Leslie Kritzer and Mary Testa lead winners for NYMF "Best of the Fest"

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My Scary Girl, Fat Camp, Under Fire and Academy are among the musicals that will be presented with the New York Musical Theatre Festival's "Best of the Fest" Awards on Nov. 22.

Presented at the Edison Ballroom at 8:30pm, the evening celebrates the musicals presented during the NYMF 2009, and will also recognize the special efforts of NY1 "On Stage" and Sh-K-Boom and Ghostlight Records.The awards ceremony will feature selections from the winning NYMF shows and boast special performances by Tony winners Alice Ripley and Tom Kitt, as well as Tony nominee Gavin Creel, Sherie Renee Scott and Greg Naughton.The 2009 "Best of the Fest" NYMF Awards in Excellence winners follow: Outstanding New Musical: My Scary Girl by Kyoung-Ae Kang and Will Aronson; with honorable mention to Academy by John Mercurio; and Judas & Me by Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar.