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'Wicked' wages war against bullying

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    Popular Broadway musical helps students

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It's almost as -- -- as the book on which it's based.

Wicket of musical filled prequel to the wizard of eyes but the spectacle of the stages is a lot more than fantasy.

It tackles -- topics like bully.

Broadway's leading which Jackie burns explains.

-- -- -- -- -- Automatically the first day -- school everybody's on one side and she's on the other side everybody immediately.

-- -- doesn't know what to do with her she's immediately cast before she -- now because she's a different color.

That made the show and natural partner for bully but it's run by the national school climate center which takes scenes from the show to urge students to take a -- I know about copying.

He and Linda in Tennessee popular -- -- Phoenix.

Clues one that everyone laughing everybody looks up to an alphabet is really kind of shine because of her creamy skin they show it at it if you know about it is really just such -- universal message message of supporting friendship and standing up for what you believe and even when it's tough students teachers and school officials say they're seeing the big difference we have schools have told us that bullying has gone down by over half in their community their.

Instances of you know referrals for bullying behavior I'm down -- half.

Burns -- bullied -- shows a week says she was once teased by classmates for singing.

But is now encouraged that her boys and sending a positive message I have actually gotten.

Received letters from them.

Individuals that had sent me -- your performance and and it really really really opened my eyes -- to.

You know what's going on and and I.

I was.

Thinking about suicide and I don't want to.

I actually -- if you like the most damning thing.

It's that a person can get to learn more about this program visit -- busts dot org in New York -- -- novel Fox News.

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