Theater department produces annual Broadway Revue

Jasper Winterton
Feature/Video Editor

“I’m so lucky and excited to get to produce this and to have this experience,” Jeni Carr-Schwartz, junior, said via Messages about the upcoming Broadway Revue.

Todd Schaefer, theater teacher, said via email that the school has been producing Broadway review shows for “over 50 years… if not more.”

Carr-Schwartz said her goal is to teach theater, so Schaefer approached her in the middle of first semester about producing the Broadway Revue this year. She has performed in the productions in the past, and said they are “Very easy; it’s not stressful or anything.”

So far, Carr-Schwartz is making posters and she handled the auditions for the show, which took place on Friday, Feb. 7.
Charlotte Snell, junior, has also performed for the revue in the past, and she said she had fun doing it but thinks it’s more stressful than performing in a musical.

Snell said the reason why she was nervous during her first revue was because “First of all, I knew my friends were in the crowd for the Broadway Revue, and that made me nervous, and also with a musical, you have more people supporting you, like a cast, rather than a song by yourself.” She said it was also her first time performing in front of other students.

“I am looking forward to seeing everybody’s songs. I think they’re all gonna be really cool, and I’m looking forward to working with my group more on our song and choreographing and stuff,” Snell added. She said there will be a lot more group performances this year, including choreography that will go along with the performances.

Schaefer said he has “No idea who did the first (Broadway Revue)…but it is a very popular concert to produce…Broadway musicals provide a lot of material to choose from.”

The revue will take place in the Frick Theater on March 19, at 7 p.m., and tickets will be $10. Schaefer said, “At this point it is only getting an evening run…but never say never.”

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