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Archive for May, 2007

Yorktown High School Animal Farm

By Laura & Mike Clark • May 2nd, 2007 • Category: Cappies, Reviews

The entire auditorium was transformed into a farm, with straw scattered in the aisles, a milling crowd of animals clustered on the stage, and a giant sign brandishing the name of “Manor Farm” over the audience’s heads; Yorktown High was performing Animal Farm, adapted by Nelson Bond from the novel by George Orwell. Orwell published [...]



McLean High School The House of Blue Leaves

By Cappies • May 2nd, 2007 • Category: Cappies, Reviews

It’s anything but an ordinary day outside, but in this tiny Queens apartment, the insanity is status quo. A mélange of outrageous characters and even more outrageous situations came together beautifully in McLean High School’s performance of the dark comedy The House of Blue Leaves.
John Guare’s portrait of nobodies adrift in a sea of their [...]



Centreville High School Jekyll & Hyde

By Laura & Mike Clark • May 2nd, 2007 • Category: Cappies, Reviews

“I need to go where no man has ventured before, to search for the key to the door that will end all this tragic and senseless decay! But how to go? I need to know!” In that case, make your way over to Centreville High School as they perform the malevolent story of Jekyll & [...]



Stage Door Productions Lost in Yonkers

By Laura & Mike Clark • May 2nd, 2007 • Category: Reviews

Listen to our review of Stage Door Productions’ Lost in Yonkers [MP3 4:45 1.4MB]; or read the transcript.