The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) (Scott Pyne, Executive Director and West Hyler, Producing Artistic Director) will honor composer Stephen Schwartz and choreographer Kelly Devine at its 2019 Benefit Concert on Mon Nov 18 at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center (480 W 42nd St.)  The honorees will be celebrated by Broadway stars and NYMF alumni, including a special performance from Mr Schwartz, in an evening of entertainment directed by West Hyler with musical direction by Charity Wicks. Performers will be announced at a later date. Tickets are available for purchase at www.nymf.org. Additionally, NYMF announced that all submissions for the 2020 Festival are now open, including concerts, readings, full productions and the NYMF Artist Fellowship, a two-year commitment to a writer or writing team that culminates in a subsidized production. The inaugural NYMF Artist Fellowship was awarded this past summer to Anessa Marie, who presented Finding Beautiful in concert at the 2019 Festival and will have a full production during the 2020 Festival. Submissions will be accepted now through Sun Nov 10. For more information and to apply, please visit www.nymf.org/submitashow. The 2020 NYMF Grand Jury will include Travis Ballenger (Associate Artistic Director of The Old Globe), Marc Bruni (Beautiful), Anika Chapin (Artistic Associate of Goodspeed Theater), Max Grossman (Abrams Artists Agency), Jovan Hannah (The Seelig Group), Jill Rafson (Associate Artistic Director of Roundabout Theater Company), Emily Shooltz (Associate Artistic Director of Ars Nova), Kumiko Yoshii (Gorgeous Entertainment), and more to be announced. Press contact: Liz Lombardi/Matt Ross PR (212/756-1248)...