Friday, January 18, 2013
Performance by Norton High School drama club.
This weekend, the Norton High School drama club will present "Annie" the musical. Based on the "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip by Harold Gray and the book "Annie," by Thomas Meehan, the story follows a red headed girl named, you guessed it, Annie. The 11-year-old orphan, played by Rachel Ferreira is desperate to be reunited with her parents when a wealthy industrialist named Oliver Warbucks (Bryce McCarthy) takes her in his home for two weeks during the holidays. While it takes him some time to warm up to the girl, she eventually wins him over and they attempt to find her parents together. Annie's caretaker Miss Hannigan, performed spot on by Jordana Wollenhaupt, has a different plan, however. Other students in the play are Emma Chisholm…
Friday, November 16, 2012
Shows run this weekend.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
The Un-Common Theatre Company at the Orpheum Theatre, Foxborough is presenting a family production of Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” this weekend. With a cast of 55 local actors, including Norton’s Elizabeth Riley (Cook/Ensemble) and Abby Sitte (Violet Beauregarde), Un-Common Theatre brings this delicious tale to life on stage. The adventure explores Roald Dahl’s story of the world-famous Candy Man and his quest to find an heir. Willy Wonka stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named …
Monday, July 23, 2012
David Aranjo to receive 20 Show Award.
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Triboro Youth Theatre will present "The Music Man" on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 5 at 2 p.m. at Thacher School in Attleboro. The show features a cast of 54 high school students along with a few elementary and middle school students needed for the younger roles. Norton resident David Aranjo, 18, plays Harold Hill. Aranjo will be receiving his 20 Show Award at this show. Erin Caster, 18, of N. Attleboro, plays Marian, the librarian. Erin will be receiving her 10 Show Award and is also the show's choreographer. From Music Theatre International, the show's publisher's website: "An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson's 'The Music Man' follows fast-talking traveling …
Friday, January 13, 2012
Norton drama club to perform "Wizard of Oz" this weekend.
Be transported to a wonderful world of color and song as students from both Norton High School and Norton Middle School will be performing The Wizard of Oz the weekend of Jan. 13 to 15. Originally written by L. Frank Baum, “The Wizard of Oz” was adapted by Frank Gabrielson with music and lyrics of the MGM motion pictures score by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, and background music by Herbert Stothart. This performance is directed by Arlene Koellner, with Kyla Couture as the musical director and Wendy Malone as the choreographer. The show consists of many talented actors and actresses in training. They show great strength in not only their acting, but their dancing and singing as well. Alicia Mello (Dorothy) will remind the audience of …
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Press release from New Testament.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
On Dec. 6, the lights dimmed and the crowd buzzed in anticipation for New Testament Christian School’s elementary Christmas musical called “The Light before Christmas” created by Dave Clark and Jayme Thompson. The school presents an elementary musical annually that features the sixth grade class as the actors with students in grades one through five providing choral support. This year students also helped with lighting as well. The play began in Mr. Cutler’s science class as his students were getting ready for a Christmas party. Several students were frustrated with their classmate Beaker, played by David Hernandez, who was working instead of helping the group decorate. Two characters, Austin, played by Nicholas Shaw, and Todd, played by …
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Musical tonight at 7 p.m.
Tonight students from New Testament Christian School will shed some light on the story of Christmas in a musical called, “The Light Before Christmas.” In this musical by Dave Clark and Jayme Thompson, Beaker and his fellow classmates enjoy the last day of school before Christmas vacation with a party in science class. As they decorate the classroom and trim the tree, a few lessons from their teacher help the kids begin to understand the full story of the birth of Jesus and why Christmas is celebrated. “Every year I look for Christmas programs that tell the Christmas story and I also look for ones that have upbeat music that kids like,” said musical director Susan Ferris. “We do a lot of choreography and dance moves. It’s important to me …
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Christmas Carol at the Orpheum Theatre will run from Dec. 2 - Dec. 11 on the weekends.
A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite Christmas tales. Who can resist a tear when Tiny Tim utters the words, “God bless us, everyone.” With special effects, colorful costumes, and traditional and original songs, the musical set to premier Dec. 2 - 11 at the Orpheum in Foxboro is an original adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic. The Un-Common Theatre Company and Bay Colony Productions presented a preview Saturday evening with approximately 200 family members and friends in the audience. The lights dim, the theatre goes dark and you are in the magical world of A Christmas Carol. A rousing Christmas number is sung by the ensemble and toward the end of it enters Ebenezer Scrooge, played by Fred Armstrong. Armstrong gives Scrooge a …
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Norton residents part of Un-Common Theatre and Bay Colony Productions musical.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Un-Common Theatre Company and Bay Colony Productions will present “A Christmas Carol – The Musical," a fun and lively adaptation of the Dickens’ classic. This holiday favorite plays weekends at the Orpheum Theatre Foxborough, Dec. 2 to 11. This is the fourth collaboration for Bay Colony and Un-Common. Charles Dickens' classic gets the full Broadway treatment by the team of Alan Menken ("Beauty and the Beast," "Little Mermaid"), Lynn Ahrens ("Ragtime," "Seussical") and Mike Ockrent ("Crazy For You," "Me and My Girl"). A story we all know and love has been set to music overflowing with holiday feelings to carry in our hearts all year long. Called by The New York Times "a tonic for adults, and for children a transfixing journey,“ this …
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Local students perform in Cole Porter classic this weekend
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
You don’t have to travel to New York this season to see the current revival of Cole Porter’s Anything Goes on Broadway. The Theater Department at Bishop Feehan High School, including students from Norton, is staging the production in Attleboro! Under the direction of Alden Harrison, BFHS is performing its 24th musical, Anything Goes, through April 3. Many of Porter’s best known hits are featured in this 1930’s musical that tells the classic boy-meets-girl story aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Played by Jay Vita of Mansfield, Billy Crocker is a stowaway who is in love with heiress Hope Harcourt (Meghan Casey, North Attleboro), but she is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh played by Taylor MacLeod from Norfolk. …
