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
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Do you offer an alternative for Lady Hyacinth?
We love this show and want to put it on in our community, but the Lady Hyacinth song is explicitly racist and many don't feel comfortable singing it. Is there an alternative? This one song is a deal breaker.
Related shows or resources: Tick, Tick... Boom!
Lyrics of the songs in Italian
Hello,
I work as a volunteer with an amateur theater group of teens in Italy.
Every year we try to put on a different show and this year we would like to stage a free adaptation of “TICK, TICK…BOOM!” in Italian.
Our use would be for amateur play only, just for fun; the audience would only be relatives and friends of the teens, no ticket payment.
I ask you if it is possible to get the lyrics of the songs in Italian so that we can use them for our purpose.
We know that STM - Scuola Teatro Musicale in Italy (https://www.scuolateatromusicale.it), already adapted the musical into Italian, We already contacted them to ask for the lyrics of the songs, but they told us that the script is the intellectual property of the author's heirs, and so they suggested to ask you directly to authorize.
Thank you
Related shows or resources: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Willy Wonka JR. licensing for Australia
Hi,
My school is looking to do Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for our school musical. But we are a Year 5 & 6 musical and would like to do Willy Wonka JR. I was just wondering when that show will be available for licensing since the full length is out but no the Jr. version.
Thank you so much,
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Is there a Director's Guide available for HSM One Act Edition?
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Company
Is Company (Sondheim/Furth) Available for Amateur Licensing?
Is Company available for licensing for an amateur (college club) production in New York/ does the national tour affect the availability of the license?
Thanks in advance!
Related shows or resources: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Which version of songs?
Could you please tell us which version of "Strike That Reverse It" is in this version of the show? For example, in one version of the song Wonka sings to Mrs Teavee "Your hair, your dress, your shoes are great! You're dressed for 1958", but in another version he sings "Sine qua non and entre nous, Your foot is on the other shoe".
Related shows or resources: Logo Pack, Ragtime (Version 1)
Re Logo Pack, Ragtime
What visuals exactly does the purchase of the logo pack for this show give us? Only the title in its iconic font, or the Statue of Liberty and the silhouettes of Tateh, Coalhouse, and Mother? Or what exactly? Thanks!
Related shows or resources: Performance Accompaniment Recording, Mean Girls High School Version
For Mean Girls High School Version, Is there a version of the rehearsal track that includes all the vocals? The original cast recording is not the same as the music.
Answer this QuestionRelated shows or resources: Hairspray JR.
How long does the refurbishing process usually take? Would like to do Hairspray Jr SPRING 2024
Could you offer a ballpark time as to when the refurbishing process will last?
Related shows or resources: Disney's High School Musical JR.
What is the difference between Jr, One Act, and Full Shows?
In trying to pick the correct version of a show I am having a difficult time distinguishing between A full show, A One Act, and the Jr. version. For example, High School Musical has all three and I don't see much that is obvious between the three. (I teach middle school 5th - 8th grade.) Thank you!