Musical theater! Love it or hate it, there’s plenty for everyone in “Theater Camp,” the affectionate tribute to the kids and adults who pour their hearts and souls into amateur productions hoping beyond hope that they’ll lead to fame. Success or failure. That’s not the point. Loving something so passionately that you’re willing to drown in it is a rare gift, even if you’re never going to make it. The engrossing, hilarious “Theater Camp” is a film that gets everything right.
There’s a camp for almost everyone whether it’s one of the expensive, sophisticated types that dot the Eastern seaboard and the Malibu coast; Girl or Boy Scout camp with tents, latrines and where every mosquito known to man seems to live; YMCA camp for an urban population far from lakes and canoes; or religious camps that sprinkle God into the lanyard making. Then there’s theater camp, a species unto itself. Interlochen in Michigan is the most famous arts camp where the audition process is grueling and many a star has been born, including Ed Helms (“The Hangover”), Tom Hulce (Tony winner), Anthony Rapp (“Rent”), Santino Fontana (Tony winner), Josh Groban, Norah Jones and Jewel. Camp AdirondACTS is not that.
