HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH.(Camp Broadway)(Brief Article)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 19-AUG-02

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Box-office is down on Broadway, but the most cheerful and high-spirited theatrical producer in town last week was Camp Broadway, yielding three musicals--"Oklahoma!," "State Fair," and "On the Town"--plus a number of perks. The performers, rehearsing at Chelsea Studios during five overpacked days, were a hundred and forty-eight kids between the ages of ten and seventeen.

A couple of dozen dancing, choreographing, acting, and singing counsellors rushed the kids to "Chorus Calls" and "Dance Calls" and "Showcase Rehearsals," as well as short workshops in improv, mime, mask, makeup, combat, and how-to-rip-off-hit-melodies-with-your-own-lyrics. The kids paid eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each for the five days, sans travel or lodging. They came from half the states in the country and from several foreign countries. Each kid wore a black...

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