Beat by Beat Press provides new works of contemporary hit children's musicals. Founded by a group of young playwrights, composers and educators in New York City.
Beat by Beat Press was founded by a group of young writers and educators from New York City with an artistic spirit and a passionate objective: to distribute high-quality musicals with fresh stories and characters for performers ages 7-14. We believe in musical theater’s power to unlock a child’s creativity and build self-confidence. That’s why our team has spent the last eight years working directly with kids creating original stories and characters with them in mind. We founded Beat by Beat Press after listening to parents, teachers and directors tell us that schools and theaters back in their community would love the opportunity to produce these fresh and original shows. They wanted musicals that weren’t just adaptations. They, like us, felt that kids should have a chance to act in something made specifically, and especially, for them.
Mission: To develop children's imaginations and build self confidence through musical theater.
Bancroft School
The monsters are coming! Enjoy these photos from today’s dress rehearsal of the 5th Grade Play, “We Are Monsters“ — opening tomorrow, Thurs., May 9, with a free public performance at 7 p.m. in the Harrington Theatre! Come cheer on all of these hard-working and talented 5th grade performers, tomorrow at 7 – don’t miss it!
😂 “The breathtaking decision to tell this story in a single, uninterrupted shot is brilliant, courageous, and unlike anything I’ve ever seen before on screen. Absolutely masterful,” said Hollywood Reporter critic Jon Frosch in his litany of praise for Hannah Malloy’s dad, Andy, noting his commitment to the craft in setting up his tripod six full minutes before the show began and then leaving the lens cap on the camera through the entire opening number, challenging the viewer to rely on senses other than mere sight—"
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Heralding the three-hour experience as “a mature, cinematic triumph beyond its time,” film critics offered high praise Tuesday for the single long, unbroken take a theater parent employed to capture a Desert Shadows Middle School production of Guys And Dolls. “The breath...
A wonderfully creative set design for "Giants in the Sky" from Adams Elementary School in Santa Barbara, CA.
"Giants in the Sky" is a fantastical, 50-minute musical that explores the world of Giants that live about the clouds. Click here to learn more: http://www.bbbpress.com/musicals/giants-in-the-sky/
Harbour Playhouse
Join us in visiting Musicville this Saturday! Journey with Melody and Rhythm as they travel through Melody Meadows, the Desert of Doo-Wop, the Orange Ocean of Opera, and the Terrible Terrain of Tango as they seek out the Castle of Composition to reverse the silencing spell of the evil Sorceress and her Rest henchmen. Performances are Saturday the 27th at 3pm and Saturday the 4th at 3pm. Call 281-337-SHOW for reservations or visit our website at www.harbourtheater.com
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Fabulous photos from Hsinchu County American School’s production of “Press Start”!! Looks like a great show!!! #bbbpress
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Break a leg!! ✨💛⭐️
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Tomorrow is the BIG DAY! I just want to soak up every second of it. It's been so stressful the last few weeks, but an exciting kind of stress. I love these kids and am so proud of how they've grown throughout this process. I can't wait to see them shine on that stage! They are ready. We are ready. WE ARE MONSTERS!
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Hsinchu County American School - HCAS 新竹縣美國學校
Two weeks ago, our students and teachers put on a great show of the Beat by Beat Press musical: Press Start! Here are some highlights from the show. Also, we thank all of the supports again from the students, parents, teachers, staff members, as well as everyone who showed up to watch the show! We will be back next year!
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We love this costume from Manhattan Arts Center’s production of “Tut, Tut!”! How fun!! ✨💛 #bbbpress
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A great video from “Tut, Tut!” At Cresskill Public Schools. ⭐️✨ #bbbpress
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A great video from Hillside Elementary’s production of Space Pirates!! Way to go!! ✨💛 #bbbpress #spacepirates
Can you guess the Beat By Beat Press musical from just the emojis?!?!? Comment your answer down below. Once you've figured it out, tag a friend and challenge them to do the same!!! ✨😊 #bbbpress
Congratulations to Sullivan West Elementary on their performance of “We Are Monsters”!! 💚🎉✨ #bbbpress #wearemonsters
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A great shot from The Cast and Crew Youth Theatre Society’s production of Giants in the Sky! ✨💛 #bbbpress #giantsinthesky
Thank you to all the teachers who are shaping our future! 💛💛 #bbbpress
Congrats to Celina Schools on their recent performance of “The Most Epic Birthday Party Ever” ✨🎉🎁 Looks like it was a blast!! #bbbpress
Introducing our newest resource that will help you teach improv to kids and teens. Click below to download a free lesson plan and learn more!
http://www.bbbpress.com/teaching-improv/
A Sneak Peek of the Minnieville Drama Club's performance of Journey of the Noble Gnarble. 👍🏻✨ Congrats on a great show!! #bbbpress
What’s your favorite part of NYC?!!! Comment down below! 👇🏼👇🏼 #bbbpress
Great job St. Peter students on your musical “The Grunch”!! ✨ #bbbpress #thegrunch
Here's a fun and simple improv game to help your students create specific "environments" within their improv scenes.
This is one of 23 bonus videos from our upcoming release "Teaching Improv: The Essential Handbook" available for download on April 1, 2019!
Here's a fun and simple improv game to help your students create specific "environments" within their improv scenes.
This is one of 23 bonus videos from our upcoming release "Teaching Improv: The Essential Handbook" available for download on April 1, 2019!
Happy World Theatre Day!! What was the show that made you first fall in love with theatre?? 🖤💚 #bbbpress
Seeking your feedback! We are currently in the very beginning stages of creating a new book of scenes for young actors. This book will be similar to our “Contemporary Scenes for Young Actors”, however this new book will contain all group scenes that involve 3 or more actors. Our question for you: What types of themes, characters, or settings would you like to see explored in scenes for actors age 7-14? What types of themes, characters or settings would you prefer to see avoided? What do you find to be the biggest challenge in finding scenes for this age group? Please leave any feedback you have in the comments below, thank you!
A new activity just added to the blog that will help your students heighten conflict and make their improv scenes more interesting. This is a preview from "Teaching Improv: The Essential Handbook" our newest eBook that is slated for release on Monday, April 1st!
“My students get stuck fixating on one thing in a scene and the scene doesn’t go anywhere…help!” This a common problem when working with beginners in improv. Remind your students that all good stories have a conflict and that the conflict often gets worse and worse before the climax. Play th...
Great photos from “We Are Monsters” at Shanghai Singapore International School! Way to go ✨🎉 #bbbpress #wearemonsters
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Great shots from The Community School in St. Louis’s production of “The Most Epic Birthday Party Ever” ✨🎉🎁 #bbbpress #themostepicbirthdaypartyever
For the past year we've been working with arts educator and improv guru Mel Paradis to create a brand new resource that will help you teach improv to your kids and teens. We're excited to announce we finally have a release date...April 1st! Stay tuned as we'll be sharing lots of content from the book leading up to the release :) #bbbpress #teachingimprov #artseducation
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Congrats on a fantastic produciton of "We Are Monsters"!! Want to learn more about the show?? Check out: http://www.bbbpress.com/musicals/we-are-monsters/. #bbbpress
WFS 5th graders gave a wonderful performance of "We Are Monsters" earlier this week. Congratulations to the cast and crew!
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An exciting #bbbpress spotlight in the news!!! ✨
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I have been MIA, because I’m finally on spring break. The lead up to vacation was the busiest week of my life. #thegrunch came out amazing! I’m so proud of ALL of the #5thgrade class for giving hands down the best performance ever! It even made national news, thanks to some celebrity parents. 🤪
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A key part of the performing arts is understanding the hard work and preparation needed to pull something off of this magnitude. It’s about the process. That’s why so much research shows the improvement and impact that arts education has on other subjects. It’s not about cramming last minute, but combining talent and hard work. It’s not about perfection, but as an educator being able to pull the PERSONAL best out of each individual student. And, that’s why we do what we do...in order to get the product of what was seen on Thursday night. Beyond proud of them!! Thank you again to @artedteacher for helping me pull this off. It could not have been done without you! 😘
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Here’s the quick cameo The Grunch made on Entertainment Tonight! Jennifer Lopez’s kids were performing the show at their school - and she posted these clips to her Instagram :) Great job guys!! #bbbpress #thegrunch #newmusicals
The newly engaged couple enjoyed a family night over the weekend.
