{"id":1244,"date":"2012-06-30T13:39:19","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2012-06-30T13:39:19","modified_gmt":"2012-06-30T17:39:19","slug":"freddie-and-myrna-announce-courage-in-theatre-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"Freddie and Myrna announce &#8220;Courage In Theatre Award.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Webmaster&#8217;s Note: The Spectrum School, a Manhattan school dedicated to special-needs students, has been given the Courage In Theatre Award by Music Theatre International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This honor (established in 2007), says Freddie, recognizes organizations and individuals who &#8220;confronted challenges that threaten their ability to explore or express their artistic vision in positive ways.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The students and faculty of The Spectrum School, (a.k.a., P94M), are being honored by Freddie and his wife, Myrna, for creating an original musical that documents their experiences with autism.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years Spectrum School students participated in the Shubert Foundation\/Music Theatre International Broadway Jr. program.&#8221;This award acknowledges the Spectrum School&#8217;s courage, talent and dedication in creating and performing a brand new musical (called <em>A Powerful Day<\/em>) about a difficult subject matter,&#8221; Freddie says.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the award, see these links.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/news\/article\/167333-NYC-Special-Needs-Students-Who-Created-Original-Musical-Receive-Courage-in-Theatre-Award\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span> to see Playbill.com&#8217;s article on the award to Spectrum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=918\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span> to see a previous post about two of the special educators as Spectrum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freddiegershon.com\/freddiesblog\/?p=664\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red; font-size: 18pt;\">Click here<\/span><\/a><\/span> to see a previous post that links to a Huffington Post blog Freddie wrote about the school.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webmaster&#8217;s Note: The Spectrum School, a Manhattan school dedicated to special-needs students, has been given the Courage In Theatre Award by Music Theatre International. 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