Raye Lynn Mercer News

AUGUST 13 & 14 THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS SummerStage 2009 presents the musical The Wiz on Thursday, August 13 and Friday, August 14 at 7:30 pm at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium at Horace Mann Middle School, 224 Oak Street, Franklin, MA. Wiz Kidz, a younger version of The Wiz will be presented on Friday, August 14 at 5:00 pm. Visit www.fspaonline.com for details.

AUGUST 13 & 14 THE FRANKLIN SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS SummerStage 2009 presents the musical The Wiz on Thursday, August 13 and Friday, August 14 at 7:30 pm at the Thomas D. Mercer Auditorium at Horace Mann Middle School, 224 Oak Street, Franklin, MA. Wiz Kidz, a younger version of The Wiz will be presented on Friday, August 14 at 5:00 pm. Visit www.fspaonline.com for details.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) is pleased to announce the school's annual summer Musical Theater Audition Intensive to be offered in collaboration with Broadway Artists Alliance (BAA) of New York City, August 15-19.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts annual SummerStage musical theater program will begin on July 20 and will culminate with all-student performances of The Wiz on August 13 and 14.

The Franklin School for the Performing Arts annual SummerStage musical theater program will begin on July 20 and will culminate with all-student performances of The Wiz on August 13 and 14.

Electric Youth, a dynamic ensemble of talented singers and dancers backed by an eight piece band of Boston?s Finest musicians will bring its live performance to three local venues in the summer months. Electric Youth performances offer exciting family entertainment with an extensive repertoire of pop, rock and Broadway music staged and choreographed to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.

Unless you have been in Austria, Italy or Slovenia over the course of the last ten or eleven summers, attended the Life is Good festival in Boston, caught EY?S live broadcast on FOX 25 news, or heard one of the groups four professional CDs, you may not be familiar with ?Electric Youth?, a dynamic ensemble of talented young singers and dancers. Trained at FSPA, The School of the New England Center for the Performing Arts in Franklin and backed by an eight piece band of Boston?s finest musicians, Electric Youth will bring their live show to Mechanics Hall in Worcester in an effort to promote and inspire the performing arts among area youth. Electric Youth performances offer exciting family entertainment with an extensive repertoire of pop, rock and Broadway music staged and choreographed to entertain and delight audiences of all ages.