Goodspeed Musicals AwardsAndrew A. Isen Prize to Keirsten Hodgens

Annual Prize Supports Emerging Musical Theatre Professionals EAST HADDAM, Conn. (March 27, 2024) – Goodspeed Musicals is pleased to announce that Keirsten Hodgens has been selected as this year’s recipient of The Andrew A. Isen Prize at Goodspeed Musicals. This award is funded through a generous gift given by DC-based entrepreneur and…

Goodspeed Puts the Spotlight on New Works at the 18th Annual Festival of New Musicals

Staged Readings of Three Brand-New Musicals and Special Events Celebrate the Best & Brightest in Musical Theatre – January 12-14, 2024 EAST HADDAM, Conn. (Dec. 5, 2023) – Come in from the cold and check out what’s hot at the 18th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals. The much-anticipated three-day festival of brand-new works will…

Jennifer Holliday to Headline Goodspeed Musicals’ 60th Anniversary Gala & Auction

Tony & Grammy Award-Winner Jennifer Holliday, One of the Original Dreamgirls, Will Appear in This One-Night-Only Event on Monday, June 12 EAST HADDAM, Conn. (April 11, 2023) – Come celebrate with Goodspeed Musicals at their 60th Anniversary Gala & Auction on Monday, June 12, featuring a special concert by Broadway legend Jennifer Holliday.…

Goodspeed Musicals Launches GoodWorks, a New Musicals Commissioning Program

Inaugural Projects include “The Snow Goose” and “Little Miss Perfect” EAST HADDAM, Conn. (December 20, 2022) – Two-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals proudly announces GoodWorks, its first formal commissioning program to support the creation and development of musicals that celebrate inspiring and transformational stories. The first GoodWorks commissions will be The Snow Goose written…

The Spotlight is on Female Writers at the 16th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals

March 18-20: Staged readings of three brand-new musicals plusseveral special events celebrating the best and brightest in musical theatre from across the nation East Haddam, Conn., FEBRUARY 3,: Come in from the cold and check out what’s hot at the 16th Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals. The much-anticipated three-day festival of brand-new works…

Goodspeed Musicals Announces a Full Season for 2022 at the Goodspeed

EAST HADDAM, CONN., OCTOBER 28, 2021: In a bold return to producing full-scale musicals at the iconic Goodspeed Opera House, Goodspeed Musicals has announced four exciting productions for the Tony Award-winning theatre’s 2022 season.  Now in her second season as Goodspeed’s Artistic Director, Donna Lynn Hilton shared, “It is truly thrilling…

Goodspeed Musicals Sets Reopening Date

Goodspeed will welcome audiences back to the theater beginning September 24, 2021 NEW: The much anticipated return to The Goodspeed will featurean enchanting new production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein hit-filled A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING! EAST HADDAM, CT, JUNE 9, 2021: Goodspeed Musicals announced today that the two-time Tony Award-winning…