Performing Arts Series 2001-2002
Performing Arts Series 2001-2002
The Family Performing Arts Series will open its 2001-02 season with two productions in the coming months.
The Broadway Kids, a group of child stars from Broadway, TV, films or movies, ranging in ages from 8-15, will perform two concerts at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9, and the exciting story of Harriet Tubman, the great "conductor" of the Underground Railroad, and the Quaker women who helped her bring 300 fugitives to freedom, comes to life in "Are You Ready, My Sister?", at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 20. Both performances are in Mitchell Hall.
Broadway Kids
The Broadway Kids Sing Broadway, an hourlong show, which can trace its roots to an off-Broadway show at the Douglas Fairbanks Theatre on 42nd Street, gives the audience a sampling of songs from 13 musicals, such as Oliver, Annie, Pippin, The Sound of Music and Ragtime.
Directed by Christopher Scott, the Kids boasts such alumni as Lacy Chabert, who went on to star in FOX-TV's Party of Five, Katherine Zaremba, who starred in NBC-TV's The Jeff Foxworthy Show, and Eden Riegel, who was seen as the recurring role of Megan Cooper on FOX-TV's NY Undercover and also heard in the animated DreamWorks film Prince of Egypt.
The group has appeared on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and Live With Regis and Kathie Lee, and the group has recorded five albums. The ensemble also performed at the 1997 Presidential Easter Egg Roll at the White House and the1998 NBA All-Star game at Madison Square Garden.
New York ophthalmologist Julius Shulman formed The Broadway Kids in 1994 after his 10-year-old son was cast as Gavroche in Les Miserables. Shulman said he began the group as a way for parents to introduce their children to the world of Broadway theatre.
A limited number of seats remain for the 2 p.m show, but good seats are still available for the 11 a.m show.
Tickets are $10 for the public; $8 for faculty, staff, alumni and seniors; and $6 for students and children.
Underground Railroad
Are You Ready, My Sister?, a production of the Underground Railway Theatre, features audience participation, dramatic scenes and live music based on spirituals.
During the story, which is told by actresses and puppeteers, individual squares of a gigantic patchwork burst with life through the magic of shadow puppets and scenery painted in brilliant colors.
In addition to providing a fascinating and imaginative setting, the quilt also stands as a metaphor of women's work and collaboration, factors both central to the success of the Underground Railroad.
Tickets are $15 for the public; $10 for faculty, staff, alumni and seniors; and $6 for students and children.
Tickets may be purchased at the Hartshorn Hall box office, telephone 831-2204.
Special buffet luncheons are scheduled on both dates at the Blue and Gold Club. For information and to make reservations, call the club at 831-2582.
The Performing Arts Series is made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware, as well as support from Barba & Reynolds Insurance Agency, Embassy Suites Newark/Wilmington South and Arby's.
