Reviewed by Hen Zannini The Smithfield High School Music Department’s current musical is “Grease.” “Grease” opened off-Broadway in 1972 and moved to Broadway to run for another eight years. In 1978 it was made into a movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John and grossed nearly $400 million. Aiden Travers opens the play singing…
Category: Musicals
URINETOWN (Footlights Repertory Theatre Jr Division)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Footlights Repertory Theatre Company’s first junior show of this year is “Urinetown” which won three Tony Awards in 2002. “Urinetown” is set in the future where a drought of epic proportions has forced corrupt officials to come up with a unique way to conserve water: people may only use public restrooms and…
Echoes of the Past Pulse through the Present in “Incident at Vichy”
By Michele Markarian Incident at Vichy, by Arthur Miller. Directed by Hatem Adel and Daniel Boudreau. Presented by Praxis Stage, Inner Sanctum, 1127 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA, through January 26. The year is 1942. Nine men and one fifteen-year old boy find themselves in a detention center in Vichy, France. With one exception, none of…
“THE DROWSY CHAPERONE” (Joseph Case High School)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Case High Theatre Company’s closing show of their season is “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The show first opened on Broadway on May 1, 2006 and starred Georgia Engel as Mrs. Tottendale and won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score. The hilarious show within a show begins when a diehard musical…
