It’s entitled: Sports and Arts: Unlikely Pairing Until Glee and High School Musical Make It Cool
and is about the character-building qualities of both sports and the arts — and how the arts we export also help the US balance of trade.
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It’s entitled: You, Too, Can Play and Fight and is about the Venezuelan youth orchestra concept being brought to American cities.
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It’s entitled: So, I’d Like to Thank and is about eight educators who won a 3-day weekend of workshops on Broadway for their outstanding achievements teaching music and theater to their young students.
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It’s entitled: It’s Always the Old to Lead Us to the War/It’s Always the Young to Fall and is about the 1960s-’70s singer-songwriter Phil Ochs and why Freddie was thinking of his late friend and client on the 4th of July.
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It’s entitled: The Rockets’ Red Glare While a Gun Kills Many Men Before It’s Done. On the eve of the 4th of July, Freddie took time to reflect on some of the songs and writings of Americans about the land they love. .
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It’s entitled: How to Succeed by Breaking a Leg and is about The Educational Theatre Association’s 16th annual Thespian Festival in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Click here to see a reprint of the blog at InPurplish.
It’s entitled: The Secret Weapon in a Not-So-Great Depression and is about how the newspaper comic strip Annie may have just ended its 86-year run but how the musical Annie is coming back to Broadway in 2012!
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It’s entitled: Bringing Some Glee to High School Musicals and Helping Teachers Be American Idols.
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Webmaster’s Note: Freddie’s reference to school licenses were for Music Theatre International’s “Broadway Junior” productions — classic and contemporary musicals adapted into 70-minute editions for school-aged performers.
Freddie conceived MTI’s “Juniors” program in 1995 and after 3 years the first productions were being staged, Since then, more than 50,000 separate grade- and middle-school productions have been licensed and performed in American schools.
Click here for more information on how the Juniors program works and what productions are available for license.
Click here to see a real nice San Diego production announcement (courtesy of local TV Channel 6.) The show ran in March of 2010.
The best thing about going away is Sherpa’s greeting when we get back. (To see each image bigger, click on it; when done, hit browser back button to see these thumbnails again.)
Myrna & Freddie
