On May 22nd, MS319 students Isis Cruz, Milena Melendez, and Sabrina Correa performed "I See Stars" from the Broadway Junior musical Mean Girls at the 20th Annual Shubert Foundation /Musical Theatre International Broadway Junior Student Celebrations at the Ambassador Theatre.
New York City Public School students from Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens performed numbers from their full school productions of Broadway musicals. The shows included Disney's Aladdin JR., Disney's Alice in Wonderland JR., Annie JR., Disney's High School Musical JR., Disney's The Lion King JR., Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR., Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR., Disney's Newsies JR., Seussical JR., and Shrek The Musical JR.
The program is sponsored by The Shubert Foundation, Music Theatre International (MTI) and New York City Public Schools (NYCPS). In attendance at the Broadway Junior® Student Finale were Diana Phillips, President of The Shubert Foundation, President and CEO of Music Theatre International Drew Cohen, representatives from the NYC Public Schools Arts Office, prominent NYC arts educators, and leading members of New York’s professional theatre community.
MS319 will be performing the Broadway Junior musical, Beetlejuice on Thursday May 29th at 4pm in the Mirabal Sisters Campus Auditorium. Tickets are free!