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
Questions & Answers
Related shows or resources: Merrily We Roll Along
Revival - restricted rights?
Will rights be restricted with the upcoming revival, or is this show available for licensing to university MT programs in the 2023-24 school year? (My school is in Indiana)
Related shows or resources: Les Misérables School Edition
Must this musical only be preformed by schools
I am in a local youth theater group and I would like to know if we are eligible to put on this musical?
Related shows or resources: Alice by Heart
Available Licensing
Is it still likely the licensing will be available to the general public in spring of 2023?
Related shows or resources: Captain Louie JR., Captain Louie TYA
License Inquiry
Hi!
Will we be able to acquire license for Captain Louie TYA/Captain Louie Jr. here in the Philippines? Thanks!
Related shows or resources: Alice by Heart
Will there be performance tracks of this show available when it is released?
Performance tracks
Related shows or resources: Between the Lines
About the license application of "Between the lines"
Hello, I'm Jenny, a music teacher in Hong Kong. I've searched and read the synopsis of the musical "Between the lines" and found that it is very interesting -- the story is fabulous and the music is wonderful. And I would like to work this musical out with my students. I would like to know when the license of this musical be released? I would like to put this on the stage in September, 2024 and the rehearsals will be started in August, 2023. Do you think I can apply the licence before June, 2023?
Related shows or resources: The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone begins with a recorded overture. Is that provided?
The show begins with the man in the chair putting on a record, and the live band comes in at around m65. Is that initial recording provided in the materials when you license the show, or is the live band expected to record that and then join their recorded selves during the performances?
Related shows or resources: The Fantasticks
Flint Revision of The Fantasticks
I see that Provincetown Theatre has announced it will be producing the Flint MI version of The Fantasticks. Do you know when other theatres will be able to license it as well?
Philip Crosby
Executive Director, Richmond Triangle Players
Related shows or resources: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
set and costuming restrictions
In the online perusal, there is a note about the importance of using the pallette and look from the original TV series. The promotional performance images are straight from the original creators' vision. However, although that is ideal, are there any licensing/ permission hurdles to do so?