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Article: CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OFFERS NEW MINOR IN MUSICAL THEATRE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 30, 2006
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Central Washington University issued the following news release:
Responding to the growth of the musical theatre industry, Central Washington University's theatre arts department is now offering a new musical theatre minor. It is the only academic degree of its kind being offered by a public college or university in Washington.
Musical theatre dates back to 1866, when "The Black Crook" opened on Broadway. The collaboration between a dramatic group and ballet troupe proved to be the birth of an original, American art form that is now embraced worldwide.
It can also be a lucrative art form. More than 90 percent of all Actors' Equity Association contracts issued in recent years have been for ...