New York City is best known for its culture and performing arts…now you have the opportunity to provide your students with a backstage view of it! You and your students will have guided tours of various performing arts venues and even attend a taping of the “Today” show. You will spend an entire day in the Broadway district getting an insider look at the excitement and drama that takes place there. Students will have the opportunity to experience live shows and interact with real performers and directors.

Tour Itinerary

Day1

• Arrive in New York City, NY
• Guided Tour of New York City
  • Time Square
  • Lower Manhattan
  • Financial District
  • Chinatown
  • Central Park
• Lunch
• Tour the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts
• Radio City Music Hall Backstage Tour
• Dinner
• Attend Broadway Show

Day2

• Early breakfast at hotel
• Attend taping of the “Today Show”
• Visit Rockefeller Plaza
  • Top of the Rock
  • Underground Concourse
• Lunch
• Guided Tour of NBC News New York Studios
• Dinner
• Attend a performance by the New York Philharmonic

Day3

• Breakfast at hotel
• Guided Walking Tour of Broadway Theater District
  • 42nd Street
  • Famous Broadway Theaters
  • George M. Cohan and Father Duffy Statues
  • Paramount Plaza
  • Hard Rock Café
  • John Jacob Astor’s Knickerbocker Hotel
• Lunch
• Broadway Workshops & Talk Back Seminars:
  • Broadway Rehearsal
  • Theater Games/Improv
  • Stage Combat
• Dinner
• Attend a Broadway Show

Day4

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Lunch
• Visit Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
• Free time in Chinatown and SoHo
• Dinner
• Attend a performance by the Metropolitan Opera

Day5

• Breakfast at hotel
• Visit The New School for Drama
• Free time and exploring in Times Square
• Visit the World Famous Apollo theatre
• Depart for home