The Festival will take place annually each June for a two week period. There will be public performances of the productions in Milan leading up to a Lifetime Achievement Award Event. The Inaugural Festival and Lifetime Achievement Award Event will take place in June 2022. The Gala event will feature performers and presenters honoring the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

The Festival & Lifetime Achievement Award Event will take place in Milan, Italy as well as the surrounding Lombardy Region.

The Creative Advisory Board is a prestigious group of significant international theatre artists and professionals from around the world who are committed to the musical theatre art form and have joined together to support the Milan International Musical Festival.

Renato Balestra, Steve Baruch, Joshua Bergasse, Ken Billington, Julie Boardman, John Breglio, Nica Burns, Warren Carlyle, Theodore S. Chapin, David Cohen, Lorella Cuccarini, Michael Curry, John Doyle, Tan Dun, Wendy Federman, Sean Flahaven, Richard Frankel, David Gallo, Whoopi Goldberg, Dan Hinde, Rod Kaats, Sophy Kim, Stan Lai, Colin Law, Tom Leonardis, William Ivey Long, Patti LuPone, Joe Machota, Roy Ofer, Bernadette Peters, Jon Platt, John Rando, Lea Salonga, Evan Shapiro, Matthew Byam Shaw, Edward Snape, Olivier Sultan, Victoria Traube, Sergio Trujillo, Ben Vereen, Tom Viertel, Kumiko Yoshii.

The Lifetime Achievement Award recipient will be announced in the Fall of 2021. It will be presented to a prominent musical theatre artist of the Festivals choosing in June 2022.

The Festival will be a global celebration of the musical form and will include a diverse array of productions from around the world.

The Lifetime Achievement Award Event will be a televised event and/or available for streaming globally on a platform to be announced. The Festival finale Gala evening will also be available for streaming globally.

Anyone can purchase tickets to shows that are part of the festivals, with details to be announced. The Lifetime Achievement Award Event ceremony will be for invited guests and a limited number of tickets will be sold to the public.

The schedule of performances during the Festival is to be determined at a later date, but it is anticipated that nominated productions will perform short runs at venues around Milan and the Lombardy region leading up to a Gala awards ceremony in Milan.

The Festival producers will partner with local journalists, the Creative Advisory Board, theatre critics and theatre associations in major cities in select territories to nominate productions for the Milan Musical Awards.

Only shows that run during the designated nomination period (to be determined) will be eligible for the Festival in June 2023.

Our goal is to celebrate musical productions around the world, which will include both revivals and new shows.

Participation is invited from the entire global musical theatre community and will feature productions not only from the established hubs of Broadway and the West End but will also include the many wonderful diverse work to be found worldwide.

A panel of distinguished guest judges will attend the Festival and vote on the awards. Together, they will also be the presenters for the award ceremony.

The specific rules will be released in October 2021 regarding eligibility and further logistic details.

Tickets will go on sale in the winter prior to each Festival.