Festival Internazionale del Musical Announces Inaugural Global Celebration of Contemporary Musical Theatre

7/14/2021 2:09pm


Roberto Righi, CEO of the Milano Musical Awards (MMA), together with the Board and Broadway International Group, are pleased to announce the inaugural Festival Internazionale del Musical (International Festival of Musical Theatre), a global celebration showcasing the creativity of the world’s most talented contemporary musical theatre artists and productions, in Milan, Italy in Summer, 2022. For the Inaugural Festival, several acclaimed musical productions will be invited to perform in prominent theatres in Milan and the Lombardy region over a two-week period in Summer, 2022. The Festival will include a Gala Event, featuring performers and presenters honoring a Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The honoree will be announced in the fall of 2021. With strong support from the city government of Milan and the Lombardy Region, the local arts industry and Italian fashion icons, the Festival will embrace the hubs of Broadway and London’s West End, as well as musical theatre art and artists around the globe, from Europe to Asia to Latin America and beyond. The Founders of the International Festival of Musical Theatre, Fabrizio Carbon, Roberto Righi, Simone Genatt, Marc Routh, Diego Montrone and Jessica R Jenen have assembled a prestigious group of international theatre artists and professionals from around the world, to join the Creative Advisory Board to support the Festival’s efforts. They include: Performers: Lorella Cuccarini, Whoopi Goldberg, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Ben Vereen ; Theatre Professionals: Renato Balestra, Steve Baruch, Joshua Bergasse, Ken Billington, John Breglio, Julie Boardman, Nica Burns, Warren Carlyle, Theodore S. Chapin, Drew Cohen, Michael Curry, John Doyle, Tan Dun, Wendy Federman, Sean Flahaven, Richard Frankel, David Gallo, Dan Hinde, Rod Kaats, Sophy Kim, Stan Lai, Colin Law, Tom Leonardis, William Ivey Long, Joe Machota, Roy Ofer, Jon Platt, John Rando, Evan Shapiro, Matthew Byam Shaw, Edward Snape, Olivier Sultan, Victoria Traube, Sergio Trujillo, Tom Viertel and Kumiko Yoshii. More specifics including rules regarding eligibility and further logistic details will be announced in October 2021, including the Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. For more information, please visit www.festivalinternazionaledelmusical.com and www.milanomusicalawards.com. Press contact: Boneau/Bryan-Brown (212/575-3030)...