Camp Broadway for Aspiring Broadway Stars

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I just signed up my oldest daughter, Myrna, for Camp Broadway. This will be her third trip to Camp Broadway: Myrna attended twice last year, once for "Show-by-Show", a weekend dedicated toWicked. The second was a week in the performers program, which was an amazing NYC trip. Camp Broadway is a wonderful opportunity for kids to work with real Broadway professionals and to experience the thrill of working on the stage. I only wish that I'd had the same kind of opportunity when I was a kid, but these kind of programs didn't exist in the early [ahem]...'90s...

Camp Broadway Mission Statement:

Camp Broadway is a theatre arts education company dedicated to helping students and families experience theatre in creative and meaningful ways.

Camp Broadway began as -- surprise -- a performing arts camp, founded in 1995. There are many, many "children's theatre" camps, but Camp Broadway set out to be different -- to open a door into the authentic world of Broadway traditions, bringing theatre-loving kids ages 10 to 17 together with Broadway professionals. Broadway theatre has a unique heritage. Around the world, "Broadway" means distinctive, theatrical excitement and magic. It's this one-of-a-kind spirit that drives Camp Broadway.

Now Camp Broadway is much more than just a camp. We bring the same energy and enthusiasm of our camp experience to all our other programs.

Our arts-in-education division, Stages-for-Learning, was launched in 1998, with the goal of introducing our particular brand of arts education into the curriculum of schools across America. Our Broadway spirit reaches into the classroom whether you're 45 minutes from Broadway or on the opposite side of the country.

Stages-for-Learning has hosted thousands of students at interactive pre-theatre workshops, where students learn as they role-play, guided by professional teaching artists. Students have become passengers on Titanic, members of the Continental Congress in 1776, townspeople in The Music Man. Each experience is unique, bringing students into the world of theatre in a memorable way.

Stages-for-Learning has sponsored the distribution of The New York Times into the public schools, and even helped hundreds of Girl Scouts earn their theatre badge. We've also created a series of curriculum guides entitled StageNOTES: A Field Guide for Teachers that incorporates the objectives of the United States Department of Education's National Standards for Arts Education.

The experienced Camp Broadway staff is committed to creating affordable and sustainable programs that present Broadway as a relevant and accessible art form for educators, kids, and families. In order to achieve this goal, we've developed working partnerships with Disney, Bravo Television Networks, Group Sales Box Office, Radio City Entertainment, the Educational Theatre Association, and the producers of such shows as 42nd Street, Kiss Me, Kate, The Music Man, Jane Eyre, Titanic, Footloose,Amadeus, and Copenhagen.

Camp Broadway: Inspiring the Next Generation.
By Suzy Conn on March 11, 2005 10:53 PM | | Comments (0) Camp Broadway<\/a> for Aspiring Broadway Stars')" onmouseout="addthis_close()" onclick="return addthis_sendto()">


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