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>> my name is anabelle brisita and i play rafiki. >> my name is anthony isaac and wait -- tell me the question again! >> reporter: a question his class almost didn't get to answer. school plays are a rite of passage, but for districts with shrinking funding -- >> a lot of times arts are sacrificed. >> reporter: that's where disney, abc's parent company steps in, with their disney musicals in school program, offering free performance tools to schools in need. ♪ and for kids in new york city, a trip to broadway. they actually get to perform, here, at the iconic new amsterdam theater. parents w...

Photography and no fine arts and paintings and nothing. >> of course, the question that i wonder is what if a child does not have a way to discover their passion. what if the hidden talent is never tapped. >> this is my moldy-oldy photo album. >> i was always around school plays. my first role i was a munchkin in the wizard of oz. even being a bird in the background, i loved it. those were the highlights of my school experience. this is "dream yard," a nonprofit that brings music and dance and theater and poetry and fine arts into public schools in the bronx new york. the poorest congressional...

Was removed from the public education system. >> meaning no music? mo dance, no theater, no photography, no fine arts, no painting, nothing. >> nothing. >> reporter: and the question i've often wondered is what if a child doesn't have a way to discover her passion? what if that hidle talent is never tapped? this is my moldy oldie photo album. my mother was a drama teacher so i was always around school plays. my first role i was a munchkin in "the wizard of oz." i couldn't really act or sing, so i never was the star, but even just being a bird in the background i loved it. it makes me sad to th...

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>> taylor was a natural and a ham. her hair saul ovis all over the. you can even tell at that young age there was something special about her. >> she had great schoolteachers at hello. >> i thought one day i'm going to read about her. one day i'm going to vote about her. one day she's going to perform open heart surgery. >> she was a very talented writer. used very colorful language, mature for a fifth grade writer. >> taylor performed in school plays, proving she had pipes taking the lead in the local musical bye-bye birdie.