Jr. Tri-M® Music Honor Society Presents: 50 Years of Broadway

Join the Ranney Performing Arts department and the Jr. Tri-M Music Honor Society as they present 50 Years of Broadway on Friday, January 30 at 7:00 p.m. in RSPA Panther Hall, featuring performances by Forensics, Chorus, Band, Orchestra, and Spotlight Singers.

The stars of Middle School will surely shine when more than 70 Middle Schoolers take the stage to tell the tale of Broadway’s past 50 years and its parallel the almost half century history of Ranney School. Hosted by Masters of Ceremony, 7th graders Dylan Staats and Steve Parlamas, the Ranney community will be treated to some of their favorite Broadway show tunes and scenes. Forensics performers will share their favorite scenes, straight from Broadway scripts, with “spotlight” performances from several hit shows.

The curtain goes up at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free and the entire Ranney community is welcome to attend.

The Program

Show Opener
I Want to Be in the Spotlight
Middle School Chorus – Lilly Torrente, Director

The 1960’s

My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music (1960)
Allie DeMarco

Somewhere from West Side Story (1961)
Middle School Orchestra – