Curtain's Up: Broadway History (FREE 5-week online course for Teachers)

Curtain’s Up: Broadway History for Teachers

This FREE, five-week seminar is designed for drama teachers, English teachers who teach plays, theater coaches, and music directors working in high schools and junior high schools worldwide. Each week, we’ll explore a different era of Broadway history through lively lectures, abundant video clips, and guided discussion. Participants will also have the chance to give short presentations if they wish.

Schedule (all sessions Sundays, 2–3 pm ET, November 2025):

• November 2: 1940s and 1950s
• November 9: 1960s and 1970s
• November 16: 1980s and 1990s
• November 23: 21st Century
• November 30: Bonus Class: Sondheim

Expect about 30–45 minutes of homework each week (readings and videos) to enrich our in-class conversations. Teachers who attend all five sessions will receive a certificate of completion.

Cost: FREE for educators. (Non-teachers may audit the class for $18. Broadway Maven Members who alrady pay $18 a month may audit the class for no charge.)

Join us to deepen your knowledge of Broadway’s rich history and bring new insights into your classroom and productions!

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The Broadway Maven is a vibrant educational community that helps its Members think more deeply about musical theater. Every person who signs up for this class will receive a FREE subscription to MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast.

David Benkof, the Broadway Maven, has been teaching Broadway and American Jewish Culture online for five years. He aims to help students see the third time things they did not notice the first. His love for Broadway is triply expressed: his classes; his Youtube Channel; and MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast substack newsletter. For more information, visit TheBroadwayMaven.com