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New York Musical Theatre Festival
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With:
Isaac Hurwitz
Kris Stewart

New York Musical Theatre Festival founders Kris Stewart and Isaac Robert Hurwitz talk about the original impulse to start the festival and place it in the context of New York City's other theatrical festivals, explain their producing process and the different categories of participating shows, and consider the effect of Manhattan media attention on their musicals which are, so often, at the beginning of their stage lives.

Original air date - September 15, 2006
Running Time - 41:13



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