Performing Arts: New York

Act, sing and dance your way across the stage

Experience the thrill and excitement of New York on this performing arts trip to the Big Apple as students are given the incredible opportunity to undertake 5  Broadway workshops lead by the best in the business! Explore the city as you visit Radio City Music Hall, the Lincoln Center and other iconic New York landmarks.

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Performing Arts: New York

Act, sing and dance your way across the stage

Experience the thrill and excitement of New York on this performing arts trip to the Big Apple as students are given the incredible opportunity to undertake 5  Broadway workshops lead by the best in the business! Explore the city as you visit Radio City Music Hall, the Lincoln Center and other iconic New York landmarks.

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Broadway WorkshopLincoln Center for the Performing ArtsRadio City Music Hall

Your Adventure

1 Hello New York City
  • Board your flight Board your flight to New York.
  • Welcome to New York Upon arrival meet your tour director and check into your hotel.
2 New York City
  • Midtown walking tour Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Times Square, Grand Central Terminal
    Take a walking tour through the humming streets of New York’s Midtown which is the home of famous sights such as Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden and some of the city’s most revered museums and institutions.
  • Top of the Rock visit Soar 70 stories into the air and step out onto the observation deck of 30 Rockefeller Plaza for a truly breathtaking view of the city below.
3 New York City
  • Ferry boat to Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty The statue, a joint venture between the U.S. and France, was commissioned to honor the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the friendly Franco-American relations established at that time. Once a gallows field for convicted pirates, Ellis Island became a federal immigration station in 1892. In the years that followed, Ellis Island saw roughly 12 million immigrants pass through its halls to enter the United States of America. In 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson declared the island part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, and in 1990 it was reopened as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Over 40% of American citizens can trace their family heritage to Ellis Island!
  • Lower Manhattan guided sightseeing tour Trinity Church, Wall Street, 9/11 Memorial visit, Chinatown, Little Italy
    Tour Lower Manhattan, where industry, immigration, and colonial history converge. As the symbol of Western capitalism, Wall Street's modern traders bristle with cell phones, PDAs, and other modern tech accessories. This area's original traders, however, were Dutch colonialists, who gave the street its name by building a wall here to protect themselves from British settlers. Nearby Trinity Church, once the tallest building in the city, holds the grave of Alexander Hamilton and other Revolutionary luminaries who helped shape the emerging United States, and thousands of immigrants, who shaped the modern country, came in through Battery Park, the immigration entry point for the city until the operation moved to Ellis Island.
  • Tour Director-led Brooklyn Bridge tour You’ve seen it on TV. You’ve heard about it in songs. You‘ve read about it in poems. Follow in the footsteps of Frank Sinatra and Walt Whitman to create your own magic New York moment with a walk across the 6,016-foot Brooklyn Bridge. Learn all about the bridge’s history (it’s one of the oldest suspension bridges in the world) and discover the neighborhoods—past and present—that it united, such as the Fulton Ferry District and Newspaper Row in Manhattan.
4 New York City
  • Broadway workshop Learn more about the amazing productions that draw audiences from around the world. All workshops are held in Broadway rehearsal studios and taught by Broadway performers or qualified Teaching Artists. The workshop will provide you with an introduction to Broadway and the creativity and skills that it takes to put on these world class shows.
  • Central Park walking tour Cherry Hill, Strawberry Fields, Belvedere Castle, Delacorte Theater
    Take a walking tour of the most famous park in the United States. With over 800 verdant acres located smack-dab in the middle of bustling Manhattan, Central Park has been a bucolic oasis amidst the towering buildings of urban New York. Your local guide will lead you through the park, as you make your way past bikers, rollerbladers, and the occasional horse-and-buggy!
  • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts guided visit Visit this sprawling complex of buildings dedicated to the performing arts located in Lincoln Square. Walk past notable performing arts buildings including the New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera House and Avery Fisher Hall.
  • Broadway show If it sings and dances, laughs or cries, you'll find it here. The range of Broadway's theatrical productions, from Shakespearean tragedies to sequins-and-feathers musicals, is immense, and the glitter, hype, and talent draw audiences from around the world. See some of the biggest theater America has to offer on one of its most famous streets.
5 New York City
