Location: Loch Sheldrake, N.Y.
Cost: $4,445 for 3-week session
If your kid dreams of becoming the toast of Broadway or making it in Hollywood, Stagedoor Manor is a summer must. The 33-year old camp boasts famous alum like Natalie Portman, Mandy Moore and Robert Downey Jr. and currently has 7 former campers on Broadway. Campers, who range in age from 10 to 18, spend the first two weeks of a 3-week session rehearsing for such productions as "Les Miserables," Disney's "High School Musical" or Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods."
They also get free time every day to experience the surrounding Catskill Mountain region of upstate New York, but for the most part they're practicing their lines or arguing about their favorite playwright, says Konnie Kittrell, production director for Stagedoor Manor. "They are totally into it," she explains. "That's all they want to do."
