June 1-7, 2004
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Tolleson
Theatre Group NYC Trip 2004 June 1-7, 2004 |
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Our
group had a wonderful time on the "2004 Broadway Bound" theatre trip
to New York City sponsored by Temple High School (Temple, TX USA) Theatre Arts
Teacher Natasha Tolleson. Our terrific tour guide was Laurent Nahon. These pages
contain photos and notes from the trip.
The group enjoyed many, many activities packed into a busy seven days.
The Tony Awards were presented while we were in town, and nearly every show we saw as a group won Tony awards for this year.
The six Broadway
shows that the entire group attended were:
Wicked (Best Actress
in a Musical, Best Costumes, Best Scenery)
The Boy from Oz (Best
Actor in a Musical)
Assassins (Best Musical
Revival, Best Featured Actor, Best Director, Best Orchestrations, Best Lighting)
Little Shop of Horrors
I Am My Own Wife (Best
Play, Best Actor)
Avenue Q (Best Musical,
Best Book, Best Score)
Various members
of the group also saw:
Caroline, or Change (Best Featured Actress
in a Musical)
Bombay Dreams
Wonderful Town (Best Choreography)
De La Guarda
Rent
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Lion King
Mamma Mia!
The group
also:
Attended three workshop sessions with Broadway professionals
Toured Radio City Musical Hall
Toured Carnegie Hall
Toured NBC Studios
Toured American Museum of Natural History
Attended a show at the Hayden Planetarium
Toured The Julliard School
Toured the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Toured Central Park
Attended a taping of the television show, "The View"
(with Tom Hanks and free gifts!)
Had tickets for the Empire State Building (but
it was too foggy that night to see anything)
and shopped all over NYC, including Fifth Avenue, SoHo and
Chinatown
As we receive more digital photos from the students, we will update these pages -- so check back.
And as Glinda and Elphaba say in Wicked, "Because I knew you, I have been changed for good!"