Last week Camp Broadway had the amazing pleasure of attending a performance of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (http://www.howtosucceedbroadway.com) starring Daniel Radcliffe, most notably of Harry Potter fame.
Radcliffe charms the audience from the get go as J. Pierrepont Finch, a window washer who makes his way to the top of the World Wide Wicket corporation with the help of his trusty “How To” book as well as some luck and help from his fellow co-workers. John Larroquette plays the company CEO J.B. Biggley who immediately takes a liking to “Ponty” which begins to make him the envy of the other guys in the office, but also makes him admirable to the ladies. Rose Hemmingway makes her Broadway debut as ‘Rosemary,” Ponty’s love interest.
“How to Succeed...” has now been revived on Broadway three times and is a Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical. This production, the 50th annual, is directed and choreographed by Tony and Emmy award winner Rob Ashford. The costumes and sets are colorful, fun, and bright. Frank Loessor provides music that will be in your head for days! There were lots of kids in the audience with big smiles on their faces, and they really seemed to benjoy themselves.
Head on over to the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on 45th and 8th to get your tickets and you will surely feel successful from the start!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Be a Broadway Star!
Camp Broadway was recently invited to a party at http://www.davenporttheatrical.com to test out a new board game, Be a Broadway Star brought to you by http://www.broadwayspace.com and boy was it a fun time!
The game is reminiscent of Monopoly but with many more twists and turns as you try to make it to the "Broadway Hall of Fame." You earn money and build your resume through audition cards, and as you move along you can also hire agents, join Equity (the professional actors union,) and get a publicist to really make it to the top! Probably the most fun parts are during the “Make or Break” cards that require players to sing, dance, and perform for their competitors!
The game was conceived by Ken Davenport, the creator of http://www.broadwayspace.com, which is a social networking site for theatre fans. After having seen many fans come up with games on the website, Ken decided to create a board game geared towards Broadway. The board game made its debut in November 2010 and sold 1000 games in 25 days, and was even recently featured on the fourth hour of the Today Show as one of Kathie Lee and Hoda’s Favorite Things!
Check out http://www.beabroadwaystar.com to learn more, read news about the product, and purchase the game so you can 'Be A Broadway Star' today!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Camp Broadway Kids on NY1!
Have you purchased your tickets to go to the NY Pops 28th Birthday Concert? The Camp Broadway kids will be performing so make sure you do at http://www.carnegiehall.org
This year the performance, Celebrate Hope, is dedicated to Bob Hope and features performances by Christine Ebersole, Cheyenne Jackson, and special guest Angela Lansbury among many others.
Some of the local Camp Broadway kids had the opportunity this past week to film a spot for NY1, a local NY Channel. Seven kids, most of who have performed with Camp Broadway at Carnegie Hall in the past, met at Pearl Studios with Steve Saari, a talented CB musical director, to learn “When Hope Was There” by Bill Schermerhorn exclusively for the CB Kids to sing! The kids learned the song in under an hour and also spent some time getting to know each other, talking about their favorite shows and also who Bob Hope is. Mr. Saari gave them valuable tips and tricks of professional performers such as ‘monologing’ the lyric of a song you are working on to help you to understand what you are sharing with the audience.
The kids then headed to the shoot and you can check out their spot below. Enjoy and we hope to see you next week at Carnegie Hall!
http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/arts/137857/new-york-pops-ready-to--celebrate-hope-
This year the performance, Celebrate Hope, is dedicated to Bob Hope and features performances by Christine Ebersole, Cheyenne Jackson, and special guest Angela Lansbury among many others.
Some of the local Camp Broadway kids had the opportunity this past week to film a spot for NY1, a local NY Channel. Seven kids, most of who have performed with Camp Broadway at Carnegie Hall in the past, met at Pearl Studios with Steve Saari, a talented CB musical director, to learn “When Hope Was There” by Bill Schermerhorn exclusively for the CB Kids to sing! The kids learned the song in under an hour and also spent some time getting to know each other, talking about their favorite shows and also who Bob Hope is. Mr. Saari gave them valuable tips and tricks of professional performers such as ‘monologing’ the lyric of a song you are working on to help you to understand what you are sharing with the audience.
The kids then headed to the shoot and you can check out their spot below. Enjoy and we hope to see you next week at Carnegie Hall!
http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/arts/137857/new-york-pops-ready-to--celebrate-hope-
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Catch Me If You Can!
