Broadway Favorites Annaleigh Ashford, Mary Testa & More Set for NAMT’s Festival of New Musicals

Tony nominee Annaleigh Ashford, who can currently be seen in You Can’t Take It With You, and Wicked’s Mary Testa will appear in Peter Duchan and Breedlove's Stu for Silverton, one of the eight musicals to be presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)’s 26th annual Festival of New Musicals. The event is set to take place at New World Stages on October 23 and 24.

The Festival of New Musicals introduces eight new musicals to industry professionals through reading presentations. As previously announced, the NAMT event will also include a Shongwriters Showcase featuring Oscar winner Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Pigpen Theatre Company and more.

Additional performers set to appear in the festival’s lineup include Terence Archie and Natalie Venetia Belcone in Beautiful Poison, Janet Dacal in Cubamor, Denielle Herbert and Francis Jue in Great Wall, Adam Matta in How to Break, Colin Hanlon, Emerson Steele and Ruth Gottschal in Mary Marie, Todd Buonopane, Alli Mauzey and Kate Shindle in The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes and Heidi Blickenstaff and Geoff Packard in String.