As previously reported, Nederlander Sales & Patron Services, Camp Broadway®, Broadwayworld.com and Planet Hollywood presented the 2nd annual Educators Expo on Monday, September 20 at the Minskoff Theatre. The At This Stage Education Expo showcased the wide variety of educational programs being offered by Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, Times Square area attractions and other industry service organizations. BroadwayWorld was on hand and brings you photo coverage below.
Dozens of theatrical productions, attractions and theatre industry service organizations exhibited including Billy Elliott: THE MUSICAL, ELF, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, IN THE HEIGHTS, LOMBARDI, MARY POPPINS, MEMPHIS, MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET; PROMISES, PROMISES; RAIN, ROCK OF AGES, Matthew Bourne's: SWAN LAKE, THE 39 STEPS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, THE LION KING, WICKED, WONDERLAND and others. In addition,
The Drama Book Shop featured a wide range of popular performing arts books and their authors.
The event also included a lecture series featuring Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn (WONDERLAND), authors Laurence Maslon ('Broadway: The American Musical'), Robert
Viagas ('The Alchemy of Theatre') and Carol de Giere ('Defying Gravity: the Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked'). Composer Andrew Lippa also previewed "Define Normal", a multi-media learning module inspired by the educational themes in The Addams Family.
Other exhibitors included Audience Rewards, Big Apple Parent, Broadwayworld.com, Camp Broadway, Daryl Roth Theatre, Educational Theatre Association/New York State Theatre
Education Association, Madame Tussauds, Madison Square Garden Entertainment, New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization.
The At This Stage Education Expo was a featured event of The Broadway League's Back to Broadway Month and recognizes the importance of U.S. House of Representatives declaration of Arts in Education Week.
Photo Credit: Jessica Lewis
Educators Explore the Broadway Booths
Educators Check Out LOMBARDI
An Educator Visits the Nederlander Table
Educators Explore the Broadway Booths
Educators Visit The Drama Bookshop Table
Educators Visit Expo Table
Educators Visit Expo Table
2010 Educator Expo
A Lucky Lottery Winner
A Lucky Lottery Winner
A Lucky Lottery Winner
A Lucky Lottery Winner
SuSan Lee, Chief Marketing Officer, Nederlander
Educators at the BILLY ELLIOT Table
WICKED at the 2010 Educator Expo
MEMPHIS at the 2010 Educator Expo
THE 39 STEPS at the 2010 Educator Expo
SPIDER-MAN at the 2010 Educator Expo
ROCK OF AGES at the 2010 Educator Expo
Madame Tussauds at the 2010 Educator Expo
THE DIVINE SISTER and THROUGH THE NIGHT at the 2010 Educator Expo
New Jersey Performing Arts Center at the 2010 Educator Expo
RAIN at the 2010 Educator Expo
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at the 2010 Educator Expo
WONDERLAND at the 2010 Educator Expo
WONDERLAND Costume Drawings
WONDERLAND Costume Drawings
MAMRY POPPINS at the 2010 Educator Expo
Sean McCourt from 'Behind the Emerald Curtain' with Educators
Planet Hollywood at the 2010 Educator's Expo
Educators at the 2010 Educator Expo
The Drama Bookshop at the 2010 Educator Expo
The Broadway League at the 2010 Educator Expo
ELF at the 2010 Educator Expo
WEST SIDE STORY and IN THE HEIGHTS at the 2010 Educator Expo
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