TV: Shubert Foundation Celebrates Broadway Stars of Tomorrow with 2016 High School Theatre Festival!

Earlier this week, SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL hosted the Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival for New York City Public Schools at the Winter Garden Theatre. Alex Brightman emceed the event, which featured five outstanding high school student productions from the 2015-2016 school year. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out highlights from the performances below!

The productions were chosen by a panel of theater professionals and arts educators. It aims to showcase the ongoing and excellent theatre work currently happening in NYC public high schools, as well as highlight the positive effects of theater study on skills for the stage and in life: collaboration, artistry, discipline, focus, literacy, student voice, self-awareness, presence, active listening and empathy. The evening focuses on the impact a full theater program can have on students and school communities. The festival enables students to see that a life in the theater can be a legitimate career path. The Festival is sponsored by The Shubert Foundation in partnership with the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE).

The Shubert Foundation, Inc. is the largest institutional funder of theatre education programs throughout NYC public schools and the nation's largest private foundation dedicated to unrestricted funding of not-for-profit theaters, with a secondary focus on dance. The Shubert Foundation, Inc. was established in 1945 by the legendary team of the brothers Lee and J.J. Shubert, producers of more than 520 plays, musicals and revues, as well as owners and operated a nationwide network of legitimate theaters. For more information, visit www.shubertfoundation.org.