Wharton hosts Broadway “boot camp” for young performers

WKAR Public Media | By Brooke Allen

Published July 29, 2016 at 12:31 PM EDT

Paul Canaan photo — Paul Canaan leads an improvisation lesson at the Wharton Center's 'Take It from the Top."

Current State’s Brooke Allen checks out the Wharton Center's "Take It from the Top" camp.

There are summer camps going on all over Michigan, but one in East Lansing doesn’t involve any tents or mosquito spray.

Current State’s Brooke Allen says this one involves a lot of singing and dancing at the Wharton Center.

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