Besides musicals, the festival offered readings, concerts featuring new music, educational seminars, and explorations of musicals in TV and film. It also facilitated unique collaborations between New York-based art organizations. In 2011, NYMF launched "NYMF meets NYMIF," a collaboration with the New York Musical Improv Festival. This weekly series paired performers from NYMF with artists from the
Magnet Theater to create improvised musicals. Earlier, in 2005, NYMF and the
Upright Citizens Brigade Theater explored the intersection of improvisation and musical theater. In 2005, NYMF received the
Jujamcyn Award and its $100,000 prize for developing creative talent. That same year, NYMF introduced a Dance Series to celebrate the integration of musical theatre and dance, featuring the musicals "Common Grounds" (2006) and "Platforms" (2007). The festival helped launch Broadway shows. "
title of show" became the first NYMF production to transfer to
Broadway in 2008, followed by "
Next to Normal" in 2009, which won three
Tony Awards and the 2010
Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In 2009, NYMF began working with the Daegu International Musical Theatre Festival, facilitating a production exchange and fostering international recognition and accolades. In 2013, NYMF received a Special
Drama Desk Award for a decade-long effort to create and nurture musical theater. In 2016, "Nerds: A Musical Software Satire" was slated to be NYMF's fourth Broadway transfer, its opening was cancelled due to the loss of a major investor. NYMF abruptly ceased operations on January 2, 2020. ==NYMF Awards for Excellence==