Broadway Junior Project

 

Music Theatre International’s Broadway Junior® Project provides schools that lack arts programming with the FREE training and materials necessary to present a Broadway Junior® musical production in their school.  The goals of the Project are to:

  • Assist schools that currently have no full time arts specialist to create an infusion of the arts and an arts culture within the school
  • Build a strong community through the arts that includes the school, parents and members of the community at large
  • Engage as many students as possible in all aspects and areas of the arts
  • Encourage the connection of arts programming to curriculum including assessment

Schools interested in being part of Music Theatre International’s Broadway Junior Project must fill out an application to be one of three winning schools selected for 2016/2017. 

The three winning schools will receive:

  • A license to perform a Broadway Junior musical of their choice
  • A ShowKit® of materials that supplies teachers with all the resources they will need to direct, choreograph and teach music like a true professional
  • Professional development workshops for the schools’ teachers

About Broadway Junior Musicals

Broadway Junior musicals are 60-minute adaptations of classic and contemporary shows perfect for middle-school aged performers.

Browse the collection of musicals.

About the Professional Development Workshops

Teams of teachers from each of the selected schools will participate in Professional Development workshops in a variety of areas lead by Master Teachers from educational theatre experts, iTheatrics.

These workshops will provide training in all areas of musical theatre production as well as curriculum connections and community involvement. Throughout the entire process of rehearsal and performance a local professional Production Advisor selected by MTI will offer guidance in these same areas while continuing to empower the teaching teams to run the program by themselves. 

Benefits to Participating Schools

  • Complete Broadway Junior ShowKit including:
    • Director’s Script
    • 2 Performance/Accompaniment CD’s
    • 20 Student Libretto/Vocal Books
    • 2 Piano/Vocal Scores
    • Production Handbook
    • Cross-Curricular Activities and Enrichment Guide
    • Choreographic Video
    • Chorus Books
  • An arts specialist working with your school for the entire process
  • 3 Professional Development workshops for the project teachers

Timeline 2016 - 2017

  • February – April: Schools identified, applications sent to interested schools
  • April 31: Completed applications due
  • Early May: iTheatrics site visits to schools to select participants
  • June/July: Schools select shows, Production Advisor assigned
  • September/October: Professional Development workshops
  • September – November: Scheduling work with schools teams & Production Advisor
  • January – April 2017: Rehearsals
  • April/May 2017: Performances

Application

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Questions & Answers

March 14, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Daddy Long Legs
Show Availability
Would love to know when this production will be fully available. Thank you.
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March 12, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Young Frankenstein
When I click on cast info. for young Frankenstein, I do not get the cast list and character breakdown
This would be helpful in making my decision as to play selection
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March 10, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Peter Pan (1954 Broadway Version)
Is there a accompaniment CD?
Would there be an accompaniment CD for Peter Pan 1954 version? Or would we need a live orchestra?
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March 10, 2017
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Related shows or resources: The Music Man JR.
Can I add songs to a Jr. version?
Our students perform Jr. versions of shows at the elementary level. I don't think our middle school is quite prepared for a two hour show, but I would like to add a few more songs for them so they are performing a bit more advanced version than our elementary schools. We were looking at the Music Man and wanted to add Marian the Librarian and Will I Ever Tell You. Is this something I can request to add to the Jr. version through MTI?
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March 09, 2017
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Related shows or resources: The Last Five Years
Visual excitement
What are some ways to make the songs a little more visually interesting ( particularly Schmuel Song and Jamie's last two songs before the finale)?
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March 09, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
Rights for a school musical
Hello, I was wondering if there´s any posibility of buying the musical rights of Matilda for a non profit musical proyect, made by the Educational Corporation of Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. We are very interested in the musical, and we know the rights are not available, but maybe you can do an exception, as we work with kids and this proyect have no profits at all. Thanks and we are waiting for an answer. We need to close this issue now. Regards
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March 08, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
Would you please place us on the fast track list for Matilda when the rights will be available?
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March 07, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Newsies
When will newsies be available for community theatre?
How can we get on the list to do this show
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March 06, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Something Rotten!
Something Rotten
We will do our annual Musical Theatre performance in December 2017 for the 17-18 school year. I would love to have Pennsbury High School do "Something Rotten". Please be in touch with me as soon as possible with the availability to do this. Thank you very much.
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March 03, 2017
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Related shows or resources: Assassins
Guiteau's hanging
When Guiteau is hung, how can the actor transition to a dummy without the audience noticing?
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