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 is a [...]
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) being [...]