This spring at the Neil Simon Theatre make sure to ‘catch’ Catch Me If You Can, a new musical on Broadway. A star studded Broadway cast lead by Aaron Tveit and Norbert Leo Butz rounds out amazing costumes, production numbers, and is based on a great, true story!
While some subject matter doesn’t lend itself to the very young crowd, older teens accompanied by their parents should find the show entertaining and also possibly relatable, as Abagnale Jr. is 16 when the story begins. From the minute the curtain goes up, it is a fast paced, lively story that draws you into this story and really makes you care for the characters.
Drawing from the movie of the same name and brought to you by much of the same team that created Hairspray on Broadway, Catch Me If You Can follows the early years of Frank Abagnale, Jr. a con man with such valuable skills that after serving his time once being caught for fraud, he has been associated with the FBI for more than 35 years.
The story follows a young Frank and his antics as he tries to move up in the world and away from a broken home. There are many lovely relationships in the show among the characters. Specifically between Abagnale Jr. (Tveit) and his father (Tom Wopat,) Abagnale Jr. and what could have been his first wife (Kerry Butler,) and finally Abagnale Jr. and the Agent that pursued and eventually took his operation down, Agent Carl Hanratty played by Norbert Leo Butz. There is a lovely ensemble of showgirls and beautiful lighting that really make the show very pretty to watch.
Head on over to the Neil Simon Theatre at 250 West 52nd Street and “catch’ this show!
While some subject matter doesn’t lend itself to the very young crowd, older teens accompanied by their parents should find the show entertaining and also possibly relatable, as Abagnale Jr. is 16 when the story begins. From the minute the curtain goes up, it is a fast paced, lively story that draws you into this story and really makes you care for the characters.
Drawing from the movie of the same name and brought to you by much of the same team that created Hairspray on Broadway, Catch Me If You Can follows the early years of Frank Abagnale, Jr. a con man with such valuable skills that after serving his time once being caught for fraud, he has been associated with the FBI for more than 35 years.
The story follows a young Frank and his antics as he tries to move up in the world and away from a broken home. There are many lovely relationships in the show among the characters. Specifically between Abagnale Jr. (Tveit) and his father (Tom Wopat,) Abagnale Jr. and what could have been his first wife (Kerry Butler,) and finally Abagnale Jr. and the Agent that pursued and eventually took his operation down, Agent Carl Hanratty played by Norbert Leo Butz. There is a lovely ensemble of showgirls and beautiful lighting that really make the show very pretty to watch.
Head on over to the Neil Simon Theatre at 250 West 52nd Street and “catch’ this show!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Dance Track is Here!
Beginning on Monday, April 18, Camp Broadway presents a five day dance intensive, our first ever! Throughout the week, dancers ages 10 to 17 will be guided by Sue Delano and led by a fantastic group of professional dancers including Marilyn Dhonau, Mark Ledbetter, Terra MacLeods, and Robbie Roby who is the Dance Captain of Billy Elliot on Broadway! Students will have master classes in Ballet, Tap, and Jazz and will end the week with a presentation for a Broadway Casting Director. Also during the week the dancers will see Billy Elliot on Broadway, attend a talk back with the cast, and get an in studio meet and greet with the “Ballet Girls” from the show!
Deanna Dys will also be teaching at Dance Track. Deanna has appeared in many Broadway shows and at age 16 she was hired to be in the original production of 42nd Street on Broadway. What is so interesting about this fact, is that Camp Broadway’s own Artistic Director, Tony Parise, was her Dance Captain!
As you can see, it is shaping up to be an exciting week and we will be here to bring you all the exciting news!
Deanna Dys will also be teaching at Dance Track. Deanna has appeared in many Broadway shows and at age 16 she was hired to be in the original production of 42nd Street on Broadway. What is so interesting about this fact, is that Camp Broadway’s own Artistic Director, Tony Parise, was her Dance Captain!
As you can see, it is shaping up to be an exciting week and we will be here to bring you all the exciting news!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thanks CAP21!
