The 2019 New York Musical Festival kicked off July 8 with a celebration at Sony Hall. The evening featured performances by Lauren Marcus and Gerard Canonico of Be More Chill and Eric William Morris of King Kong; Marcus sang a brand new tune by The Apple Boys composer Ben Bonnema, while the three together performed a new song by 2019 NYMF Honorary Chair and Be More Chill composer Joe Iconis.
Click here to check out the lineup for this year's festival, and flip through the gallery below to see photos from the festival's opening.
Lauren Marcus
Lauren Marcus
Gerard Canonico and Lauren Marcus
Gerard Canonico, Lauren Marcus and Eric William Morris
Russ Rowland
Ben Bonnema
Des McAnuff
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka
Russ Rowland
Rivky
Vanessa Carlton
Lauren Marcus and Gerard Canonico
William Eric Morris and Alyse Alan Louis
AJ Shively and Kate Abbruzzese
Scott Pyne and West Hyler
Rob Rokicki and Amanda Flynn
NYMF Student Leadership Program Participants
Russ Rowland
Staff of the 2019 New York Musical Festival
Cast and Creative Team of Bisland and Bly
Cast and Creative Team of Buried
Cast and Creative Team of Black Hole Wedding
Cast and Creative Team of Chance
Cast and Creative Team of Finding Beautiful
Cast and Creative Team of Everything Is Okay
Cast and Creative Team of Hero
Cast and Creative Team of Freedom Summer
Cast and Creative Team of Illuminati Lizards From Outer Space
Cast and Creative Team of Leaving Eden
Cast and Creative Team of Ladyship
Cast and Creative Team of Savage: The Musical
Cast and Creative Team of Queen E
Cast and Creative Team of Mississippi: The Musical
Cast and Creative Team of The F*ck Am I Doing
Cast and Creative Team of Till
Russ Rowland
Cast and Creative Team of Slide: A Tale of Mental Illness
Cast and Creative Team of The Oldenburg Suite
Cast and Creative Team of Underground
Cast of Illuminati Lizards From Outer Space
Creative Team of The Disappearing Man
Cast of My Real Mother
Brother Nat Creative Team
My Real Mother Creative Team
