Legally Blonde closes in La Plata, to open in Aledo
The high school musical spring season is wrapping up across America, and <em>Legally Blonde</em> marks some of the final shows in Md. and IL.
Fine Arts
Cymbals in Morton & the IL state budget
IL continues under a budget impasse. Although towns step up to help, it comes down to figuring out how to solve the root problem.
The music men, women, and children of Perryville
<em>The Music Man</em> closed this evening at Perryville HS. A cast and crew of wide ranging ages showed, once again, that music affects us dearly.
Movie review: Your Name
A new Japanese animé film reminds me of the whole voucher-privatization debate for public schools: an identity crisis.
Rockville’s strong Willy Wonka: children, good & bad
The musical Willy Wonka brings to the stage at Rockville High School a powerful message about childhood and morality.
Cinderella on stage near UNC-Chapel Hill
Cinderella comes to the musical stage at a high school near a college that has, most likely, never been a Cinderella story in basketball.
Burgeoning musical monolith in Aledo, IL
Rusty Ruggles brings the Mercer County HS pep band to the state basketball championships tonight in Peoria, IL.
South Pacific comes to the Chesapeake Bay
The stages of Maryland high schools are alive with musicals, some of them delivering old and new messages about racism.
Because of casting, “13” at Atholton is “lit”
The success of a musical depends on many things, but especially on the people who make it happen. Students and teachers. In memory of Robbie Babbitt.
In Oklahoma, a voucher bill dies like poor Jud
Another voucher bill goes down in the state legislature, this time in Oklahoma. Yeeow! Aye-yip-aye-yo-ee-ay! Yeeow!