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Lend Me a Tenor was a glorious farce, and James Madison High School did an excellent job of it.

The Thirteenth Annual Cappies Gala took place on June 10 in the Concert Hall at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

James Madison High School knows how to succeed in putting on a phenomenal performance.

In the midst of all the excitement and joy that accompanies the long anticipated arrival of summer, it is hard for children to picture that “real life” might intrude upon their holiday.

One complication of the invention of the “talking picture” in the hey-day of the silent film industry is that the general populace would soon discover that their heroes of the silver screen did not possess a voice that was pleasing to the ears. James Madison High School told this intriguing and stirring story in their […]

Noises Off James Madison High School Drama It’s opening night and even though I’m due on stage in ten minutes, I’m less worried about getting up there and playing my part in my school’s fall production of the farce Noises Off than I am about the size of the crowd. It’s opening night, and this […]

A standing ovation, an honor rarely afforded to a performance. It is the kind of reward that is only given to those that have risen past expectation. James Madison High School’s production of Noises Off was one such performance.

In the small Russian village of Anatevka, the impoverished villagers lives are like “a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck.” From the beginning of the play, where a fiddler stands atop a barn playing a simple tune, James Madison High School’s spring production of Fiddler […]

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) […]