Musical Development Program Schedule: 2007-2008

August 10-12	Stages 2007 (14th Annual festival of new works in progress)
October 3-18	The Magic Paintbrush (TBC’s “ New Musicals for Kids”)
October 29	Opening Day (Monday Night Musicals)
November 19	Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (Monday Night Musicals)
December 18	El Dia de Los Muertos (Monday Night Musicals)
January 28	Heloise and Abelard (Monday Night Musicals)
February 27-March 13	Freddy the Flat-Faced School Bus (TBC’s “ New Musicals for Kids”)
March 18	Amelia (Monday Night Musicals)
April 21	iGhost (Monday Night Musicals)
May 27 (new date!)	Whirlybirds (Monday Night Musicals)
July 9-24	The Tale of Pigling Bland (TBC’s “ New Musicals for Kids”)
August 15, 16, 17	Stages 2008 (15th Annual festival of new works in progress)

Theatre Building Chicago shines the spotlight on the pint-sized patron (ages 3-8) with three new musicals created by members of its nationally recognized musical theatre writers workshop.
Jeffery A. Ward as the Emperor in The Magic Paintbrush	Coming this summer! July 9 - 24, 2008 The Tale of Pigling Bland Book and Lyrics by Suzy Conn Music by Mitchell Kitz Previously this season: Freddy the Flat-Faced School Bus Book and Lyrics by Jill Marshall Work Music by Howard Pfeifer The Magic Paint Brush Book by Christina Biggs Music and Lyrics by Marianne Kallen
For more information, please telephone: 773.929.7367 x230 (Click here to view 2006-2007 season)

Musical Theatre Writers Workshop Schedule (2007-2008) - click here for more information

September 22-24, 2007 October 20-22, 2007 November 17-19 2007	January 19-21, 2008 February 23-25, 2008 March 29-31, 2008	April 26-28, 2008 May 17-19, 2008 June 21-23, 2008

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Musical Development Program Presentation History

Stages 2007; The Magic Paintbrush (2007); Monday Night Musicals (2007-2008);

Stages 2006; Fairystories (2006); The Adventures of Anansi the Spider (2006); Monday Night Musicals (2006-2007); Black, White and Gray (2007); Tantrum on the Tracks (2007); Crossroads at Thirty (Mini-Musicals, 2007)

Stages 2005; Monday Night Musicals 2005-2006; If Trane Wuz Here (2006); Josephine Tonight! (2006); Down But Not Out (Mini-Musicals, 2006); Tantrum on the Tracks (2006); The Adventures of Anansi The Spider (2006)

Saint Peter’s Umbrella (2005), Monday Night Musicals 2004-2005, Stages 2004, Africa & Plumbridge, Saints and Sinners (Mini Musicals, 2005)

The Prairie (2004), The Big Voice: God or Merman? (2004), Monday Night Musicals 2003-2004, Tantrum on the Tracks & Prince Huey and the Gooey Dragon (One-Acts Project 2003)

Stages 2003, Late Night Cabaret (2002/2003), Old Baggage (Mini Musicals 2003), The Luck of the Irish (One Act Musicals 2003), Musical Mondays: A Concert Reading Series (2002-03)

Stages 2002: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Instant Heroes: Just Add Water (mini-musicals 2002), Me & Al (2002), Hans Brinker (2001), June 4, 2001 (One-Act Musicals Project 2002) (co-production), Musical Mondays: A Monthly Reading Series (2001-02)

Stages 2001: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Ambitious Dreams and Ordinary People (10-Minute Tuners 2001), Crazy Mary (2001), Winter Tales: Past, Present, Future (One-Act Musicals Project 2001), Te Amo (2000), Musical Mondays: A Monthly Reading Series (2000-01)

Happy Prince (2000 workshop), Stages 2000: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Musical Mondays: A Monthly Reading Series (1999-2000), Past Time (2000), Caution: People at Play (10-Minute Tuners 2000), Millennial Leap Year (One-Act Musicals Project 2000)

Mim (1999) (co-production), Stages ‘99: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, It’s All Been Done Before (10-Minute Tuners 1999), Emma & Company (1999), Overland (1999)

Hans Brinker (1998), Stages ‘98: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, Simple Fun/Complex Times (10-Minute Tuners 1998), Night in Sarajevo (1998) 4 a. m. Boogie Blues (1998)

Hans Brinker (1997), Sweet & Hot: the Songs of Harold Arlen (1997) (co-production), Stages ‘97: A Festival of New Musicals in Progress, The Signs of the Times (10-Minute Tuners 1997)

Hans Brinker (1996), New Faces of ’96, Festival of Readings of New Musicals (1996), Polling for Dollars (10-Minute Tuners 1996), Fat Tuesday (1996), Santa Flaws (1995), Hans Brinker (1995), Festival of New Musical Readings (1995), Smoke Screen (10-Minute Tuners 1995), Tabloid Tuners (1995)

Hans Brinker (1994), Festival of New Musical Readings (1994), Dividing Lines (10-Minute Tuners 1994)

School Board Shuffle (10-Minute Tuners 1993), Stocking Stuffers (10-Minute Tuners 1992), Trask & Fenn (1992), Chicago Stories (10-Minute Tuners 1992), High Fidelity (1991), 10-Minute Tuners Project (1991)

Charlie-Bar (Russia, 1990-92)
Babylon Sisters (1990), Charlie’s Oasis Museum & Bar (1990), A Change in the Heir (1988)
The Future of the American Musical Theatre (1987)
Doonesbury (1987), Nightingale (1987)
Babes in Barns (1984), Two (1984)