Did you know BSA released an iTunes single, "Babazille Mahlangu"? The song is written by composer Jeremy Schonfeld for our very first BSA event and has been recorded by BSA Teaching Artist Lilli Cooper (Wicked, Spring Awakening). Proceeds from the single benefit BSA's commitment to youth development in disadvantaged communities.
To purchase this single for $0.99 on iTunes, click here.
The previously announced Broadway in South Africa 5th Anniversary Celebration, now set to take place at Avenues: The World School, will also be live-streamed via StageIt.com. The star-studded concert of original music will begin promptly at 8:00pm EDT.
Broadway in South Africa invites supporters unable to attend the live performance in New York City to participate virtually via StageIt.com. To join, visit StageIt.com/BroadwayInSA, follow the prompts to book a ticket for as little as $5.00, and join us online on May 6th at 8:00pm EDT/ 5:00pm PDT (1:00am in London/ 2:00am in South Africa on May 7). Prizes will be available for the top tippers, including an event poster signed by the artists, a DVD of the full concert, and the opportunity to receive public Twitter shout-outs from @broadwaysafrica! All funds raised via the virtual broadcast will directly benefit Broadway in South Africa’s student scholarships.
Television personality Jay Manuel (“America’s Next Top Model”) will lead an evening of performances from singers and composers from the stage and screen, as well as music industry professionals, who will donate their talent for the evening to support this cause. Confirmed performers include Tony Nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, The Color Purple), Frankie James Grande (Mamma Mia!), Sean Bradford (The Lion King, The Scottsboro Boys), Christopher Spaulding (The Nutty Professor, Curtains), Celina Carvajal (Kinky Boots), Emma Hunton (Next to Normal, Spring Awakening), Courtney Reed (Aladdin, In The Heights), Lilli Cooper (Wicked, Spring Awakening), Marty Thomas (Wicked, Xanadu), Kelly King (Winner of the 2013 Viña Del Mar Festival), Alexa Green (Wicked), Marissa Rosen (My Big Gay Italian Wedding) and Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Hairspray). Composers for the evening include Jeremy Schonfeld, Grammy Award Nominee Ryan Shaw, and Joey Contreras. Sonny Paladino (Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar) will serve as Music Director, with Tim Drucker and Frankie James Grande as Co-Directors.
Proceeds from the event, presented by Condé Nast, will provide scholarships for students in South Africa who have been part of Broadway in South Africa’s programming for the past five years and who continually work to inspire others in their communities. At the event, Broadway in South Africa will announce a major expansion into disadvantaged communities of the world outside of South Africa, as well as a transition to becoming a charitable foundation. With this global expansion, Broadway in South Africa will become a major force in international arts education for the underprivileged.
“Arts education is a key to training
generations capable of reinventing the world that they have inherited. It helps to form tolerant and dynamic
citizens for our globalizing world.”
- Irina
Bokova, Director General, UNESCO
TICKETS:
Individual
tickets begin at $250 and opportunities to sponsor an academic scholarship are
also available. For additional
information visit BroadwayInSouthAfrica.org or email
info@broadwayinsouthafrica.org.
The previously announced Broadway in South Africa 5th Anniversary Celebration - a star-studded concert of original music based on essays and letters from South African students who participate in their youth development programs - will now take place at Avenues: The World School, a brand new state-of-the-art 'world school' and 'integrated learning community, located on the High Line. The concert will still begin promptly at 8pm with a reception to follow.
"A cross cultural exchange between youth in need and artists who seek to use their talents for change", Broadway in South Africa facilitates arts programming to empower youth living amongst violence, poverty, and disease in the townships of South Africa.
Manuel will lead an evening of performances from singers and composers from the stage and screen, as well as music industry professionals, who will donate their talent for the evening to support this cause.
Confirmed performers include Tony Nominee Brandon Victor Dixon (Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, The Color Purple), Shoshana Bean (Wicked, Hairspray), Frankie James Grande (Mamma Mia!), Sean Bradford (The Lion King, The Scottsboro Boys), Christopher Spaulding (The Nutty Professor, Curtains), Celina Carvajal (Kinky Boots), Emma Hunton (Next to Normal, Spring Awakening), Courtney Reed (Aladdin, In The Heights), Lilli Cooper (Wicked, Spring Awakening), Erik Altemus (Pippin, The Fantasticks), Marty Thomas (Wicked, Xanadu), Kelly King (Winner of the 2013 Viña Del Mar Festival), Alexa Green (Wicked), and Marissa Rosen (My Big Gay Italian Wedding).
Composers for the evening include Jeremy Schonfeld, Grammy Award Nominee Ryan Shaw, and Joey Contreras. Sonny Paladino (Pippin, Jesus Christ Superstar, Billy Elliot) will serve as Music Director, with Tim Drucker and Frankie Grande as Co-Directors.
Proceeds from the event, sponsored by Condé Nast, will provide scholarships for students in South Africa who have been part of Broadway in South Africa's programming for the last five years and who continually work to inspire others in their communities.
At the event, Broadway in South Africa will announce a major expansion into disadvantaged communities of the world outside of South Africa, as well as a transition to becoming a charitable foundation. Broadway in South Africa is soon to be a major force in international arts education for the underprivileged, and with a global expansion, will reach that point within the next five years.
Individual tickets begin at $125 and opportunities to sponsor an academic scholarship are also available. For additional information visit www.broadwayinsouthafrica.org or email info@broadwayinsouthafrica.org.
Read more about Broadway in South Africa Moves 5th Anniversary Celebration to Avenues, the World School, 5/6 by broadwayworld.com
Over the past five years we have seen the power that art, education and love have to change lives and inspire leaders.
In South Africa, which has the largest number of children orphaned or living with HIV/AIDS on the planet, our students are uplifting communities, the future of a nation ravaged by poverty, violence and social inequality.
The student’s we work with represent the entire Rainbow Nation, not just one voice. Students who can truly make a difference to the future of South Africa and the world at large. Students like Mas’G, who defeated the odds, by graduating from university this April.
3% of the adult population in South Africa hold a university degree.
Your support can help to change this, by empowering future leaders, by giving these children a fighting chance.
In 2013, we are raising money to send our bright, brave, and determined leadership students who are in their final year of high school to university. Together we can make a difference, to support change in South Africa.
Please join us for the 5th Anniversary Celebration on May 6 and support higher education.
A cross cultural exchange between youth in need and artists who seek to use their talents for change.
Our ultimate goal is to empower youth around the globe.
