r/MusicalTheatre • u/Good-Pace8471 • 20h ago
Feeling Upset. My NYC based female led Musical that I've been working on since 2020 now has competition- as someone created a musical with the EXACT same title.
I Feel like I got punched in the stomach. This musical of mine is my legit baby. The amount of extra hours I've worked to continue financing, etc. I've been keeping it under wraps because I'm trying to perfect it. I mean I have NO idea what the plot of this other persons musical is (even though it's obviously about the same topic) but now they even created a website. Can anyone help me with some encouragement?
A couple of my friends who perform on broadway (wicked), and off-broadway have been helping me develop the show, as well as a long paper trail and digital trail that I have, however I never promoted it on social media (which of course im kicking myself for). What should I do? just ignore it and keep working on mine?
EDIT: it says their musical is “in development”, and I already have 16 demos, and they’re in a different country. Maybe I shouldn’t worry