Broadway Dreams to Ring in the New Year at the Kimmel Center

Broadway Dreams and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will ring in 2017 with a free performance at 4:15 pm on Sunday, January 1, 2017 on the Commonwealth Plaza Level of the Kimmel Center. Broadway performers and approximately 60 Philadelphia-area Broadway Dreams students will come together to perform musical selections celebrating the Kimmel Center's Broadway season. Parade-enthusiasts can warm up indoors while enjoying a bird's eye view of Philadelphia's historical Mummers Parade while hearing the sounds of Broadway. Families are welcome to participate in a wide variety of fun activities from 10 am - 5 pm.

The free concert will feature selections from the 2015 Tony Award-winning musical Fun Home, The King and I, Wicked, Motown The Musical, The Bodyguard, Cabaret and Dirty Dancing. Directed by Broadway Dreams alum, Greg Kamp (Catch Me if You Can), the unique Broadway concert will feature performances by Ari Groover (Holler if Ya Hear Me), MiMi Scardulla (Gigantic), Lee Slobotkin (Wicked), and music directors Dave Barrus (Chess), and Chris Brent Davis (Suzi Bass Award-winner for Miss Saigon).

Broadway Dreams annual Summer Performing Arts Intensive will take place at the Kimmel Center August 5 - August 12, 2017. Visit www.broadwaydreams.org for more information or to register.

Each year hundreds of students receive valuable training through Broadway Dreams programs offered in partnership with Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. Broadway Dreams (Annette Tanner, Founder and President), a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization established in 2006, provides youth and young adults of all socioeconomic backgrounds with performance training, life skills building, and mentorship opportunities from the entertainment industry's most distinguished talents. Broadway Dreams seeks to empower aspiring young artists through performing arts training, with a focus on the acting, voice, and dance disciplines. Program intensives are offered nationally and internationally throughout the year and are led by an exceptional faculty comprised of respected entertainment professionals. The organization's bespoke programs are tailored to student talents and interests and foster a supportive and collaborative learning environment, allowing for an organic introduction to the industry and its key decision makers - as well as an understanding of and respect for the depth and breadth of theatre history and tradition.

Broadway Dreams has inspired more than 10,000 students globally and awarded over one million dollars ($1M) in financial needs-based scholarships, providing youth and young adults of all socioeconomic backgrounds with performance training, life skills building, and mentorship opportunities from the entertainment industry's most distinguished talents. For more information on Broadway Dreams, please visit www.BroadwayDreams.org.