  • Broadway workshop Learn more about the amazing productions that draw audiences from around the world. All workshops are held in Broadway rehearsal studios and taught by Broadway performers or qualified Teaching Artists. The workshop will provide you with an introduction to Broadway and the creativity and skills that it takes to put on these world class shows.
  • Radio City Music Hall guided visit Get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on behind the razzle-dazzle of one of the world’s most famous entertainment venues. A historic theater that was declared a city landmark in the 1970’s, the Radio City Music Hall has also been the venue for the MTV Video Music Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards and the Daytime Emmy Award shows.
  • Broadway show If it sings and dances, laughs or cries, you'll find it here. The range of Broadway's theatrical productions, from Shakespearean tragedies to sequins-and-feathers musicals, is immense, and the glitter, hype, and talent draw audiences from around the world. See some of the biggest theater America has to offer on one of its most famous streets.
6 New York City
  • Chelsea High Line walkway Located on Manhattan's West Side and running from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the bustling streets. It is operated and maintained by members of the community, who fought to preserve the High Line when there was talk of it being demolished. This beautiful 1.45 mile walk gives you an unprecedented view of the city below!
  • Empire State Building & Observatory visit The Empire State Building rises over the Manhattan skyline like a throne. Admire its Art Deco curves up close as you ascend a quarter of a mile skyward to get New York's best aerial view. From the top, you'll see the Monopoly-board patchwork of skyscrapers, hotels, apartments, and parks that make up the city. Note that the tallest buildings cluster in Midtown—this section of the island has the strongest foundations, making it the only area where skyscrapers won't sink into the harbour.
7 New York City
  • Harlem guided sightseeing tour Did you know when Harlem was founded it was a Dutch village named after an Old World city in the Netherlands? Walk through its evolution from declining farmlands to the Harlem Renaissance. Learn about its literary roots in the ‘20s and ‘30s to its role during the Civil Rights Movement. Let’s not forget its heyday in the Golden Age of Jazz. You’ll visit some of the most significant historical landmarks, like the famous Apollo Theater.
  • Apollo Theater guided visit This famous club in New York City is best known for featuring almost exclusively African American performers and is dedicated to honoring and celebrating their influence and contribution to art. Learn about its rich cultural history, the influence it has had on African American art and the role it plays today during your visit of this historical theater.
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art visit The Metropolitan Museum, known to New Yorkers as the MET, houses a vast permanent collection of over two-million works of art, as well as cutting-edge feature exhibitions from the world’s most prominent artists. Tour the museum’s grand halls, drawing inspiration from the masters. Highlights include European Paintings, Modern Art & Photography, and The Costume Institute, as well as the stunning traditional works of Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
  • Dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner **Pending Availability Anyone up for dinner and a show? At Ellen’s Stardust Diner, you’ll find both. With singing waiters and waitresses serenading you at your booth, you’ll feel like you’ve traveled back in time to a 1950’s “greasy spoon”. As classic videos play on the authentic black & white TVs, and NYC’s largest indoor choo-choo circles about the room, you’ll be equally mesmerized by the gigantic menu of American classics, from meatloaf to malted milkshakes. So bring your appetite and your sense of fun for what will truly be a memorable meal.
8 Depart New York City
  • Begin your journey home After breakfast, bid farewell to Los Angeles as you board your flight home.

Start extension to Los Angeles

8 Depart New York
  • Board your flight Board your flight to Los Angeles.
  • Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe
9 Los Angeles
  • Hollywood Boulevard guided walking tour Walk of Fame, Babylon Court, TCL Chinese Theater celebrity hand prints, footprints, and autographs, El Capitan Theater, See the Hollywood Sign
    Take a stroll down America's most famous boulevard and transport yourself into the world of celluloid splendor. See the handprints of the stars of the past and present along the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Gaze at the Hollywood sign perched atop the close-by hills. Get your picture taken with some of the many local 'superheroes' of recent film fame. And stop by one of the famous eateries like Musso & Frank's or the Pig 'n' Whistle and imagine the great (and not-so-great) movie ideas hatched in their opulent booths.
  • The Grammy Museum Tour A self-guided museum tour immerses students in a cutting-edge experience -- complete with interactive exhibits, films and artifacts designed to explore the historical, cultural and social context of music. Upon entering the museum, students are engaged as they learn about the creative process and the art and technology of recorded sound.
10 Depart Los Angeles
  • Begin your journey home After breakfast, bid farewell to Los Angeles as you board your flight home.

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