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Albany-Academies
Text Box: Friday 8.20 am Leave from AAG front foyer 11.00 am Arrive NYC Time Square, walk to Central Park 12.30pm Lunch (bring own) Central Park, depending on weather 2.00pm Workshop Carson Studio, 250 West 54 Street, 10th floor 3.30pm Bus ride to East 59th Street for cable car ride 4.30pm Empire State Building 6.30pm Dinner at deli: 9 West 45 Street, NY (opposite Holi day Inn Express) 8.00pm Broadway Show “Rent” Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41Street, NY 10.00pm Go to hotel Holland Motor Inn (New Jersey side of the Hol land Tunnel) Saturday 8.00am Breakfast at hotel 9.30am China Town, Greenwich Village 12.00 Lunch 2.00pm Broadway Show “Hairspray” Neil Simon Theatre 250 W 52nd Street, NYC 4.00pm Leave for Albany 7.00pm Arrive AAG, parents collect students Rent Hairspray Itinerary Text Box: Chorus trip March 3rd & 4th Oval: Ms Biemond 518 3161025 Bring Text Box: is the smash hit musical that's infusing and reinventing Broadway nightly with its own brand of youthful energy. Jonathan Larson's rock musical is the joyous, breathtaking and inspiring story of a group of New York City East Village artists struggling to find their voices and find love in today's tough times. Based on Giacomo Puccini's classic 1896 opera, La Boheme, Rent boasts a talented and hot young cast singing some of Broadway's most powerful songs, broaching controversial themes like homelessness, AIDS and drug addiction with compassion, and thrilling audiences of all ages with its moving tale of hopes and dreams. The show burst upon the theater scene after its creator, Larson, died suddenly on the eve of the show's first performance off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop in January 1996. The show then opened to raves on Broadway, winning that year's Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. New York Times critic Ben Brantley raved that Rent "shimmers with hope for the future of the American musical." Rent Text Box: Newsletter Date Tuesday, February 28, 2006

 

 

 

This tuneful Tony-winning triumph is just as big as the hairdos that inspired it! With big girls, big hair, and even bigger laughs, comes Hairspray, a splashy new musical based on the 1988 John Waters film that starred Divine and a then-unknown Ricki Lake.

It's 1962 and pleasantly plump Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad has only one dream--to dance on the popular Corny Collins Show. When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star, but she must use her newfound power to vanquish the reigning teen queen, win the affections of heartthrob Link Larkin and integrate a TV network, all without denting her 'do!

Hairspray became an immediate Broadway smash when it premiered at the Neil Simon Theatre in the summer of 2002. After winning eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, its place in Broadway history was confirmed. To quote one of the show's many catchy songs, "you can't stop the beat" of this hair-hopping hit!