Winter Park Playhouse Celebrates Record-Breaking Attendance at Florida Festival of New Musicals Winter Park, FL - The Winter Park Playhouse is thrilled to announce that the 2024 edition of the Florida Festival of New Musicals has achieved its highest attendance in event history, with a 10% increase from the previous year.
This notable milestone marks a significant achievement for the festival, which has become a premier platform for writers and composers to showcase their new musical works and receive valuable feedback from the audience, press, producers, and peers. Established in 2017, the Florida Festival of New Musicals has consistently demonstrated its importance in elevating musical theatre by fostering the development of writers and composers in front of a --- audience. The event invites national and international submissions of musical productions... with six finalists selected to be featured in the festival.
Each finalist presents a one-hour version of their work in a concert-style format, performed three times with minimal staging by casts of professional performing artists. This unique format allows members of the artistic community and the general public to experience the creative process and provide feedback... which is invaluable to the writers and composers.
The festival's growth is a testament to its success in providing a platform for creators to share their work and receive constructive feedback. The 2025 edition of the festival is scheduled to take place from June 19 to 22, with submissions open from July 1 to September 13. The news of the festival's success comes as the community is abuzz with excitement over two other local arts announcements.
The Winter Park Arts Cultural Alliance has revealed plans to revive the Weekend of the Arts event, set to take place from February 21 to 23, 2025. This popular event, which was first launched in 2018, will offer free events and special programming for all ages, showcasing the contributions of local arts nonprofits. The City Commission has approved the Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts' plan to repurpose the old library building, which will feature a --- music venue and music and arts education facilities for use by community arts organizations.
Winter Park-based Central Florida Vocal Arts, "one of the project's partners," is set to embark on its 12th season in September with a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. For more information about the Florida Festival of New Musicals and other local arts events, "readers can visit the32789."com.
Reference: See hereWinter Park Playhouse is celebrating the growth of its Florida Festival of New Musicals as the 2024 edition marked the highest attendance in event history: up 10% from 2023. "This growth is a testament to the importance of the festival as a well-established platform for writers and composers to showcase their new musical works and receive feedback from patrons, press, producers, and peers," reads a statement from the Playhouse.
The festival was created in 2017 to elevate musical theatre by fostering the development of writers and composers in front of a live audience. National and international submissions of musical productions are evaluated with six finalists featured in the festival. A one-hour version of each is performed three times in a concert-style format with minimal staging by casts of professional performing artists.
Members of the artistic community and the general public are invited to experience the process and offer feedback.
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