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Saturday night, January 14, 2012. Every participant at the Junior Theater Festival has seen at least eight segments compete with MTI’s Jr. musicals. But eight is not enough. The ballroom at the Atlanta Renaissance Waverly is packed with students, teachers, parents and well-wishers who want to see more. Now they’ll see production numbers that won’t [...]
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Saturday, Jan. 14 at 1:30 p.m. at the Junior Theater Festival. The students from all 63 schools and after-school musical theater programs have completed their presentations. If the kids were sky-high before their performances, they’re even more excited now. While a comparative few felt are mourning the lines they flubbed or the cues they missed, [...]
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When we last left the 63 casts of students participating in this year’s Junior Theater Festival, they were off to one of seven rooms. In each, they’d perform what could be called junior versions of Broadway Jr. musicals: up to 15 minutes worth of material that would show them at their best. Here in the [...]
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Nothing’s officially happened yet. It’s 7:40 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, and the stage of the vast MTIShowSpace Theater at Atlanta’s Hotel Renaissance Waverly is empty. But the house itself is filling up, en route to accommodating nearly 3,000 people in its seats. Conventions take place on a regular basis this enormous ballroom. But there [...]
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The 2012 Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, GA was another SMASH hit and we wanted to share a round-up of the national coverage this fabulous event received as well as the amazing photos and videos captured throughout the weekend. Here are three articles from our friends at Playbill, BroadwayWorld and Theatermania, followed by links to [...]
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“NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make a Musical” Set to Launch This Month in 20 Schools in 20 U.S. Cities NBC and iTheatrics are teaming up for the national launch of “NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make a Musical,” a philanthropic initiative that will help create sustainable musical theater programs in underserved schools nationwide. Timed with NBC’s launch of the new [...]
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Local communities around the country are buzzing about groups in their areas who are attending the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta. The Ypsilanti Courier published a FANTASTIC feature story celebrating South Arbor Academy’s first trip to the festival. The Herald Times Reporter ran a story about the Dare to Dream’s trip to the festival. Dare [...]
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A thundering chorus of 3,000+ Broadway stars, students and teachers will lock step and raise their voices and hearts in song during the 2012 Junior Theater Festival, a monumental celebration of on-stage and backstage excellence happening January 13 – 15, 2012 in Atlanta, GA, it was announced today by Theater of the Stars president Nick [...]
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Open Registration Has Begun for the 2012 Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The Festival takes place on January 13, 14, 15, 2012, so REGISTER BEFORE IT SELLS OUT!!! PERFORM: Present fifteen minutes from a Broadway JR. or KIDS Collection musical for professional adjudication by a panel of Broadway and musical theater education specialists. STUDY: [...]
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