Everyone involved in Bishop Ireton High School’s Go-Go Beach truly exemplified the aura of the 60’s between the happy-go-lucky attitude and the more realistic, ominous side.
Abuse, suicide, murder, and neglect: these are dark and difficult themes for high schoolers to portray, but H-B Woodlawn proved that it is more than possible in their affecting student written and directed drama, Remembering Sarah Jane.
The Whitman production looked and sounded terrific, transporting the audience back in time and allowing them to truly experience the unique genius of Mozart and the obsessive nature of Salieri’s interest in him
In an age with movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, pirates are often portrayed as heartless cut-throats. The pirates of Penzance are nothing of the sort. St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance showed the audience how pirates can be a lovable and motley crew.
“Just because I’m telling you this doesn’t mean you can tell anyone.” It’s no secret that The New School of Northern Virginia’s Commedia dell’ Arte – Isabella’s Jealousy was sight to behold. It’s a tale of a strained long distance relationship that sours as Orazio is caught playing around which crushes the relationship. Their friends [...]
The hand jive, the drive in, pajama parties, and summer lovin’! Dominion High School created a throw back to the 1950’s in their rendition of the widely known musical Grease.
Although some actors had trouble fully connecting with their characters, The Madeira School’s Little Women was truly delightful!
If anything, Episcopal High School’s production of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee spells out one thing: P-H-E-N-O-M-E-N-A-L.
The modern-day princess tends to gravitate towards power lunches over elaborate balls, more dependent on her BlackBerry than any fairy godmother. So a story like Cinderella might have lost its relevance to a generation who would never be caught dead losing a glass stiletto in the middle of a recession and for whom love at [...]
While many think of Shakespeare when they hear of a devious fairy, a metamorphosis, and mismatched lovers, Osbourn High School’s whimsical production of Carlo Gozzi’s 18th century play, King Stag, told a very different story.
