Baldwin High School Featured in Newsday
Fine & Performing Arts Department Receives $10,000 Grant for Fall Musical Production
Baldwin High School has received a $10,000 grant to produce an updated version of the 1960 musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown," which features new lyrics from Tony-nominated author Dick Scanlan focusing on Brown's character as an underdog and advocate.
Sixteen schools nationwide were chosen through a program run by the Educational Theatre Foundation, The Music Man Foundation and Music Theatre International.
To win, applicants shared their plans to use the work as a tool to engage their school community in the musical's themes of women's and immigrants’ rights. The school will stage four performances from Nov. 21-23.
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