Photo Coverage: Denzel Washington Celebrates Talented Youth at BROADWAY JUNIOR!
By: Jessica Fallon Gordon May. 20, 2014
Denzel Washington, currently starring in the acclaimed Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, served as Host of the Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway Junior Student Share celebration while hundreds of students from middle and intermediate New York City Public Schools made their Broadway debut on stage at the Broadhurst Theatre yesterday, May 19th. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from inside the event below!
Broadway Junior Student Program where students from Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Manhattan performed a song from their school's production of a student version of a Broadway musical, including Annie JR., Once On This Island JR., Hairspray JR., Dear Edwina JR., Fame JR., Seussical JR., Guys and Dolls JR. and Fiddler On The Roof JR.
The Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway Junior Program is a groundbreaking musical theatre mentorship program that builds self-sustaining theater programs in public schools that have limited arts programming. The program is sponsored by The Shubert Foundation, Music Theatre International (MTI) and The New York City Department of Education. This student celebration is produced by New York City's educational musical theatre consulting firm iTheatrics. Use of The Broadhurst Theatre has been provided by The Shubert Organization.
The Shubert Foundation/MTI Broadway Junior Program aims to engage as many students as possible in all aspects and areas of the arts. In the first year of the program, teachers and students are guided step-by-step through the process of producing a first-ever musical in their schools. In the second year, teachers and students continue to receive support and encouragement on their second musical, but take ownership over their productions. In the third year and beyond, schools present a musical independently, and serve as inspiration for other schools involved in earlier cycles of the program.
Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon
Denzel Washington and students from Dr. Gladstone H Atwell MS 61
Denzel Washington and Soraya Jean-Baptiste
Freddie Gershon, Denzel Washington, Carmen Fariña and Robert E. Wankel
Robert E. Wankel, Philip J. Smith, Carmen Fariña, Denzel Washington and Freddie Gershon
Denzel Washington and Freddie Gershon
Carmen Fariña
Denzel Washington and students from Dr. Gladstone H Atwell MS 61
Denzel Washington and students from Dr. Gladstone H Atwell MS 61
Denzel Washington and students from Dr. Gladstone H Atwell MS 61
Denzel Washington and students from Dr. Gladstone H Atwell MS 61
Denzel Washington and students from Dr. Gladstone H Atwell MS 61
Students from Dr. Gladstone H Atwell MS 61
Students from MS 447
Students from PEACE Academy
Students from PS 23
Students from The Academy for Creative Education and the Arts, MS 145X
Students from Global Technology Preparatory
Students from Village Academy
Students from Donald Hertz Middle School PS 83
Students from Lyons Community School
Students from Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship
Denzel Washington, Jose Williams and Soraya Jean-Baptiste
Students from MS 584
Students from Jean Nuzzi Middle School IS 109
Students from New Heights Middle School
Students from MS 22
Students from Spring Creek Community School
Students from Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change
Students from Collaborative Arts Middle School
Students from Gateway Intermediate School
Students from East New York Middle School of Excellence
The Shubert/MTI Broadway Jr. Musical Theatre Ensemble
Denzel Washington and the Shubert/MTI Broadway Jr. Musical Theatre Ensemble
Denzel Washington and the Shubert/MTI Broadway Jr. Musical Theatre Ensemble
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