Photo Coverage: 2010 Education Expo

Dozens of theatrical productions, attractions and theatre industry service organizations exhibited including Billy Elliott: THE MUSICAL, ELF, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, IN THE HEIGHTS, LOMBARDI, MARY POPPINS, MEMPHIS, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET; PROMISES, PROMISES; RAIN, ROCK OF AGES, Matthew Bourne's: SWAN LAKE, THE 39 STEPS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, THE LION KING, WICKED, WONDERLAND and others. In addition,
The Drama Book Shop featured a wide range of popular performing arts books and their authors.

The event also included a lecture series featuring Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn (WONDERLAND), authors Laurence Maslon ('Broadway: The American Musical'), Robert
Viagas ('The Alchemy of Theatre') and Carol de Giere ('Defying Gravity: the Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked'). Composer Andrew Lippa also previewed "Define Normal", a multi-media learning module inspired by the educational themes in The Addams Family.

Other exhibitors included Audience Rewards, Big Apple Parent, Broadwayworld.com, Camp Broadway, Daryl Roth Theatre, Educational Theatre Association/New York State Theatre
Education Association, Madame Tussauds, Madison Square Garden Entertainment, New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.

The At This Stage Education Expo was a featured event of The Broadway League's Back to Broadway Month and recognizes the importance of U.S. House of Representatives declaration of Arts in Education Week.

Photo Credit: Jessica Lewis