Filichia Features: Happy 20th, Broadway Junior!By Peter Filichia on January 29, 2016 in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: broadwayjunior, filichiafeatures Since 1996, when MTI’s Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon initiated the idea of hour-long condensed versions of musicals, more than 100,000 Broadway Junior productions have taken place in North America.