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40 Years of Broadway Musicals
It's far from just another openin', another show at Children's Musical Theater San Jose. The organization is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend with a Saturday birthday bash at the Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
"This is suc...read more
CMT Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Free Party in the Park
CHILDREN’S MUSICAL THEATER CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY
WITH FREE PARTY IN THE PARK JUNE 28, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 12, 2008 – Celebrating 40 years of musical theater in San Jose, CMT today announ...read more
NEA Awards CMT Grant For Ongoing Artistic Excellence
Children's Musical Theater San Jose, one of the nation's leading theater companies for youth, was acknowledged this week by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with an American Masterpieces grant for their...read more
CMTSJ Receives Another Show of Support from the National Endowment of the Arts
NATIONAL NOD: It never seems like Children's Musical Theater San Jose gets enough recognition locally for its incredible productions - or for being the training ground for tomorrow's Br...read more
Feline Grace - Children's Musical Theater Knows How to Paws for Effect in 'Cats'
Most theater about the wonders of diversity runs just deep enough to make the eyes glaze over. Ironically, the musical "Cats", Andrew Lloyd Webber's 18-year Broadway sensation, comes closer to celebrating different ways of being than any hum...read more
CMT Mainstage Presents "CATS"
"CATS" promises to be the dance extravaganza of CMT’s 39th season, featuring a single cast of talented 14-20 year-old performers. The show is directed and choreographed by Jacob Brent, known for his portrayal of the magical Mr...read more
Pizarro: After-show party for CMT followers
San Jose's Eulipia restaurant was turned into something of a speakeasy Friday night as the cast and audience members from the opening night performance of Children's Musical Theater's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" ...read more
Children's Musical Theater: Not just for kids
"Hey, kids! Let's get our father's barn and put on a show!" No offense to Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, but children's theater has come a long way since their legendary exhortations. The genre is coming of a...read more
Pizarro: Children's theater raises $150,000
Children's Musical Theater's Cabaret Night was the kind of evening that leaves people exclaiming, "What a night! What a crowd!"
And that makes it tough to pick a single highlight from the 16th annual fundraiser, held Saturd...read more
CMT board sings its praises for Heath
Living in Willow Glen isn't a prerequisite for managing Children's Musical Theater San Jose, but it could be argued that the community has a proven set of chops. This is the third time the longstan...read more
CMT Mainstage Presents Haunting Tale of "Evita"
CMT’s Mainstage production of "Evita" is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for Access to Artistic Excellence. CMT last mounted this ambitious production five years ago, performed b...read more
CMT Mainstage Presents Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"
CMT’s Mainstage production of Disney’s "Beauty and the Beast" features young performers ages 9 – 20, plus an overwhelmingly talented group of 45 alumni who chose to return to CMT for this anticipated p...read more