Here we go with another EMOJI CHALLENGE!! Can you guess the Broadway musical from only these emojis??? Once you’ve got it... tag a friend and challenge them to figure it out! #bbbpress
RUMOR ALERT! Beat by Beat musical "The Grunch" is making a cameo on ET (Entertainment Tonight). TUNE IN @ 7:30PST!! 🤩
Exciting photos from Sally Sells Seashells (And You Can Too) at Bearden Productions Center for the Arts!! 🐚🐚 #bbbpress
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Look at the students at Georges Vanier Catholic School in rehearsal for their upcoming production of “Space Pirates” ❤️✨🖤 #bbbpress #spacepirates
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The set is really coming together! #dramaclub #laboroflove @bbbpress #sallysellsseashells(andyoucantoo!)
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A great video from “Tut, Tut!” At Cresskill Public Schools. ⭐️✨ #bbbpress
A great video from Hillside Elementary’s production of Space Pirates!! Way to go!! ✨💛 #bbbpress #spacepirates
A Sneak Peek of the Minnieville Drama Club's performance of Journey of the Noble Gnarble. 👍🏻✨ Congrats on a great show!! #bbbpress
Here's a fun and simple improv game to help your students create specific "environments" within their improv scenes. This is one of 23 bonus videos from our upcoming release "Teaching Improv: The Essential Handbook" available for download on April 1, 2019!
Fun video from “We Are Monsters”! ✨💚 #bbbpress #theaterlover #theaterquotes #wearemonsters #RepostPlus @spchcomm - - - - - - Just a little proud. #theatremom #wearemonsters
We loved seeing Lusitânia Primary School in Zimbabwe’s video of their first full Musical — Tut Tut!! Looks like it was a lot of fun!! #bbbpress #theaterlover #theaterkids #tuttut
Rehearsals underway for another great production of Sally Sells Seashells (And You Can, Too)!! 🐚🌊 #bbbpress #theaterlover #theaterkids #RepostPlus @swells204 - - - - - - Woodbury Heights Children’s Theater rehearsing for their upcoming show. Tickets are on sale now! Beat by Beat Press #sallysellsseashells
What a nice video @yellowstagedoor made of their production of The Grunch!!! Looks like it was a blast! ✨🌟 #theaterlover #bbbpress #theaterkids #thegrunch #RepostPlus @yellowstagedoor - - - - - - I’m so proud of the cast of The Grunch! They all did a fabulous job last month when they all shined on stage. It was a true pleasure working with them all. Beat by Beat Press #yellowstagedoor #thegrunch #bbbpress #childrenstheatre #musicaltheatre #performingartsstudio #childrensmusicaltheatre #childrenmusical #southjordanutah #daybreakutah #utahtheatre
Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook...now in Latvian!
Fabulous energy!!! What a great clip from a production of The Grunch! 🎵✨ #bbbpress #theaterlover #thegrunch
Already sounding so good!! Can’t wait to see and hear more from @upstagetheatreok’s upcoming production of Musicville! 🎶🖤🎵 Want to hear more from the show?? Check out: http://www.bbbpress.com/musicals/musicville/
This looks like it’s going to be a great production!! Check out those puppets!! ✨ #bbbpress #theaterkids #wearemonsters #RepostPlus Shine Theatre - - - - - - Get you tickets! Don’t miss this heart warming musical written by valley native Denver Casado. #shineonfresno #wearemonsters #towertheatrefresno www.towertheatre.com
Want to know more about our musical “We Are Monsters”? Check out our Instagram story!!! There you’ll be able to learn more about the plot.. and even hear a few of the hit songs from the show!! 🤩✨💛 We also have more information about the show on our website: http://www.bbbpress.com/musicals/we-are-monsters/ #bbbpress #theaterkids #wearemonsters
A great rehearsal for “Press Start” at Boyne River!!! Sounds like it’ll be an awesome production!! ✨💛🤩 #bbbpress #pressstart
Join us for a walk around the marketplace for BroadwayCon 2019! // #broadwaycon #broadwaycon2019 BroadwayCon
A peek behind the scenes of our new musical in development, with Denver, Christyn, and Jess!
Looking for fun arrangements of Christmas songs for kids to sing? Check out these Singles that come with sheet music and backing tracks. All professionally arranged for young voices => http://www.bbbpress.com/songs-for-kids/christmas-singles-collection/
A big CONGRATS to Kearney Community Theatre on their production of TUT, TUT! Thank you for sharing your hard work and talents!!
