Should Preschool Applications Be As Long As Ivy League College Applications?

Preschool amounts in New York can run as high as $20,000 a year. Are these kids getting a better education than the preschool that charges $1,200 a year?

Set in New York City, Nursery University is a feature film that documents a phenomenon cropping up in communities across the United States-the oddly competitive, yet often humorous, world of nursery school admissions.

The film examines the stories of five families, from varying socio-economic backgrounds, attempting to place their toddlers in prestigious Manhattan preschools, which, due to high-demand, have limited enrollment and high price tags.

Nursery University follows the families’ journeys while also offering a behind-the-scenes look at the experts who advise them and the school directors who struggle to determine which “applicants” to allow through their doors.

Cue the tears, hysterics and breakdowns -- and that’s just the parents! Enjoy the insanity in this sweeter look at the social issues, and the little darlings at the center of all the fuss.

STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH 2009
PHOENIX ADLABS IMAGINASIAN THEATRE
239 EAST 59TH STREET -- BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD AVE.
Go here for tickets.

Show Times: Friday, April 24th through Sunday, April 26th: 11:30a, 1:45p, 4:30p, 7p, 9:15p
Monday, April 27th through 30th: 1p, 3p, 5p, 7p, 9p