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  27. Twelve Angry Men – December 7 th 2012 (Blue Cast)                 In 1954 Reginald Rose wrote a teleplay called Twelve Angry Men for CBS’ Studio One.   The Broadway debut of Rose’s famous play came 50 years after the telecast.   A lot can change in the courtroom setting of this dynamic play.   Gender dynamics with the additions of women in the jury.   For those getting ready to go on jury duty this is a what I call an into to what you might have to do.   This one production was done at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts presented by the Junior Drama class under the direction of Robert Frisch.                 Twelve Angry Men takes place in a jury room on a late Summer afternoon after closing arguments of a homicidal trail of young man is accused of murdering his father and the jurors are made...

15. Our Girls – May 18, 2012             The 2 nd show from the Drama Department has arrived!   The production of Conrad Seller’s Our Girls under the direction of Mr. Robert Frisch was sure to be good one. It definitely was.                 The play is set up on The Lovejoy family who has named their sons “Jesse,” “Francis” and “Vivian,” because Mildred’s Aunt Jessie doesn’t like boys. Aunt Jessie lives in England, so it has been easy to deceive her.   She must never know that the “girls” who are to inherit her money are boys — very real boys. They “scrap” with Chester Wattles, are accused by Mrs. Wattles of breaking her windows, and act as other boys do .   Each one will receive $5,000 on his sixteenth birthday and more when he comes of age. Vivian is nearly sixteen, and Father plans to borrow part of the $5,000 to expand his business.  ...

Shows from September 2011 to Present Part 7 13. Newsies – April 15, 2012             Extra! Extra!   Read the Headline!   Disney Gives Broadway a New Hit!   The headlines are true.   After a successful out of town at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Disney’s Newsies arrives on Broadway for what was supposed to be a limited engagement but after many sold out performances they extended and suddenly became an open ended run.   The musical is based on the 1992 movie of the same name that was a flop in the box office.   The stage adaptation can make Newsies a Smash hit!               Based on the movie about the real life Newsboy Strike of 1899, the show centers on rebel newsboy Jack Kelly (2012 Tony Nominee Jeremy Jordan) who dreams of life as an artist outside the city particularly Santa Fe (a song sung in the movie and it is in the show). ...