NYU-The Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program (Official)

10/14/2026

Beginning Friday at Lucky Penny Productions in Napa, CA: REVENGE OF THE REBOBS!, with music and lyrics by Cycle 17's Rob Broadhurst.

Tickets: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36167/production/1264752

10/09/2026

One week from tonight!

The Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, a two-year MFA in the art and craft of musical theatre collaboration, is looking for talented composers, lyricists, and bookwriters to join our class of 2027. Applications are now being accepted!

If you're a composer or writer interested in creating musical theatre, we'd love to tell you about our Program. Sign up for one of our Virtual Open Houses by visiting https://tisch.nyu.edu/grad-musical-theatre-writing/events/open-house-2026. If you have any questions or are interested in visiting our department and sitting in on a class, email us at [email protected].

10/07/2026

Now in performances at Fredericia Musicalteater in Fredericia, Denmark: CATCH THE WIND (FANG VINDEN) by Danny Haengil Larsen (Cycle 14/Faculty) and Michelle Elliott (Cycle 14).

Fang Vinden juni 5, 2025 by En storslået musical om frihed, kærlighed og at følge sine drømme. Sejl med i efteråret 2026! Året er 1720 og piraterne regerer verdenshavene. Blandt dem er to af historiens mest frygtløse kvinder: piraterne Anne Bonny og Mary Read! I en tid, hvor kvinder ikke måt...

10/06/2026

Thursday: Prospect Musicals presents a concert featuring the work of the last ten years of Fred Ebb Award winners, including Cycle 14's Michael R. Jackson, Cycle 18's Eric Price, Cycle 21's Ben Bonnema and Chrstopher Staskel, Cycle 22's Tidtaya Sinutoke, Cycle 28's Cheeyang Ng and Eric Sorrels, and Cycle 32's Sophie Boyce and Veronica Mansour.

Prospect Musicals Presents

10/05/2026

Now in performances at London's The Old Vic Theatre: MARTIN GUERRE, with new lyrics cowritten by Cycle 28's Annabel Mutale Reed.

Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Olivier Awarding-winning musical is reimagined for the London stage

09/28/2026

Tonight: NAAP's DISCOVER: NEW MUSICALS evening features A DOOR by Cycle 23's James Ballard and Seth Christenfeld. Cycle 24's Minhui Lee is MD for one of the other pieces.

NAAP Discover 2026

09/25/2026

Sunday and Monday: tenth anniversary reunion concerts for SHUFFLE ALONG, OR THE MAKING OF THE MUSICAL SENSATION OF 1921 AND ALL THAT FOLLOWED, written and directed by Cycle 1's George C. Wolfe.

Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed returns to the stage in a concert version of the acclaimed 2016 Broadway musical…

09/24/2026

Sunday at The Green Room 42: an afternoon with the songs of Cycle 26's Spencer Robelen.

Tickets: http://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/showdetails/dIa4Gn55HJCd4NFgYI39/JaAJ70Bi5GUwWLH7QQGl

09/21/2026

The Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program, a two-year MFA in the art and craft of musical theatre collaboration, is looking for talented composers, lyricists, and bookwriters to join our class of 2027. Applications are now being accepted!

If you're a composer or writer interested in creating musical theatre, we'd love to tell you about our Program. Sign up for one of our Virtual Open Houses by visiting https://tisch.nyu.edu/grad-musical-theatre-writing/events/open-house-2026. If you have any questions or are interested in visiting our department and sitting in on a class, email us at [email protected].

09/18/2026

Tomorrow and Sunday as part of Forestburgh Playhouse's In the Works In the Woods Festival: readings of THE HOMEFRONT with music and lyrics by Sam Salmond and co-book by Jenny Stafford (both Cycle 20).

The Forestburgh Playhouse presents the In The Works - In The Woods theatre festival 2026 performances.