Inside Broadway Celebrates 25 Years with Nov. 2 Show

Inside Broadway, which during the 2006-2007 season will celebrate 25 years of serving New York City children with innovative theatre programs and services, will present a special free anniversary event on Thursday, November 2 at 10:15 AM at the Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway at 50th Street. 

"Founded by Michael Presser, its Executive Director, in 1982 at the invitation of Bernard Jacobs, late President of the Shubert Organization, Inside Broadway was the first to create a Broadway student ticket program and student study guide to a Broadway show; and the first educational video for schools showing the behind- the- scenes operations at a Broadway theatre. In addition, Presser developed the company concept of 50-minute versions of classic Broadway musicals, to introduce young people to musical theatre," according to press materials.

Featured onstage on November 2 will be casts from several Broadway shows (to be announced), as well as excerpts from the company's upcoming production of Rodgers & Hammerstein''s Cinderella (a special 50-minute version adapted by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization), which begins school tours in November, culminating in public performances at the Florence Gould Hall  February 3, 4 and 10, 2007). The 80-minute presentation on will be essentially for school children. 

Inside Broadway produces professional Equity touring productions of classic Broadway musicals that travel to school auditoriums across the city. These special 50 minute adaptations have included Rodgers and Hammerstein''s Cinderella, Bye Bye, Birdie, Kiss Me, Kate, Free to Be You and Me, Sophisticated Ladies, Richard Rodgers' Broadway and more.  All shows include student study guides and teacher lesson plans. Each season, over 85 performances are presented for school children as well as performances on the weekend for families at the Florence Gould Hall in Manhattan.  In other educational activities, the organization also operates an extensive teaching artist residency program that operates in about 79 public schools throughout the city.

There will be limited general public seating, beginning at 10 AM, first come first served, with no advance reservations. School groups are being invited from the New York City Department of Education.  Other interested schools may contact Inside Broadway at (212) 245-0710, or www.insidebroadway.org for information.

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