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A good piece in<\/a> Backstage.com<\/a> <\/em>reports today on the increase in number of new Musicals opening in Los Angeles, before making the step to Broadway.\u00a0 Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 is the Center Theater Group's latest, following successes withThe Drowsy Chaperone and Curtains!<\/p>\n

The article discusses some of the advantages (talent pool, money, etc) and\u00a0 challenges in creating theatre in Los Angeles… (geographic distance between venues, so there's no “theatre district”, diversity of audiences, competition for audience attention, etc.).\u00a0 Worth a read.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the article doesn't mention the wealth of resources available to folks just starting out in this arena.\u00a0 Among them, I'd like to highlight the Academy of New Musical Theatre<\/a>\u00a0 (full disclosure:\u00a0 I sit on this organization's Board of Directors)\u00a0 which provides training and resources to bookwriters, composers and lyricists, workshops new material, and offers dramaturgical services to producers working on new material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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