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Sep 29 2008

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New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
New York Musical Theatre Festival
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A peek at rehearsals, off moments, and pre-show preparations at this year's New York Musical Theatre Festival.
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Christopher Hall (left), Stephen Sheffer, and Tracey Gilbert get ready to perform Bedbugs!!! an '80s rock musical, at the TBG Theatre.
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Jeff Biering, musical director, and Michael Lee Scott, choreographer, for the vaudeville-meets-burlesque The Fancy Boy Follies (left). Jim J. Bullock, Jon Powell and Tom Stuart in rehearsal for Fancy Boy Follies.
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Dave August, Jon Powell, Howard Kaye, and Jim J. Bullock (left); Bullock.
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An unidentified pianist, Michael McGuirk, Josh Strickland, Daniel Torres, and Victoria Lecta Cave in rehearsal for Play It Cool, a jazz musical set in a Hollywood covert gay club in 1953 (left); Sally Mayes, Cave, and McGuirk.
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Rehearsals for Play It Cool.
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Will Taylor and Zach Fischer before a rehearsal for Jason & Ben, a musical about sexual and psychological manipulation (left); the pair with director James Beaudry.
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The scene backstage before a performance of The Hatpin, an Australian musical about the true story of a woman who tried to save her baby by advertising in a newspaper trading column.
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Five minutes before the house opens at The Hatpin.

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