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Musical theater nonprofi t Inside Broadway returns to Queens
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
Leading New York City arts education
nonprofi t Inside Broadway is returning
with its citywide school tour performances
in Queens.
Inside Broadway recently began its citywide
Photo courtesy of Inside
Broadway
Inside Broadway’s
cast of Oscar
Hammerstein
II’s “All Kinds of
People.”
school tour, “All Kinds of People,”
a musical revue developed in collaboration
with Th e Rodgers and Hammerstein
Organization, designed to promote tolerance
and acceptance using the words and
lyrics of the great Oscar Hammerstein II.
Th e tour will play about 90 performances
over the course of 10 weeks at
over 50 public schools in Queens, Bronx,
Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Oscar Hammerstein II was an American
lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer and
director in the musical theater for almost
40 years. Hammerstein believed in celebrating
uniqueness and diff erences — not
shying away from them.
Th is message still remains true today and
these themes were represented through
his show stopping numbers like “Ol’ Man
River” from his 1927 masterpiece “Show
Boat,” “Climb Every Mountain” from
the beloved “Th e Sound of Music,” and
“You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught”
from his Pulitzer Prize-winning
“South Pacifi c.”
Hammerstein believed wholeheartedly
in celebrating diff erences
instead of fearing them, as simply
and eloquently expressed in his musical
“Pipe Dream” – “It takes all kinds of people
to make up a world.”
Other songs that are featured in the
show are “Getting to Know You” from
“Th e King & I,” “Impossible” from
“Cinderella,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone”
from “Carousel,” and the title song “All
Kinds of People” from “Pipe Dream.”
Th e cast features Darian Peer, DeShaun
Michael Tost, Alexandra Imbrosci-Viera
and Jessica Wagner. Th e production team
includes direction and choreography by
Michael Blatt,
Laura Krouch
( p r o du c t i on
stage manager),
Carl Tallent (scenic
design), Karl
Ruckdeschel (costume
design),
Nicholas Sala
( a s s o c i a t e
producer),
and John
B o w e n
(musical
d i re c -
tion).
Inside Broadway, established by Michael
Presser in 1982 in cooperation with Th e
Shubert Organization, today reaches over
70,000 New York City students in over
100 public schools each year. Th eir programs
include an annual Equity musical
production that tours to schools as well as
a wide range of educational programs that
allow participants to interact with professionals
in the fi eld and experience
theater hands-on in the
classroom.
Th e tour’s upcoming performances
will be held at three public schools in
Queens:
Tuesday, Feb. 25 P.S. 224 Q 9 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Thursday, Feb. 27 I.S. 230 Q 9 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.
Thursday, March 5 P.S. 212 Q 9 a.m.
Programs of Inside Broadway are funded
by the NYC Dept. of Cultural Aff airs,
New York City Council, New York City
Department of
Education, and
numerous foundations
and individuals.
For more information
visit www.
InsideBroadway.org.
Forest Hills Stadium relaunches season ticket
program where fans can see shows for $19.23
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
edavenport@qns.com
@QNS
Forest Hills Stadium’s 2020 season is
bringing back their popular 1923 program
so fans can experience every show.
Forest Hills Stadium’s 1923 program aims
to make going to a show at the venue an
aff ordable option for ticket holders. For a
one-time cost of $19.23 — a nod to the year
the stadium was built — those who join
the 1923 Club will be able to purchase up
to two limited-view tickets costing $19.23
each to shows at Forest Hills Stadium.
All tickets purchased are subject to
availability and are transferable.
Returning 1923 Club members will be
invited to renew 2020 memberships on
Feb. 19, with a limited amount of new
memberships available on Feb. 21. For
more information or to purchase a package,
visit foresthillsstadium.com/tickets.
Forest Hills Stadium is located at 1
Tennis Place and is easily accessible by
E, M, F, R subway trains or Long Island
Rail Road. Courtesy of Forest Hills Stadium
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