Frozen Oscar Winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez & More Will Take Part in NAMT's Festival of New Musicals

“Let It Go” Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez will take part in the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)’s 26th annual Festival of New Musicals. The Frozen songwriter, alongside collaborators Lisa de Spain and Julia Jordan, will present two songs from their new project Storyville as part of the festival’s Songwriters Showcase. Pigpen Theatre Company, who presented The Old Man and the Old Moon off-Broadway, will also take part, sampling their latest work: The Hunter and the Bear. The festival is set to take place at New World Stages on October 23 and 24.

In addition to Storyville and The Hunter and the Bear, the Songerwriters Showcase will highlight The Cost of Living by Timothy Huang and October Sky by Michael Mahler and Aaron Thielen. Additionally, Michelle Elliot and Danny Larsen, Rob Rokicki, Will Aronson and Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar will present new material from various projects as part of the festival’s Songwriters Sessions program.

The Festival of New Musicals introduces eight new musicals to industry professionals through reading presentations over two days. This year’s lineup will feature the new works Beautiful Poison, Cubamor, Great Wall, How To Break, Mary Marie, The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes, String and Stu For Silverton.