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A Broadway Star And #SunshineSongs Bring High School Musical Theater To Small Screens

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Many high school musicals have been canceled, leaving theater kids disheartened. But Broadway star Laura Benanti had an idea: 'I just decided I would ... encourage these young performers to send me videos of them performing from their sequestered homes.'

Laura Benanti performs in New York City in 2016. She recently asked high school students to send her videos of their musical theater performances after many of them were canceled.Laura Benanti performs in New York City in 2016. She recently asked high school students to send her videos of their musical theater performances after many of them were canceled.High schools are closed and their musicals are canceled around the country because of coronavirus concerns.

Theater kids now have no audience to showcase the numbers they've worked on, some for months and even years. They won't have a live audience for the time being, but Broadway star Laura Benanti, who won a Tony award in 2008 for her performance inShe put the call out on Friday. Dark times for all. Trying to find some bright spots. If you were meant to perform in your High School musical and it was cancelled please post yourself singing and tag me. I want to be your audience!! Sending all my love and black market toilet paper. 💛

 

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SunshineSongs LauraBenanti Sophie was cast as Bea in the MTI pilot program of 'Something Rotten Jr.' Here she is at the first rehearsal singing 'Right Hand Man' not the HamiltonMusical version Lin_Manuel

Sooo cool!! Thank you for thinking of the kids!

Yes, I can see how that can be disheartening to them. All for good reasons to try to contain the spread now. That was very sweet of Laura Benanti to keep encouraging them like that. Way to go Laura!

We need 'America's Got Talent' - home edition.

And leaving parents joyful.

And it was brilliant. What a lovely twitter moment.

Exactly! We have an internet, people. Use it!

I’d rather be disheartened than dead... but what do I know?

What a wonderful idea

Because LauraBenanti is as angelic as her singing voice

Every theater kid gets to know disappointment intimately. The ones really fated for it will put on a show regardless of where they are.

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