Kravis Chronicles: Part One

Kravis Chronicles: Part One
KRAVIS ON BROADWAY: All-time favorites like Disney's "The Lion King" and the Tony-award winning musical "Les Miserables" will be featured throughout the "Kravis on Broadway" series from 2018-2019.
Courtesy of kravis.org
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KRAVIS ON BROADWAY: All-time favorites like Disney's "The Lion King" and the Tony-award winning musical "Les Miserables" will be featured throughout the "Kravis on Broadway" series from 2018-2019.
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On October 6, 2018, I found myself sitting in a sophisticated conference room amongst a group of varying student journalists and theater enthusiasts that make up the 2018 Student Theater Critics roster at the Kravis Center of Performing Arts.
The atmosphere was pleasantβfriendly, evenβ with students from schools all over Palm Beach County bonding over their activities in drama clubs, and love of plays and musicals like Hamilton and Cabaret.
We were greeted by Educations Program director Alison Rehm, who also directed the meeting, giving a brief history of the Kravis and an overview of what our duty as student critics is going to be. This included attending performances, attending workshops, and writing reviews for the Theaterβs Critics webpage.
The pamphlets and booklets that we received contained many of the different performances that would be playing during their Kravis on Broadway series, like School of Rock: The Musical, Les MisΓ©rables, Disneyβs The Lion King and more.
Personally, my first choice would be Les MisΓ©rables, most likely due to the fact that Iβve seen Tom Hooperβs Academy Award nominated film version, with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway. But others that stood out to me were Rock of Ages, it features music from some of the best 80s rock bands, Styx and Whitesnake.
Now first of all, I am not a theater kid. Iβm more attracted to films than live performances, and definitely prefer directing to acting. But something about the way that the other studentsβ faces lit up when they talked about them, made me think, βTheater is more than just actors on a stage reciting lines and prancing around to a lively dance number. Anyone can enjoy it. Young and old, from every race. It brings people together.β
That evening it brought together 18 kids from separate schools in one room.
The next workshop will take place on October 20, 2018.

Hey, my name is Genesis and I'm a junior in the Journalism Academy. I'm a huge modern rock fan, and I aspire to become a film director, like Quentin Tarantino...
Good job.
I love your story it sound fun.
All three movies are great! If you want love/drama with a classic musical, you watch Waitress. If you want a French story with constant singing with every word, you watch Les Miserable’s. If you want a Disney classic but with a twist, watch and I mean take in the acting watch, and watch the Lion King.