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Eight exceptional educators from schools and performing arts centers around the country will work one-on-one with Broadway greats including Kimberly Grigsby, Warren Carlyle, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul at the 2nd Annual BROADWAY WELCOMES AMERICA’S TEACHERS AT THE FREDDIE G THEATRE EXPERIENCE July 15th-17th in New York. Again this year’s event has been underwritten by [...]
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“Middle school kids are at an age considered tough to teach. But these kids energetically sang, danced and made their own magic in this magical setting. The audience heard songs from Suessical Jr., Guys and Dolls Jr., Disney’s High School Musical II Jr., Disney’s Aladdin Jr., Annie Jr., Once On This Island Jr. and Into [...]
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Some of us close to Arthur believe he wrote himself into characters on the stage and one of the people closest to him believes that Arthur and Rose were one. -Freddie Gershon MTI’s Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon shares a touching tribute to his friend, the late, great Arthur Laurents in his latest article on [...]
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Music Theatre International is proud to officially announce and introduce the 2011 honorees of the second-annual Freddie G. Teacher Experience scheduled for July 15, 16, and 17th in New York City. The Freddie G. Teacher Experience (named for Music Theatre International’s CEO and Chairman Freddie Gershon who, with his wife Myrna, underwrites the awards and [...]
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“We can measure reading and math, so that is what we think is important. But if you cut the arts and music because you think that’s peripheral, you’re wrong because “actually central” are poetry, sports and anything that keeps kids in school.” This is an excerpt from Freddie’s latest blog on The Huffington Post – [...]
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MTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon’s latest article for The Huffington Post is an open letter to President Obama about the dire consequences of the impending cuts in arts education funding: Mister President: 40 million dollars for arts education is now threatened in the Federal Budget fight. Specifically, The Kennedy Center’s educational programs — which [...]
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Last March Music Theatre International CEO Freddie Gershon and his wife Myrna initiated an awards program with the Kennedy Center to recognize the achievements of some of the nation’s most outstanding educators. Freddie and Myrna funded the program’s grant and named the awards in honor of their good friend, Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, Stephen [...]
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MTI CEO Freddie Gershon has a brand new blog featured on The Huffington Post. In the article Freddie reflects on a special program created by The Shubert Foundation, MTI and the New York City Department of Education solely for middle school students in schools with no recent or current programs of singing, dancing, acting or [...]
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Reflecting on the tremendous success of last weekend’s Junior Theater Festival, MTI CEO Freddie Gershon is back and blogging for The Huffington Post! If there is any message to be taken from the Atlanta-based Festival, it is to dream big, shoot for the stars, and never let a bully convince you that you’re incapable of [...]
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MTI CEO Freddie Gershon, and wife Myrna, have partnered with the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to create and fund a grant program to reward outstanding teachers in honor of their friend, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. According to the Washington Examiner, “The Kennedy Center-Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards announced Tuesday will award $10,000 grants [...]
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