Drama News Stories From the 2010-2011 School Year
Sand Creek Cast and Crew Stages Willy Wonka
Posted on april 2, 2011
The Sand Creek Cast and Crew student theater group staged its spring production of Willy Wonka (pdf) March 31 to April 2.
Lisha Kill Middle School Opera Club Attends Metropolitan Opera
Posted on january 29, 2011
Thanks to the generosity of the Siena Opera Club, 30 students from the Lisha Kill Middle School Opera Club, along with 10 former members now freshman at Colonie Central High School, were treated to a magical evening at the Metropolitan Opera in January. full story
Lisha
Kill Drama Club Stages 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' in
February
The Lisha Kill Middle School Drama Club presented "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" in February. "You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown" started out as a record album in 1966. It was billed as an “Original Album Musical” for MGM’s Leo record
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" Photo Gallery
label and featured 10 songs
by Clark Gesner. The record was adapted into a stage musical,
which debuted off-Broadway
on March 7, 1967. The musicalization
of the classic Peanuts characters was a huge hit and it played
1,597 performances.Of note from the cast of that original
off-Broadway company is Gary Burghoff (Radar from M*A*S*H) who
played Charlie Brown.The plot was a string of simple skits,
exactly the sort of thing you’d expect to find in the comic
strip: Charlie Brown lamenting for the little red haired girl, Linus going on about how important his blanket is, Lucy
explaining the way the world works, Snoopy squaring off against
the Red Baron, a baseball game and so on. In 1971, given the
success of the off-Broadway run, the show transferred to
Broadway where it played 15 previews and 32 regular performances
before it closed.
Sand Creek Cast and Crew Stages 'Give My Regards to Broadway' in December
Posted on october 14, 2010
The Sand Creek Middle School Cast and Crew theater group staged the musical, "Give My Regards to Broadway" in December.
CCHS Line & Cue
2010-11 Fall and Spring Productions
The Colonie Central High School Line & Cue student theater group staged two productions during the 2010-11 school year. This fall, the group performed "Lend Me a Tenor," November 19-20 in the Mark Cornell Auditorium.
In March, the Line & Cue presented its
annual spring musical, "Once
Upon a Mattress," in the Mark Cornell
Auditorium. Both productions were staged under
Line & Cue Advisor/Producer Jaclyn Lupe and Advisor/Director of
Productions Michael Mensching.
South
Colonie Middle Schoolers Participate in the Summer Theater
Experience
Posted on august 24, 2010
The Summer Theater Experience, presented for two weeks in July, provides a variety of theatrical opportunities and acting experiences for students in grades 5-8. The program affords participants an opportunity to develop more confidence on stage by sharpening their self-awareness and skills as actors through action and observation. Photo Gallery
Drama News Stories From the 2009-2010 School Year
Lisha Kill Middle School Drama Club Stages Cinderella
The Lisha Kill Middle School Drama Club staged a production of Cinderella during the 2009-10 school year. PHOTO GALLERY
The Fantasticks Spring Musical and CCHS Line & Cue Actors Honored by The Schenectady Light Opera Company
Schenectady Light Opera Company awards were handed out to the nominees and winners during an informal ceremony at Colonie Central High School in June. full story
Line and Cue Stages Spring Musical 'The Fantasticks'
The Colonie Central High School Line and Cue student actors group staged its annual spring musical - The Fantasticks - March 18-20. The Fantastics is a 1960 musical with music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones. It is the "world's longest running musical" according to the Guinness Book of Records and earned a 1992 Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre Award.
The Fantasticks tells the story of a young man and the girl next door, whose parents have built a wall to keep them apart. The youngsters nevertheless contrive to meet and fall in love. Their parents, meanwhile, are congratulating themselves, for they have erected the wall and staged a feud in order to achieve, by negation, a marriage between their willfully disobedient children.