Workshop-to-Broadway pathway: New York labs and development programs (1970–2010)

1. BMI–Lehman Engel Workshop begins in Manhattan

   Mar 1, 1961Labels: BMI Workshop, Lehman Engel

   • BMI Wiki
   • BMI Site

2. The York Theatre Company opens with a musical focus

   Jan 1, 1969Labels: The York

   • York Wiki

3. Playwrights Horizons is founded to nurture new writers

   Jan 1, 1971Labels: Playwrights Horizons

   • PH Wiki
   • Shewey 1983

4. ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops launch in New York

   Jan 1, 1977Labels: ASCAP Workshops

   • Schwartz Site

5. O’Neill National Music Theater Conference is founded

   Jan 1, 1978Labels: O'Neill Conference

   • O Neill NMTC

6. New York Theatre Workshop opens on East 4th Street

   Jan 1, 1979Labels: New York

   • NYTW Wiki

7. Richard Rodgers Awards support nonprofit musical development

   Jan 1, 1980Labels: Richard Rodgers, American Academy

   • AAAL Rodgers
   • AAAL Site

8. Vineyard Theatre is founded as a nonprofit producing home

   Jan 1, 1981Labels: Vineyard Theatre

   • Vineyard Wiki
   • Vineyard About

9. New York Stage & Film is founded as a development platform

   Jan 1, 1985Labels: New York

   • S F History
   • NYSAF Wiki

10. Powerhouse Theater partnership starts at Vassar

    Jun 1, 1985Labels: Powerhouse Theater, Vassar

    • Vassar Powerhouse

11. Stephen Schwartz becomes artistic director of ASCAP workshops

    Jan 1, 1993Labels: Stephen Schwartz, ASCAP Workshops

    • Schwartz Site

12. Rent premieres at New York Theatre Workshop

    Feb 13, 1996Labels: Rent, New York

    • Rent Wiki
    • NYTW Wiki

13. Avenue Q opens Off-Broadway at Vineyard Theatre

    Mar 20, 2003Labels: Avenue Q, Vineyard Theatre

    • Avenue Q Wiki
    • MTI History

14. The New York Musical Theatre Festival launches

    Jan 1, 2004Labels: NYMF, New York

    • NYMF Wiki
    • NYC Film Office

15. The Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group begins cohorts

    Jan 1, 2008Labels: The Public, Emerging Writers

    • Public EWG

16. By 2010, labs and nonprofits form a standard pathway

    Dec 31, 2010Labels: Developmental System, New York

    • NYTW Wiki
    • Vassar Powerhouse
    • BMI Wiki