The Demon Barber of Fleet Street came alive on the opening night of “Sweeney Todd,” Friday, Feb. 2. Over 75 students partook in the show: a mixture of cast, crew and pit musicians.
Performing...
When students auditioned for Clayton High School’s 2022 mainstage musical, they didn’t expect any curveballs. The theater department set out to perform The Drowsy Chaperone, a show parodying an early 1920’s musical comedy. The show wasn’t perfect to begin with; the act two opener features a song overtly making fun of Chinese culture called “Message from a Nightingale” and the show also includes other “tongue-and-cheek moments,” as described by Kelly Weber, the show’s director. The theater department had no question they were to cut these elements, as they offer no real development to the plot, however they missed a key step: telling people.
By Alex Bernard and Grace Harrison
Four hours a night, five nights a week for nearly three months is what it takes to put on a show of Clayton High School’s caliber. Although the musical opened...
The Clayton High School Theater Department has packed an ambitious show line-up this year. They will be performing two plays and two musicals, one that will be entirely student run.
Already work...
