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PROMO REEL (Good Morning America, United Nations with Nelson Mandela)
About Children's Theatre - "...hilarious...." "...mature words that sound all the more stirring when uttered by young voices." "
.includes a civil rights medley, several
rousing songs by the group's music director, Eric Dozier..." "Acted with great brio, this tuneful fairy
tale emphasizes the value of service without being preachy..." "They also present the mini-musical "Myrtle & Yertle," a pithy statement on the abuses of power.... Performed with hilarious music by Lory Lazarus, it includes a country-western odes by Mack and Jack, the turtles who are literally at the bottom of society." -Laurel Graeber, THE NEW YORK TIMES July
2007
"I was very touched by the beauty and love behind the efforts of the Children's Theatre to provide children with a magical yet practical approach to life and a new way of viewing themselves as noble creations " (Photo: James Earl Jones and Laura A)
"The balance you create -- between seriousness and humor, roots of power and flights of optimism, intellect and unabashed joy -- is exquisite. What you are doing is truly wonderful and you should be very proud of your efforts and accomplishments." -United Nations Say Yes Concert for Children's
Rights
"Yours is an example of what service to the community
means. [CTC] serves as an example that our potentials are unlimited
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"Your work is easily among the most noble artistic endeavors I've ever seen. Not to mention totally entertaining and deeply touching. Few 'grown-up' performances have achieved as much. Your premise and practice of art & humanity is nothing shy of laying groundwork for future leaders of true peace." Raffi with Mercy @ UN Special Session on Children:
"Although politics is practiced by adults, it always has effects on children. Young performers from the Children's Theatre Company are exploring those realities now in a production that draws on the writings of sages ranging from Dr. Seuss to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr "Their musical-theater adaptations of Dr. Suess's
The Sneetches and The Lorax emphasize the Doc's message of tolerance." Barbaria Aria, TIME-OUT NEW
YORK "
a colorful and lighthearted way of
teaching children about the dangers of prejudice." Shelly Goldberg, NY1 NEWS |
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