Comments on: Autism: The Musical

By: The Musical Starts Right Here

The Musical Starts Right Here — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:05:26 +0000

[...] first heard about Autism: The Musical just about a year ago. As I’ve frequently noted, music a big part of my son Charlie’s life, from the time he [...]

By: tricia regan

tricia regan — Thu, 31 May 2007 19:27:15 +0000

AUTISM: THE MUSICAL will be playing at the Newport Film Festival in Rhode Island on June 8th and 9th.

By: elaine hall

elaine hall — Thu, 03 May 2007 05:11:11 +0000

thank you for your comments. Yes, Autism The Musical is about The Miracle Project.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:32:37 +0000

Thanks, Peony! do you think you’ll be able to see it? I also read this article in Variety. My husband Jim has his office in Manhattan and is going to try to make one of the showings.

By: peony

peony — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:27:20 +0000

Kristina,

This documentary is currently showing at the Tribeca Film Festival in NY. Full schedule for Autism The Musical can be searched via this link:
http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/tixSYS/2007/filmguide/search.php.

The official website of the documentary is : http://www.autismthemusical.com/

The program notes on the Tribeca web page mentions the following:

“Although the statistic is alarming–one in 150 children in the U.S. is now diagnosed with autism–this documentary is steeped in a sense of optimism. Filmed over the course of one year, it follows five autistic children in Los Angeles as they write and rehearse their own full-length musical, tossing aside all stereotypes in the process”

I also found an interesting interview with Tricia Regan, the director of this documentary on http://www.thereeler.com/director_spotlight/tricia_regan.php

She said in the interview that she wanted to make a movie that “would introduce these autistic kids to the world in such a way that the world would value them, understand them. It would demystify autism. And, in return, we would find a place in our world for autistic kids”

This documentary seems to be interesting!

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:11:52 +0000

It osunds like it might be—can’t open the link, will keep trying!

By: Agatha

Agatha — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:15:16 +0000

Could it be this Miracle Project? They mention making a documentary.

http://www.themiracleproject.org/index.html