01/09/2012

NBC Unveils School Theater Program

"NBC is funding an initiative to create musical theater programs in U.S. schools in need of arts education.

The network said the effort to launch stand-alone musical theater programs will begin this month with a pilot group of 20 schools nationwide. NBC is joined on the Make a Musical project by iTheatrics, which adapts musicals for student productions and provides tools for teacher training.

The nonprofit iTheatrics’ Junior Theater Project aims to begin another 180 programs this fall, building toward a 2014 goal of 1,000 school programs reaching one million students, NBC said. Schools may apply for the fall program at makeamusical.org...

The pilot programs are in cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Houston, Nashville, and Seattle, with specific schools to be announced January 15."

Associated Press 01/06/2012