We want what's best for your musical. Often we'll steer you towards our least expensive option, which is a few hours of dramaturgical feedback. But perhaps you're looking for some in-depth line-by-line and measure-by-measure feedback on the lyrics and score as well; if that's the case, you'll want our three-person staff table readings -- one staff member for each of book, music and lyrics. We're also experts at putting on concert readings, whether they're informal readings in our own space, or more formal ones in a theatre. But nine times out of ten we advise the more informal, less expensive options.
Got an idea for a musical, but you want to do some small-scale workshop version before deciding whether you want to produce it? We've created a business model based on the old movie studio model: the producer is in charge. We'll find you lyricists, bookwriters and composers (unless you have some you already want to work with). We'll then support the musical from idea through outline and present you with fifteen minutes' worth. If you like what you see, we'll keep supporting the work with actors, music directors, directors, and dramaturgs, in return for which at the end of the day, you produce a public reading. No obligation for production.
Entertainment lawyer Gordon Firemark hosts a series on producing musicals. Contracts, unions, budgets, negotiations, booking a theatre, acquiring the rights, hiring a general manager, etc. Both for the seasoned producer and the first-time producer. Click this option to sign up for the waiting list for the next available opening in the Producers' Lab.
Headshots and resumes of actors who sing, and singers who act. Some actors have posted audio and video reels as well. Please note that the Academy has not auditioned everyone on this roster, so we can't vouch for everyone listed here. We would urge you to audition these artists before hiring them.
Broadway writers and producers, Los Angeles artistic directors, independent producers, entertainment attorneys, all gathered together for a jam-packed weekend devoted to musical theatre...great for networking! ANMT hosted the conference in 2006 and 2008, and will be hosting the 2010 conference, currently scheduled for July. Drop us an email at academy@anmt.org if you'd like to be part of the conference, either as a participant, or if you'd like us to consider you as one of our panelists.
See new musicals before anyone else has even heard of them! We have a Concert Reading Series, an annual 15 Minute Musicals celebration, plus a Salon Series featuring such musical theatre greats as Stephen Sondheim, Jason Robert Brown, Jeff Marx, Winnie Holzman, Richard Sherman, Stiles & Drewe, and many more. Click to buy tickets, or join our reservation lists.
ANMT's internet channel devoted to musicals written for the web. Home of 'Guerrilla Musicals' and '15 Second Musicals'. Also interviews, documentaries, and links to national and international musical theatre online shorts.
