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Today
we
are
at
musical
theater
heritage
located
on
the
third
level
of
the
Crown
Center
shops
at
twenty
four
fifty
grand
where
nearly
50,000
visitors
are
expected
this
year
alone.
Today,
we
are
also
speaking
with
executive
artistic
director,
Tim
Scott,
who
will
tell
us
what
happens
behind
the
scenes
and
in
front
on
the
stage.
Thank
you
for
coming
today.
Yeah.
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B
So
musical
theater
heritage
was
founded
by
George
hardier,
who
dis
indicated
radio
show
a
night
on
the
town
and
M
th
was
formed
to
kind
of
syndicate
and
broaden
that
mission
to
a
national
audience,
and
then
the
live
component
came
about
because
there
was
really
no
local
mission,
so
George
found
he
had
a
lot
of
audience
all
over
the
country.
You
know
two
dozen
radio
stations
throughout
the
United
States
of
America,
but
really
in
Kansas
City.
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There
was
no
local
mission
and
since
his
mission
was
you
know,
musical
theater
on
the
radio
and
Broadway
through
the
decades
he
decided
to
bring
that
live
component
to
Kansas
City
into
M
th.
So
we
started
producing
live,
shows
really
back
in
2003
at
the
old
Belcher
Art
Center.
You
know
great
bellator
building
on
a
loading
dock,
and
so
we
would
really
it
was
very
eclectic
and
that
we
did
contra
style
musicals
there
starting
in
2003,
and
we
have
a
ball
into
full-scale
produced
musicals.
Today,
mm-hmm.
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B
Right
so
we
specialize
in
musical
theater
Broadway
style
shows
I
like
to
say
we
do
big,
Broadway
musicals
in
a
theater
with
only
seven
rows.
It's
so
unique,
there's
nothing
really
like
it
in
Kansas,
City
and
not
really
anywhere,
because
to
do
a
big
Broadway
musical
in
such
an
intimate
space
is
certainly
challenging.
But
beyond
that,
you
know
we
like
to
partner
with
other
musical
organizations.
We've
partnered
with
the
People's
Liberation
big
band
a
lot
and
we've
brought
in
their
their
their
group.
B
Red
cox
is
great
and
of
course,
ensemble
liberica,
both
led,
so
we
have
a
show
coming
up
with
them
this
week
and
other
music
organizations
that
are
Kansas
City,
based
that
we
feel
are
in
alignment
with
our
mission,
which
is
mostly
musically
based
and
we'll
also
bring
an
axe
from
out
of
town.
We
brought
in
Heather
McRae.
Of
course,
the
great
Heather
McRae
was
in
the
original
Broadway
production
of
hair.
Her
father's
Gordon
MacRae.
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B
Own
one-person
show
Claiborne
elder
telle
sessions,
Cory
cot
Laura,
Ausmus,
bringing
in
Jeremy
Jordan
there
Jeremy
Jordan.
He
was
the
original
and
Newsies
to
do
his
show
coming
up
later
this
year.
So
yeah,
it's
not
just
musical
theatre,
but
we
really
kind
of
try
to
specialize
in
in
a
lot
of
different
areas
of
musical
performance
and
then,
of
course,
the
Empire
Dance
Academy
in
our
newly
renovated
dance
studio
a
few
years
ago,
where
Kenny
person
ette,
runs
and
maintains
his
own
dance
facilities.
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B
B
So
we're
in,
like
our
we
do
summer
camps
through
June
and
July
all
through
August
2nd,
is
when
our
camps
conclude-
and
you
know,
we
got
national
recognition
because
we
were
one
of
the
first
companies
to
do
a
camp
Hamilton,
where
we
take
all
that
Greenland
man,
Miranda
stuff,
we've
partnered
with
operation
breakthrough,
who
those
kids
are
really
attracted
to
that
and
really
feel
heard
and
included
in
that
type
of
music
and
experience.
And
then
we
do.
You
know
we
specialize
in
kind
of
whatever,
whatever
we
feel
is
urgent
and
immediate.
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In
the
moment
like
the
greatest
showmen
was
a
big
hit
a
few
years
ago,
so
we
have
a
camp
called
the
greatest
showmen.
This
is
the
greatest
show
where
we
kind
of
specialize
in
in
acrobatics
and
circus
and-and-and,
the
musical
theater
components
that
tie
into
that
theme.
But
beyond
that
we've
partnered
with
the
Girl
Scouts.
For
a
few
years
now
we
do
specifically
Girl
Scouts
oriented
workshop
musical
theater
workshops.
B
We
have
Spring
Break
camps,
the
operation
breakthrough,
where
we
actually
go
into
operation,
break
through
travel
to
them
there
and
we
give
them
an
immersive
experience
for
two
weeks.
At
a
time,
so
the
education
program,
is
it
really
is
something
that
if
I
talk
long
about
it,
I'll
start
getting
teary-eyed?
Because
when
you
see
these
kids,
you
know
performing
on
their
last
day
all
like-minded
kids
with
the
same
goal
and
agenda
in
mind.
It's
really
moving
now.
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B
So
in
the
heights,
of
course,
the
it
was
nominated
for
it
was
a
finalist
for
the
Pulitzer
Prize
when
multiple
Tony
Awards,
they
said
lin-manuel
who's,
like
super
famous
now
MARY
POPPINS
and
everything
else.
It's
an
inner-city
story.
It's
really
a
culturally
diverse
story
about
pride
and
ethnicity,
pride
in
your
neighborhood
about
finding
your
place.
It's
it.
It
takes
place
from
Washington
Heights,
which
is
very
culturally
diverse.
The
main
character
is
Dominican
Republic,
but
this
Puerto
Ricans
and
Mexicans
and
white
people
and
brown
people
all
over
the
place
in
this
story.
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B
The
easiest
places
to
go
online
to
musical
theater
heritage,
calm
or
mth
kc.com
either
will
work.
You
can
call
us
the
box
office.
It's
eight
one,
six,
two,
two
one:
six,
nine,
eight,
seven
we're
pretty
easy
to
find
we're
in
Crown
Center
Google
in
the
heights,
Kansas
City,
I'm
sure
we'll
come
up
great.