If you could have everything you ever wanted: fame, fortune or maybe that cute coworker you’ve been crushing on for a while, to what lengths would you go to achieve those dreams? This is the moral dilemma characterized in the hit musical Little Shop of Horrors.
“If it’s not Baroque, don’t fix it!” says Cogsworth, the diligent and tightly wound mantle clock of Thomas S. Wootton High School’s production of Beauty and the Beast. And why should they fix it? Thomas S. Wootton’s production was simply delightful. It met and exceeded some very high expectations.
A stage is set with two gigantic toilets and the words “Urinetown” written on a ratty old sheet hanging between them. Not exactly the typical set for a supposedly brilliant musical. Even Little Sally, a character in the play, says, “Urinetown? Who would want to see a musical with a name like that?” Although the […]
“Revenge is a dish best served cold,” or so it is said. In Montgomery Blair High School’s production of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, a grief-stricken barber and his accomplice discover that in their case, vengeance is all the better when served piping hot.
Playwright Thornton Wilder once described Our Town as “a little play with all the big subjects in it.” Duke Ellington School of the Arts tackled “the big subjects” in the play with grace and determination Thursday evening in a standout production of Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize winner.
We live in a time where stories like The Little Mermaid (where the protagonist commits suicide) and Cinderella (where the evil stepsisters cut off their toes and have their eyes eaten by birds) have been tailored for youthful audiences and transformed into Disney movies and extravagant stage adaptations. It is rare to see an adaptation […]
Not even Professor Henry Higgins’ own mother can stand to be around him. He does not understand the meaning of the word ‘compromise,’ openly admits his distaste for women, and runs such a tight ship that his servants regularly threaten to quit. All in all, Henry Higgins seems a highly unlikely candidate for romance, even […]
In ancient Greek theatre it was very typical for show to consist of an all male cast, even for women’s roles; now, it’s the twenty-first century and The Madeira School brought a new spin to an old tradition. Madeira is an all girls school whose cast brought a female touch to Mary Rodger’s Once Upon […]
“What is Urinetown?” is a question that has been asked not only by inquiring theatergoers, but by members of the cast as well. The answer: Urinetown is a hilarious musical performed by St. Andrew’s Episcopal School.
Not all roads go to Rome. The yellow brick road leads to the Emerald City; that is the route that the audience of The Wizard of Oz follows, as Dorothy and her friends endeavor to see the Wizard. Episcopal High School’s production of the beloved story based on L. Frank Baum’s book brought Kansas and […]