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Broadway Superstars/Applause

4/19/08 - By

Broadway Superstars and Applause are bringing you week-long theater intensives for your children this summer for K through 8th grade., Monday through Friday for five and a half hours everyday, your children will arrive and attend theater classes all day long.

Many of the classes that your child will cycle through, throughout the week or weeks, are acting classes, singing classes, scene study, audition technique, Broadway dance class, Hip-Hop class, acting for TV, costume design, and so much more!

Each week will include an entirely new curriculum so you can join us for one week or all six. Come join in the best summer ever! Visit us at

http://www.applauseny.com for more information.

For more great camp ideas, check out our Summer Camp Guide!

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