What's New

New Musicals is actively built in close collaboration with our composer community. Here's what we've been working on.

April 28, 2026

🎉 Multi-platform music, title-page billing, and clickable licensing

—🎵 The Music section now accepts SoundCloud, Spotify, AND Bandcamp links — up to one per platform per show. Track, album, or playlist all work. Each card stays click-to-load, so adding all three doesn't slow the page down at all. Huzzah for choice.
—🎭 Show credits now display title-page style: 'Music by [composer], Lyrics by [lyricist], Book by [book writer].' Multi-role writers (composer-lyricists, lyricist-bookwriters, the rare composer-lyricist-bookwriter unicorn 🦄) finally render correctly across multiple lines, and writers sharing a role end up on the same line. Looks a lot more like an actual program.
—Under the hood, every collaborator on every show now stores roles as a multi-checkbox set instead of one rigid label. The same person can be a composer on one show and a lyricist on another, since that's how the world actually works. (Bonus: the bug where picking someone from autofill permanently branded them 'Composer' is dead. Vanquished. Slain. ⚔️)
—📋 Licensing rows are now clickable. Add the new optional Licensing URL field and the licensing line on your show page becomes a link with the same elegant arrow icon as your show website. Self-license? Paste your email instead — it auto-detects and turns into a mailto: link. Magic. 🪄

April 22, 2026

—Replaced the simple 'Family Friendly' checkbox with a proper age-group system: Young children (5 & under), Elementary (6–10), Middle school (11–13), High school (14+), and 18+ / Adults only. Check all that apply — this gives the PG-13 zone that so many shows occupy a real home on the site.
—Added a Show Website field so composers can link directly to their show's official site. It appears prominently on the show page, right under the collaborators.
—Refreshed the homepage hero with clearer, more welcoming copy and a new three-line hierarchy — including a punchy line about what you can actually do here (embed videos, TikToks, SoundCloud, share your work).
—Added a decorative purple underline to the headline because it felt right.
—Browse & filter page updated: the age group filters replace the old Family Friendly toggle, and show cards now display age group badges.

Early April 2026

—Composers can now embed TikTok videos directly on their show pages — paste the share link and it just works.
—Added SoundCloud playlist support. If you have a playlist of demos or recordings, paste the link and a player appears on your show page. It loads on click so it doesn't slow down the page.
—Added a Licensing field so composers can specify how producers can inquire about rights — whether that's a licensing house like Concord Theatricals or a direct contact.

April 10, 2026

—The site is live at newmusicals.net. Composers can sign up, build a profile, and add their shows.
—Show pages support YouTube video embeds, a full summary, cast and band size info, and a tagging system with 90+ curated tags organized by category.
—Producers and collaborators can browse shows and filter by cast size, band size, original vs. adaptation, and tags.
—Composer profiles are public and shareable — a home for your work on the web.
—Shows can list multiple collaborators, and if a collaborator has a New Musicals profile, the show automatically appears on their page too.

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