High-School Musical: When Your Drama Teachers Go to School

Published: July 21, 2008, 4:45 pm

Tags: intel, broadway, high school, stephen schwartz, wicked

Top, from left, Mitch Master, Maureen Sweeney. Bottom, from left, Hilde Harper, Sheryl Amirault, Tom Smith.In July, about 450 middle and high-school drama teachers from around the country flocked to Times Square for the eighth year of a program put on by Broadway Teachers Workshop, where they learn tips from big names like composer Stephen Schwartz, playwright Marsha Norman, and In the Heights creator Lin-Manuel Miranda. Some of the participants talked about the challenges of directing high-school musicals, and many revealed that their dream production is Wicked. (At a workshop, Schwartz, the megahit's creator, provoked a near frenzy when he announced that the show will be licensed to schools before it leaves Broadway, but then again, who knows when that will be?) Mitch Master, Frankling Jewish Academy, West Bloomfield, Michigan: This is your third year at the program. What keeps you coming back? Kate Grant from Juilliard teaches me mirror games and scene work. Do your kids

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