The All Stars Project announced its newest initiative Together and Giving Back at a benefit concert by Neshama Carlebach, a leading superstar in Jewish entertainment, and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir directed by Reverend Roger Hembrick, on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at the ASP’s performing arts and development center. Together and Giving Back is bringing together African American, Latino and Jewish youth to...

The All Stars Project of New York, All Stars Talent Show Network (the ASP of NY, ASTSN) ended the year with a big bang in Brooklyn!  The final show of 2008 at Thomas Jefferson High School drew incredible numbers.  Nearly twelve hundred people filled the auditorium to cheer on the 160 young performers who graced the stage with their high-energy routines.  Costumes were vibrant and creative, as were the performances themselves: two groups ...

The Development School for Youth programs at the All Stars Project of New York and of New Jersey had very strong semesters this fall. On Monday, November 24th at a ceremony hosted by Credit Suisse, 40 students representing all five boroughs of New York City and 30 different schools, graduated as part of the 24th class of the All Stars Project of New York, Joseph A. Forgione Development School for Youth (ASP of NY, JAF DSY). Across...

On most nights throughout September, October, and November, three or more rehearsal rooms were abuzz with activity as young performers rehearsed the ASP of NY, YO!’s most ambitious project yet: the Young Playwrights from Castillo festival, produced by the Castillo Theatre. Work for the festival began over the summer, as a group of young people from All Stars Project programs worked with Youth Onstage! artistic....

The All Stars Project of New York’s developing producers program, Production of Youth by Youth (The ASP of NY, PYBY) had a busy fall semester visiting cultural institutions and meeting with producers around the city.  Two new cultural institutions opened their doors for the first time to the developing producers of PYBY.  The Broadway League (formerly the League of American Theatres and Producers), the trade association for Broadway producers, welcomed the PYBY students to their offices ...

All Stars Project of New York, Talented Volunteers program has been at work night and day, lending their hands to every aspect of our efforts. Over 150 volunteers staffed the Performing the World 08 conference in early October.  Our volunteers also generously offered their homes to attendees from around the world – both making the conference in New York City affordable and, most importantly, building the person-to-person..

This October, the All Stars Project of New Jersey (ASP of NJ) launched Youth Onstage!, the All Stars Project’s youth theatre program, with great success.  The eleven participants hail from six New Jersey towns: Newark, Irvington, Orange, East Orange, Union, and Bloomfield.  The young people are learning performance techniques and are working on devising an original theatre piece that will be performed in honor of the ....

The All Stars Project of Chicago (ASP of Chicago) officially kicked off recruitment for its first Development School for Youth (DSY) class this fall; several students have been interviewed and accepted into the program, while more applications continue to come in!  Chicago director David Cherry is lining up businesses to lead corporate workshops for the first semester of the ASP of Chicago, DSY, which will begin in spring 2009!...

The All Stars Project of the San Francisco Bay Area (ASP of the SF Bay Area) launched the Talent Show Network in San Francisco.  Our mission was to reach and bring together young people living in San Francisco’s toughest and poorest communities — young people who usually stay apart.  After hosting a series of auditions in diverse neighborhoods throughout the city, we held our first San Francisco All Stars Talent Show on September 27th...

The Atlanta All Stars held its second talent show of the year at the College Park City Auditorium on November 3.  The show brought out 18 acts, five of which were made up of veteran All Stars performers.  One of the alumni groups, T-Pizm, traveled all the way from Florida, after having performed at their first show with the All Stars Project of New York!  The three judges at the November 3 show were community leaders in the arts...