On Monday night April 11th, Camp Broadway had the amazing opportunity to attend the CAP21 Spring Gala and Benefit Concert honoring Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt. CAP21 is a non-profit Musical Conservatory Program founded in 1993 by Frank and Eliza Ventura, the hosts of the night. All the proceeds from the event will go to new work produced at CAP21. For more info on the program, check out the website at http://www.cap21.org
After a lovely cocktail party where Camp Broadway Alums Sarah Hutton, Brittany Kaplan, and Sunny Naughton were reunited over ten years later, everyone settled in for a wonderful show. Throughout the evening, Jason and Georgia told stories of their union (they are married,) their work together and apart (this was their second time working together onstage,) and lots of anecdotes and stories of their music, lyrics, friends, and shows throughout the years. It was a truly amazing experience as it always is to get to listen to and watch live performances from the people who created the music you may have only heard on a recording.
Some highlights of the evening included Glee’s Matthew Morrison, a CAP21 Alum accepting via a video the very first Distinguished Alumni Award, the chorus of 40 CAP21 students backing many of the performances, as well as several Broadway stars stopping by to sing the music of their friends. Christopher Jackson (The Lion King, In the Heights,) Lauren Kennedy (Monty Python’s Spamalot, Sunset Boulevard,) and Jessica Molaskey (Sunday in the Park with George, Parade, Tommy) were just a few of Jason and Georgia’s close friends that stopped by to celebrate this talented duo and share their own talent with the awe struck audience.
It was a night to remember, and Camp Broadway is so excited to have been a part of it.
After a lovely cocktail party where Camp Broadway Alums Sarah Hutton, Brittany Kaplan, and Sunny Naughton were reunited over ten years later, everyone settled in for a wonderful show. Throughout the evening, Jason and Georgia told stories of their union (they are married,) their work together and apart (this was their second time working together onstage,) and lots of anecdotes and stories of their music, lyrics, friends, and shows throughout the years. It was a truly amazing experience as it always is to get to listen to and watch live performances from the people who created the music you may have only heard on a recording.
Some highlights of the evening included Glee’s Matthew Morrison, a CAP21 Alum accepting via a video the very first Distinguished Alumni Award, the chorus of 40 CAP21 students backing many of the performances, as well as several Broadway stars stopping by to sing the music of their friends. Christopher Jackson (The Lion King, In the Heights,) Lauren Kennedy (Monty Python’s Spamalot, Sunset Boulevard,) and Jessica Molaskey (Sunday in the Park with George, Parade, Tommy) were just a few of Jason and Georgia’s close friends that stopped by to celebrate this talented duo and share their own talent with the awe struck audience.
It was a night to remember, and Camp Broadway is so excited to have been a part of it.
The Addams Family!
Dadadada snap snap dadadada snap snap dadadada dadadada dadadada snap snap!
And that is what you hear even before the curtain rises at The Addams Family on Broadway! Even if you weren’t familiar with the story line or characters, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t know the famous theme song. The Addams Family on Broadway is based on the American TV show of the same name. The television show comes from the characters found in Charles Addams comic strip from the New Yorker. The Addams Family is very eclectic and dark.
The musical follows an original storyline in which Wednesday (Rachel Potter,) the teenage daughter, has fallen in love with a ‘normal’ boy. When the families decide to meet chaos ensues. Bebe Neuwirth and Roger Rees play Mortitia and Gomez Addams, the parents of Wednesday and her younger brother, Pugsley who has a pet iguana that starts off as a baby and grows into a larger than life pet that sleeps under the bed!
Camp Broadway was lucky enough to not only go backstage after the show, but also get a chance to interview Adam Riegler, the young actor who plays Pugsley Addams. Riegler originated the role over a year ago in Chicago for the out of town tryout, and has stayed with the cast through the one-year birthday, which was Friday April 8th, when we saw the show! Mr. Riegler told us his favorite part of the production is the number “One Normal Night” as he loves his pet iguana. He also likes the scene called “MUB” for Monster Under the Bed, in which we see the large iguana indeed, living under his bed!
Riegler recalls first wanting to try theatre after watching his mother’s theatre classes in CT where she taught. He was around seven at the time. He said it looked like so much fun! Now at age 12, Riegler is starring in his second Broadway show after playing Young Shrek on Broadway as well.
What’s Reiglers advice for other young kids who love theatre and want to pursue it as a hobby or professionally? “You can’t stop,” Riegler told us, “You gotta keep going.”
The Addams Family plays at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre located at 205 W. 46th Street. Last year the Camp Broadway kids had the privilege of attending. This year we will be seeing Wonderland as our Camp show but not before we preview it for you and bring you all the interesting news!
Check back soon and see you at the theatre!
