Elaine and John played by Julie Sowers and Connor Butler Can’t manage to take a nap? Then get out of that bed and go catch Woodbridge Senior High School’s rendition of Night Watch, a play by Lucille Fletcher. Lucille Fletcher is best known as a suspense writer, with works such as the widely performed one-act […]
South County and Chantilly High Schools won top honors at the eighth annual Cappies Gala, before a sellout crowd of 2400 on Sunday, May 27, 2007, at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. South County’s Thoroughly Modern Millie won the Cappie for Musical. Millie won four Cappies overall-the […]
Annie, the cherished tale of the American dream told through the eyes of an eleven year old orphan, received an energetic update from West Springfield High School. One of the oldest and most famous musicals ever performed on Broadway, Annie presents the ideas of optimism, hope, and the peculiarly American idea of social mobility, something […]
Dreams drive us. But do they take us where we want to go? What must we sacrifice along the way? All these questions and more are explored in Wakefield High School’s production of Tom Eyen and Henry Krieger’s famed musical Dreamgirls. Based on the rise of 1960s girl group The Supremes, this Tony and Academy […]
Get ready to run, America! It’s Sadie Hawkins Day and Thomas Edison High School is roarin’ and ready to stupefy you with their wacky rendition of Li’l Abner. Daisy Mae and Lil Abner Opening on November 15th, 1956 at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, Li’l Abner was adapted from the wildly popular comic strip […]
Get ready to hike up that hemline and whip out those Charleston moves because South County Secondary School has brought the Jazz Age to life with their production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Set in the Roaring Twenties, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the tale of Millie Dillmount (Molly Dickerson) who has come to New York City […]
“You’re going out there a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star!” This now iconic line encompasses the moral and story of 42nd Street, the musical performed by West Potomac High School this past weekend. 42nd Street began in the 1930’s as a movie, and premiered on the stage in 1980, first at […]
“Hamlet” features Cameron Doucette Lake Braddock Secondary School’s innovative version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet masterfully blended the classic and the modern in a story of corporate deceit and scandal. Adapting the text and reversing genders for certain characters added subtle nuances not seen in more traditional versions. Use of projectors and lighting (Raychel Trump) also contributed […]
Mixed identities, a complicated love triangle, and four weddings in two weeks, sounds like Shakespeare right? But set it in the old west and add Ira and George Gershwin’s music, tap dancing and a whole lot of fun and you get Crazy for You. Woodson High School’s production of this Tony Award winning musical was […]
Do you remember when life was as cool as a stroll on the boardwalk, when phrases such as “lovey-dovey” and “none of your beeswax” were the “bee’s knees”? James Madison High School invites audiences to travel back to the colorful world of the 1920’s in No, No, Nanette. “Peach on the Beach” Julia Addis-Lieser (Nanette) […]