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PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: This Summer Camp for the Arts Devises New Musicals for Their 275 Campers
3+ hour, 28+ min ago (494+ words) How to Broadway-size Your Next Party or Event with PLAYBILLDER This week's Spotlight is Usdan Summer camp for the Arts of Wheatley Heights, New York, and their world premiere productions,Aviva vs. The Dybbuk and KaBlam! Aviva, based on Mari…...
London Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Will Become Reduced 1-Part Edition
2+ week, 5+ day ago (397+ words) The London production'of'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which has been running in its original two-part configuration since premiering at the Palace Theatre in 2016, will become the reduced one-part edition of the play beginning this fall. The "new" edition of…...
PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: This Day School Theatre Program Is a 'Gymnasium for Empathy"
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (470+ words) Savannah Country Day students shine in a fairy tale-inspired play about love and wonderment. How to Broadway-size Your Next Party or Event with PLAYBILLDER Director of Fine and Performing Arts,James Venhaus, shared with Playbill why creating characters gives students…...
Lindsay Mendez, Ryan Scott Oliver Want to Teach You How to Succeed in Musical Theatre Without Really Dying
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (243+ words) Tony winner Lindsay Mendez and musical theatre songwriter Ryan Scott Oliver have penned a new book aimed at helping early career theatre artists master the business of show business.How to Succeed in Musical Theatre Without Really Dying will release…...
Harry Potter, With Film Star Tom Felton, Sets New All-Run High, and More From Last Week's Broadway Grosses
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (319+ words) Across Broadway, fortunes continued to rise as we approach the winter holidays that historically bring Broadway's busiest and most profitable weeks. The 34 currently running shows brought in $40,638,869, up a point from the week prior. Houses were an average of 89% full,…...
Disney Launches Stage Connect, Letting Elementary Schools Perform Their Musicals for Free
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (279+ words) Disney has launched its'new'Stage Connect'program, a free online course that will'train teachers on how to produce a musical. The program, from'Disney Musicals in Schools, will also offer'elementary schools free performance rights and materials to a 30-minute Disney musical created specifically…...
Get Ready for a Baby-Sitters Club Musical
5+ mon, 21+ hour ago (358+ words) TWTheatricals is developing a stage musical from Ann M. Martin's children's book series'The Baby-Sitters Club. The project is being written by Kate Wetherhead (The Devil Wears Prada) with songs by Mark Sonnenblick (KPop Demon Hunters). Annie Tippe will direct and choreograph....
A+ Essentials: Playbill Items For Every Student
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (548+ words) Ready to hit the books and the stage? As the school year begins, it's time to stock up on all the essentials, but who says your supplies have to be boring? Whether you're an elementary school star-in-the-making or a college…...
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to Become Broadway's 3rd Longest-Running Play
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (496+ words) READ:Harry Potter Film Star Tom Felton Extends UpcomingRun in Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Harry Potter and the Cursed Childhas the distinction of being named by the Guinness World Records as the highest-grossing non-musical play in Broadway…...
PLAYBILLDER Spotlight: In This Harry Potter Parody, Young People Have Fun and Find Their People
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (448+ words) The Biz Academy of Musical Theatre provides Avon, Indiana, youths with their first theatre experience. How to Broadway-size Your Next Party or Event with PLAYBILLDER Director Jamison'Hemmert shared with Playbill which magical moment from this show made him most proud…...