New Musicals Australia is a music theatre workshopping program founded in 2010 by Century Venues with the support of the Australia Council Music Board.
History
New Musicals Australia was founded in 2010 by director and producer Kris Stewart, who also founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival.
Panel
The program selects a number of original musicals by Australian composers, lyricists and bookwriters to be workshopped and presented to a selected panel of theatre professionals. This panel is also involved in the selection of musicals to be workshopped and includes:
Stephen Schwartz (Patron), composer and lyricist
Peter Casey, musical director
Kellie Dickerson, musical director
Rodney Dobson, performer
Neil Gooding, producer and director
Roger Hodgman, director
Karen Johnson Mortimer, director
Jennifer Murphy, director and educator
Guy Noble, musical director
Peter Ross, producer and director
Darren Yap, director
Venues
New Musicals Australia is operated out of a collection of entertainment spaces owned by Century Venues.