From Broadway superstars to Broadway super fans Tony winners to Tony viewers- most lovers of the arts can trace their passion back to humble origins- their high school theatre programs. According to the 2018 EDTA High School Play survey, over 26,000 US high schools have a theatre program, which means that hundreds of thousands of teenagers are bit by the theatre bug every year.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PM on March 9, 2019