquez

Claire Bryan

Hannah Williams

Daniel Karp

Esteban Dager

Miranda Lipes