And that is what you hear even before the curtain rises at The Addams Family on Broadway! Even if you weren’t familiar with the story line or characters, you would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn’t know the famous theme song. The Addams Family on Broadway is based on the American TV show of the same name. The television show comes from the characters found in Charles Addams comic strip from the New Yorker. The Addams Family is very eclectic and dark.
The musical follows an original storyline in which Wednesday (Rachel Potter,) the teenage daughter, has fallen in love with a ‘normal’ boy. When the families decide to meet chaos ensues. Bebe Neuwirth and Roger Rees play Mortitia and Gomez Addams, the parents of Wednesday and her younger brother, Pugsley who has a pet iguana that starts off as a baby and grows into a larger than life pet that sleeps under the bed!
Camp Broadway was lucky enough to not only go backstage after the show, but also get a chance to interview Adam Riegler, the young actor who plays Pugsley Addams. Riegler originated the role over a year ago in Chicago for the out of town tryout, and has stayed with the cast through the one-year birthday, which was Friday April 8th, when we saw the show! Mr. Riegler told us his favorite part of the production is the number “One Normal Night” as he loves his pet iguana. He also likes the scene called “MUB” for Monster Under the Bed, in which we see the large iguana indeed, living under his bed!
Riegler recalls first wanting to try theatre after watching his mother’s theatre classes in CT where she taught. He was around seven at the time. He said it looked like so much fun! Now at age 12, Riegler is starring in his second Broadway show after playing Young Shrek on Broadway as well.
What’s Reiglers advice for other young kids who love theatre and want to pursue it as a hobby or professionally? “You can’t stop,” Riegler told us, “You gotta keep going.”
The Addams Family plays at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre located at 205 W. 46th Street. Last year the Camp Broadway kids had the privilege of attending. This year we will be seeing Wonderland as our Camp show but not before we preview it for you and bring you all the interesting news!
Check back soon and see you at the theatre!
Sunday, April 10, 2011
CAP21 Spring Gala
On Monday night April 11, Camp Broadway is honored to be a guest at the CAP21 Spring Gala. This year the Gala will be honoring Composers and Lyricists Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt.
CAP21 was founded in 1993 by Frank and Eliza Ventura. A non-profit organization, it is a Musical Theatre Conservatory Program that trains actors who sing and dance. All the proceeds from the Spring Gala go towards the production of new work at CAP21.
The Spring Gala will include a Benefit Concert starring such Broadway stars as Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara and will include a special video appearance by Matthew Morrison, star of Broadways Hairspray and the television show Glee. Morrison will be accepting the Distinguished Alumni Award.
For more info or to purchase tickets, head on over to http://www.cap21.org and perhaps we will see you there!
CAP21 was founded in 1993 by Frank and Eliza Ventura. A non-profit organization, it is a Musical Theatre Conservatory Program that trains actors who sing and dance. All the proceeds from the Spring Gala go towards the production of new work at CAP21.
The Spring Gala will include a Benefit Concert starring such Broadway stars as Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara and will include a special video appearance by Matthew Morrison, star of Broadways Hairspray and the television show Glee. Morrison will be accepting the Distinguished Alumni Award.
For more info or to purchase tickets, head on over to http://www.cap21.org and perhaps we will see you there!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Calling All Alumni!
If you have attended a Camp Broadway program in the past 16 years (it IS our Sweet Sixteen you know,) we want to HEAR from YOU!
Send us an email at info@campbroadway.com with your most up to date contact info to help us build out brand new Alumni Program!
See you on the stage!
Send us an email at info@campbroadway.com with your most up to date contact info to help us build out brand new Alumni Program!
See you on the stage!
Help us out on Yelp!
Have you attended Camp Broadway in the past or participated in an event with us? The NY Pops? The Tonys? Camp on Tour or in New York City??
If so, please write a review on Yelp for us! It helps other consumers interested in our programs to get a better idea of what personal experiences others have had.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/camp-broadway-new-york
We would REALLY appreciate it, and also, please pass on the word to any friends you made through Camp Broadway, and ask them to do the same!
If so, please write a review on Yelp for us! It helps other consumers interested in our programs to get a better idea of what personal experiences others have had.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/camp-broadway-new-york
We would REALLY appreciate it, and also, please pass on the word to any friends you made through Camp Broadway, and ask them to do the same!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Enroll Now for Spring/Summer 2011!
Enrollment is now open for Camp Broadway's 2011 Spring/Summer schedule of programs! Visit www.campbroadway.com for more information about our programs, and enroll today!
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