Steven G. Kennedy News

Nearly 650 students and teachers representing 33 elementary and middle schools from North and South Carolina will participate in the first ever two-day Broadway Junior Theater Celebration, Friday and Saturday (April 30 - May 1) in the Knight Theater at the Levine Center for the Arts and in the McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square.

Nearly 650 students and teachers representing 33 elementary and middle schools from North and South Carolina will participate in the first ever two-day Broadway Junior Theater Celebration, Friday and Saturday (April 30 - May 1) in the Knight Theater at the Levine Center for the Arts and in the McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square.

Producer Daryl Roth has announced that casting has been completed for the return engagement of last season's Drama Desk nominated musical comedy for all ages, DEAR EDWINA. The show will return to the DR2 Kids Theatre (103 E. 15th St., NYC) for the holiday season and beyond, with a run extending from December 11 through February 15.

The Junior Theatre Fest will pay tribute to the leadership and dedication of Music Theatre International (MTI) Chairman Freddie Gershon by renaming its annual student awards for excellence in theater 'The FreddieG's.' In 1995, he created MTI Education, the first educational division in a major musical theater licensing firm, which over the past 15 years has literally transformed the marketplace for age appropriate performance material for young performers. During this year's festival, taking place January 15-17, composer Stephen Schwartz ('Wicked') will be on hand to celebrate Gershon's accomplishments within musical theatre.

Imaginations will soar, hearts will dance and applause will thunder when more than 1,500 students, teachers, and Broadway professionals raise their voices in celebration of on-stage and backstage excellence in musical theater at the 2010 Junior Theater Festival, it was announced today by Timothy A. McDonald, Founding Chairman of iTheatrics and Nick Manos, President of Atlanta's Theater of the Stars. The Junior Theater Festival is the world's largest musical theater festival dedicated to groups working with elementary and middle school students and is presented by Music Theatre International and is hosted and produced by iTheatrics and Atlanta's Theater of the Stars. The 2010 Festival will be held at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, GA on January 15-17, 2010.

BroadwayWorld.com was on hand to celebrate the return engagement of last season's Drama Desk nominated musical comedy for all ages, DEAR EDWINA. The show has returned to the DR2 Kids Theatre (103 E. 15th St., NYC) for the holiday season and beyond, with a run extending from December 11 through February 15.

Producer Daryl Roth has announced that casting has been completed for the return engagement of last season's Drama Desk nominated musical comedy for all ages, DEAR EDWINA. The show will return to the DR2 Kids Theatre (103 E. 15th St., NYC) for the holiday season and beyond, with a run extending from December 11 through February 15.

Hands will be clapping, feet will be dancing, hearts will be soaring and voices will be raised in song when hundreds of North and South Carolina students and teachers commemorate their onstage accomplishments at the Broadway Junior Theatre Celebration, taking place on Thursday, April 30th, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Spirit Square.

Hands will be clapping, feet will be dancing, hearts will be soaring and voices will be raised in song when hundreds of North and South Carolina students and teachers commemorate their onstage accomplishments at the Broadway Junior Theatre Celebration, taking place on Thursday, April 30th, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center's Spirit Square.

DEAR EDWINA, starring Kerry Butler, Terrence Mann, Lynnette Perry, Andrea Burns, Rebecca Luker, Danny Burstein, Jeff Blumenkrantz, and more, will release their cast recording in stores on November 11th, 2008. The album is currently available for purchase online at www.psclassics.com.

DEAR EDWINA, starring Kerry Butler, Terrence Mann, Lynnette Perry, Andrea Burns, Rebecca Luker, Danny Burstein, Jeff Blumenkrantz, and more, will release their cast recording in stores on November 11th, 2008. The album is currently available for purchase online at www.psclassics.com.

Casting has been announced for the off-Broadway premiere of the ZINA GOLDRICH and MARCY HEISLER musical, DEAR EDWINA.