Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" will be performed Thursday through Saturday, 8pm in the high school auditorium
For the past several months, New Milford High School students have been hard at work learning lines and building sets in time for Thursday's opening night of the spring musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." And the production will feature several "guest spellers" will include Police Chief Frank Pappapietro (March 21), Mayor Ann Subrizi and HS Principal Eric Sheninger (March 22), Superintendent Michal Polizzi and Principals from DEO Middle School, Berkley School and Gibbs School (March 23). "The cast and crew has been working really hard," crew member Michelle Khimishman said. "All of last week everyone was here till 10pm. This has been a great opportunity for the cast to work with Rob McClure. It's a great show and we have …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Director Jonathan Silver's spring theater production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" is in full swing.
Riding the wave of success from last year's production of 9 to 5: The Musical, director Jonathan Silver (NMHS '05) returns to lead the ensemble cast of New Milford High School students in a stage presentation of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Silver describes Spelling Bee as "more of an event than than a show." The musical invites participation from audience members and allows them to be on stage as spelling contestants, which, according to Silver, will make each performance "different, thrilling and special." For Silver, this year is all about passion. "I want them to extract the passion from their lives and infuse it into their characters." This Saturday, the cast and crew will be on hand with volunteers building the set. …
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Monday, March 26, 2012
NMHS production of 9 to 5: The Musical wows the audience and sells out every show.
The energy went up with the curtains Saturday night inside New Milford High School's James Africano Auditorium as the young ensemble cast and crew delivered a meticulous, power-packed performance of "9 to 5: The Musical." Written by Patricia Resnick, with lyrics by Dolly Parton, this musical production marks the first time any high school in the country was given license to perform it. Given that responsibility, and the heavy emotional and sexual undertones that define "9 to 5," it's hard to imagine a cast of teenagers being able to deliver a credible performance, but this isn't just any ordinary cast of teenagers. These performers rose to the material, brilliantly and affectionately capturing the tone and tenor of the times in a show …
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
New Milford High School spring musical runs from March 22 to March 24.
After months of rehearsals, choreography, set design and building, New Milford High School will be debuting "9 to 5: The Musical" Thurs. March 24. Based on the 1980 movie with Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman, the musical chronicles three working women as they scheme to get even with, and overthrow, the company's "sexist, egotistical, lying" boss. The show, directed by Jonathan Silver, NMHS 2005, and produced by Alexander Diaz, NMHS 2003, will have performances March 22 to March 24 at 8 p.m. in the Jim Africano Auditorium at New Milford High School. Silver told Patch that New Milford High School is one of the first five non-equity productions of "9 to 5: The Musical" and the first one in New Jersey. Always a big…
Mark flores
11:12 pm on Thursday, March 21, 2013
Just saw the musical! Wow, amazing job Director, creative team, cast and crew! Please attend, you will not be disappointed. more ›