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Filichia's Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 3

By Peter Filichia on February 01, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2012

Saturday, Jan. 14 at 1:30 p.m. at the Junior Theater Festival. The students from all 63 schools and after-school musical theater programs have completed their presentations. If the kids were sky-high before their performances, they’re even more ...

NBC's 'SMASH' MAKE A MUSICAL, School #4: Place Bridge Academy, Denver

By Cindy Ripley on January 31, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: NBC's 'SMASH' Make a Musical

School #4: Place Bridge Academy Denver, Colorado REPORTED BY: Timothy Allen McDonald, Founder and CEO iTheatrics January 25, 2012 In scouting for Denver schools for the NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL program, in which we are building musical ...

Filichia Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival, Part 2

By Peter Filichia on January 27, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2012

When we last left the 63 casts of students participating in this year’s Junior Theater Festival, they were off to one of seven rooms. In each, they’d perform what could be called junior versions of Broadway Jr. musicals: up to 15 minutes worth of ...

NBC's 'SMASH' MAKE A MUSICAL, School #2: Independence Charter School, Philadelphia

By Cindy Ripley on January 24, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: NBC's 'SMASH' Make a Musical

Independence Charter School, Philadelphia, PA January 20, 2012 Reporter: Cindy Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher Day #2 of the NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL program and I am still digesting the ...

NBC's 'SMASH' MAKE A MUSICAL, School # 1: In the Shadows of the World Trade Center

By CARRIE REYNOLDS on January 24, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: NBC's 'SMASH' Make a Musical

Leadership and Public Service High School, New York, NY January 19, 2012 Reported by: Tim McDonald, Founder and CEO, iTheatrics We launched our first NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL program in our hometown, New York City. This initiative ...

Filichia Features: Welcome to the Junior Theater Festival Part 1

By Peter Filichia on January 23, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Freddie Gershon, Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2012

Nothing’s officially happened yet. It’s 7:40 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, and the stage of the vast MTIShowSpace Theater at Atlanta’s Hotel Renaissance Waverly is empty. But the house itself is filling up, en route to accommodating nearly 3,000 ...

Junior Theater Festival SMASHES Atlanta! Check Out the Media Coverage and Our Photos and Videos

By Jason Cocovinis on January 19, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: NBC's SMASH, Junior Theater Festival 2012

The 2012 Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, GA was another SMASH hit and we wanted to share a round-up of the national coverage this fabulous event received as well as the amazing photos and videos captured throughout the weekend. Here are three ...

NBC and iTheatrics Announce Philanthropic Initiative to Bring Sustainable Musical Theater Programs to the Nation’s Underserved Schools

By Jason Cocovinis on January 06, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Junior Theater Project, Junior Theater Festival 2012

“NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make a Musical” Set to Launch This Month in 20 Schools in 20 U.S. Cities internet security software NBC and iTheatrics are teaming up for the national launch of “NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make a Musical,” a philanthropic ...

Local Communities are Buzzing about the Junior Theater Festival

By Jason Cocovinis on January 05, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Junior Theater Festival 2012

Local communities around the country are buzzing about groups in their areas who are attending the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta. The Ypsilanti Courier published a FANTASTIC feature story celebrating South Arbor Academy’s first trip to the ...

NBC's SMASH to Sponsor 2012 Junior Theatre Festival

By Jason Cocovinis on January 04, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Junior Theater Festival 2012

A thundering chorus of 3,000+ Broadway stars, students and teachers will lock step and raise their voices and hearts in song during the 2012 Junior Theater Festival, a monumental celebration of on-stage and backstage excellence happening January ...