#Kc jazz district series

Edelman is a Life Member of the Broadway League and one of the 850 American theater professionals who vote for the Tony awards each year.Ī graduate of Washington University in St Louis (B.A. He is a member of the board of directors of the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, MO.

#Kc jazz district series

Though the League is no longer involved in the Broadway series presentations, it continues to provide educational outreach in these communities, as well as direct grants to local theater companies from the Coterie and Mesner Puppet Theatre to the Unicorn, KC Actors Theatre and Spinning Tree Theatre, to name a few.Įdelman created and serves as Executive Producer of 12th STREET JUMP, public radio’s weekly jazz, blues and comedy jam, which is heard on fort stations around the country including KCUR, Kansas City Public Media. As part of that program, the League supports the Folly Children’s Series in Kansas City. An integral part of each of each series was the organization’s Theater ROcKs (Reach Out to Kids) outreach program, which provided educational opportunities for young people. Theater League presented annual Broadway musical theater series in eleven communities around the country. More than 40,000 season members and 350,000 patrons attended Theater League presentations each year, making the organization one of the oldest and largest touring Broadway presenters in the nation. and Canada, including every major touring Broadway musical from A CHORUS LINE, ANNIE and CATS to MAMMA MIA, LES MISERABLES, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, DISNEY’S THE LION KING and WICKED. Since then, the League has presented more than 4,000 performances of over 500 productions throughout the U.S.

MARK EDELMAN founded the Theater League, a not-for-profit performing arts organization, in 1976.