25 YEARS OF
PROSPECT MUSICALS
Today's new voices shaping tomorrow's musicals.
Prospect Theater Company is now Prospect Musicals!
As our organization celebrates 25 years of creating and developing new work by emerging artists, we’re changing our name! Prospect Musicals now centers our artistic identity as one of NYC’s foremost producers of new musical theater.
What won’t change is our commitment to bold, original stories, uplifting new voices, fearless creativity, and sustaining an inclusive and welcoming community for artists launching their careers. Join us as we embark on the next adventure!
Prospect received renewed support from the NEA to continue our development of this new jazz musical. Help us raise our matching funds for the grant.
From silent pictures to the talkies, groundbreaking cinematic pioneer Oscar Micheaux battles the racism of Hollywood to bring Black stories to the silver screen... facing down censorship boards, financial ruin, and family betrayal. Micheaux's legacy as America's first major Black filmmaker comes to syncopated and soulful life in this new jazz musical.
Through a composer commissioning grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and a grant from the NEA, Prospect has commissioned the Brooklyn based indie-folk-pop-americana group Bandits on the Run to write a new musical inspired by Alaska's Klondike Gold Rush.
- New Commission!
Your special 25th Anniversary Capital Gift will help sustain Prospect Musicals and build a bright future for the next generation of the American musical!
An investment in Prospect’s working capital resources is a vital, strategic endeavor during our milestone year. The Forward Fund will empower Prospect to continue producing bold new works, embrace artistic opportunities, and enhance its resilience for the future.
As we celebrate our legacy and impact, you have an opportunity to help us foster exciting new works, keep a non-profit theater organization thriving, and support the next generation of theater-makers!
Thursday February 20, 2025 @ 7:30pm
at
Symphony Space (2537 Broadway, NYC).
Each year, Prospect's Musical Theater Lab brings together writing teams to create short musicals in response to a curated assignment. The 6-week program culminates in a public presentation of the new works generated through the Lab process. on
Thursday February 20, 2025 @ 7:30pm at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway, NYC).