Tag: Broadway

Defying Gravity

  I have been binge-watching Ali Stroker on YouTube all week. Hold on. Ali Stroker is not a name in your cannon? Inconceivable! In 2019 she won the Tony Award for best actress in a musical. Talk about defying gravity! She’s in a wheelchair and incredible! TBH, I didn’t know who she was either until […]

Destination: Stage Door

by Sunny Naughton As a lifelong lover of musical theater, being a camper at Camp Broadway® as a teenager was a dream come true! Every session I would wait with bated breath to see what Broadway Stars would come to visit us at camp or sit in the audience to see our Family Finale performance. […]

Camp Broadway Exclusive Interview: Cast Members of DEAR EVAN HANSEN on Grief, Parenting, and Navigating Emotions On Stage

Dear Camp Broadway Readers, Broadway’s Tony-winning, deeply moving musical sensation DEAR EVAN HANSEN has created a base of countless fans—teens and adults alike—around the globe. The show follows socially awkward teen Evan Hansen as he navigates his way through complex and emotional themes of love, suicide, loss, and self-acceptance. It is hailed by many teen […]

Jeanne Lehman French Interview Part:1

Jeanne Lehman French   I am very excited to be sharing an interview I had with the wonderful Jeanne Lehman French! Jeanne Lehman has had an exciting career spanning theatre, television, concerts, cabarets, and recordings. A couple of her most well-known Broadway roles include Mrs. Potts in Beauty And The Beast and Mother Abbess in The Sound Of […]

“You’re Ready Now:” Advice on Growing Up, Making Music, and Achieving Your Dreams from JERSEY BOYS Swing Ben Bogen

[Photo 1: BEN BOGEN. Photo credit: Ted Ely Photography.] Here at Camp Broadway, we can’t take our eyes off of JERSEY BOYS, the Tony-Award-Winning Best Musical hit celebrating the loves, lives, and music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The musical recently finished its 2017-2018 National Tour and will launch a new tour with […]

“Who Loves You”? The JERSEY BOYS! Here They Are, with Advice on Music, Inspiration, and Lessons Learned

[Photo 1 : JERSEY BOYS RECORDING. Photo credit: Joan Marcus.] “Big Girls Don’t Cry”—unless they’re tears of joy, from sitting in the audience of the wildly popular Tony Award Winning Best Musical, JERSEY BOYS! [Photo 2: JERSEY BOYS GIRLS. Photo credit: Joan Marcus.] Based on the lives and careers of 1960s pop/rock band sensation Frankie […]

This Season’s Practical and Perfectly-Priced Broadway Gift Guide

This holiday season, here at Camp Broadway, we’re making it easy to find the perfect gift for your favorite theatre-lover! Here are five perfectly-priced and practical gifts featuring this season’s most popular musicals. First up, one of my favorite shirts that I own, the “Eat Sleep Theatre Repeat” shirt (made by Etsy user StagAndCo) is […]

Boulder Creek High School Choir Stuns Audiences with Broadway-Themed Concert

Throughout the 2016-2017 school year, Boulder Creek High School Choir (in Phoenix, Arizona) accomplished several feats such as performing with Choirs of America at Carnegie Hall, and reaching a record number of students in the program. Boulder Creek High School currently operates with 6 “during-school” choirs, and one after-school choir. The six during-school include two […]

“Opening Up” with Cate Elefante, Lulu in Waitress!

When Cate Elefante comes home from a long day at school, she does something rarely any other kindergartener gets to experience on a daily basis. After Cate eats dinner, her mom drives her to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where she performs the role of Lulu in the hit Broadway musical, Waitress. It may seem hard to […]