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"Hey, Mr. Producer!" Lesson Plan

"Hey, Mr. Producer!" Lesson Plan

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"Hey, Mr. Producer!"

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High schoolers examine the economic roller coaster involved in the production of a Broadway musical. They read online articles to investigate similarities and differences between nonprofit theater production and Broadway, or commercial, theater production.

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9th - 12th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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