The American School in London put on a fabulous production of Tut, Tut! in 2017, and we want to share some clips of it with the Beat By Beat community! Congratulations to the cast and crew! For a free ePerusal of Tut Tut! visit http://www.bbbpress.com/musicals/tut-tut-musical-play-for-kids/ Tut, Tut! begins with a young Prince Tut who is bored of the royal life, so he wanders into the streets of the city looking for adventure. Suddenly he meets a peasant who looks just like him! They concoct a plan to trade places for three days. But when the King dies and Prince Tut must ascend the throne, their plan goes terribly awry.
#Repost @yellowstagedoor ・・・ So proud of the cast of The Most Epic Birthday Party Ever! All of them were incredible! Bravo👏🏼 #yellowstagedoor #performingartsstudio #southjordanutah #daybreakutah #musicaltheatre #childrenstheatre #childrensmusicaltheater #bbbpress
It may still be summer, but it's already time to start thinking about holiday shows! 'Twas the Week After Christmas is a 35-minute musical perfect for any festive showcase! Watch creators Denver Casado and Brian Dawson perform a number from the show below! See and hear more from the show at http://www.bbbpress.com/musicals/week-after-christmas/
Here's another song preview from SALLY! Listen to all of the songs, peruse the script, and secure your own production TOMORROW!
We're hard at work editing and mixing from the SALLY recording session last week! Here's an exclusive clip of the opening number, featuring our phenomenal studio vocalists!
LIVE preview and reveal of our newest musical release! Title Reveal- 11:50 Song Preview 1- 17:58 Song Preview 2- 19:55 Song Preview 3- 22:30
Q&A with Denver Casado, founder of BBB press!
Revealing the title of our newest musical LIVE this Wednesday, 9 PM EST/ 6 PM PT on our page. Here's an audio preview from the opening of the show...
Check out this fantastic rendition of “All Part of the Magic (Finale)” from The Grunch posted by The G Siblings! Keep up the great work! #bbbpress
#Repost @cou_cou_classes ・・・ Missing this colourful bunch today! Congratulations on a hugely successful run of #PressStart we couldn’t be prouder of you all! 🏆🎮👾🍄👻🐢🤖🕹📀 @bbbpress
#Repost @jenadamz ・・・ #repyouthacademy got me in tears 😭 “Make things right, while you can. Hug friends tight, while you can. If you like somebody, you should show it. That’s the only way they’ll know it. Make it right, while you can.” #momentsthatmatter #lifeskillsthroughstageskills #feelings #bbbpress #giantsinthesky #tyagrind
Just plugging away on some tracks for our newest 30-minute musical in development... // #newmusicals #newmusicaltheatre #musicalsmatter #bbbpress #childrensmusical
Video highlights from JOURNEY OF THE NOBLE GNARBLE at the Latin American School in Monterrey, Mexico. Click below to learn more about this 30-minute musical based on the best-selling children's book => http://www.bbbpress.com/musicals/journey-of-the-noble-gnarble/
#Repost @mrschelle ・・・ A little preview of Giants In The Sky @bbbpress #giantsintheskymusical #bbbpress #madisonandgracie #performing #performingartscamp #summercamp #musicaltheatre #theatre #kids #theatrekids #musicalsmatter
"Me and My Screen" rehearsal from GIANTS IN THE SKY at the NYC Children's Musical Theatre Festival.
Working out the Finale for GIANTS IN THE SKY at the NYC Children's Musical Theatre Festival. These kids are amazing!
Working out the finale for GIANTS IN THE SKY at Children's Musical Theatre Festival in NYC. These kids are amazing!
A behind-the-scenes look at our recording session for GIANTS IN THE SKY - A New Musical for Young Actors. Listen to the full soundtrack: www.bbbpress.com/musicals/giants-in-the-sky
The incredible Sydney Bell recording "Down There" from our upcoming release GIANTS IN THE SKY, A New Musical for Young Actors. // #giantsarecoming #april15 #musicalsmatter #newmusicaltheatre #newmusicals #bbbpress
In a break between rehearsing vocalists, recorded this preview of "Beautiful Sky" from our upcoming musical GIANTS IN THE SKY. #giantsarecoming #april15 #musicalsmatter
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