Bid To Meet SCHOOL OF ROCK's Bobbi MacKenzie and Support Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation
One of the many highlights of the big Broadway hit SCHOOL OF ROCK comes when 11-year-old Bobbi MacKenzie, playing the shy Tomika, gets a chance to display her thrilling set of singing pipes with a favorite hymn.
But though SCHOOL OF ROCK is her Broadway debut, Bobbi is no stranger to hearing cheers from audiences, having sung the national anthem before games hosted by the Portland Trailblazers, the Golden State Warriors, the Sacramento Kings and the San Francisco 49ers.
More recently, she helped represent SCHOOL OF ROCK at "Broadway at the White House," hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama.
Charitybuzz is hosting a new online auction for four tickets for SCHOOL OF ROCK, followed by a meet and greet with Bobbi MacKenzie after the performance.
The winning bid will support the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. Founded in 1995 by brothers Russell, Danny and Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons, the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation is dedicated to providing disadvantaged urban youth with significant exposure and access to the arts, as well as providing exhibition opportunities to under-represented artists and artists of color. Visit rushphilanthropic.org.
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Based on the smash hit 2003 film of the same title, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL features music from the movie, as well as an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, with a book by Julian Fellowes and direction by Laurence Connor.
SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL is produced on Broadway by Andrew Lloyd Webber for The Really Useful Group, Warner Music Group & Access Industries, The Shubert Organization, and The Nederlander Organization. Nina Lannan and Madeleine Lloyd Webber serve as Executive Producers.
The Shubert Foundation, Inc. is the largest institutional funder of theatre education programs throughout NYC public schools and the nation's largest private foundation dedicated to unrestricted funding of not-for-profit theaters, with a secondary focus on dance. The Shubert Foundation, Inc. was established in 1945 by the legendary team of the brothers Lee and J.J. Shubert, producers of more than 520 plays, musicals and revues, as well as owners and operated a nationwide network of legitimate theaters. For more information, visit www.shubertfoundation.org.
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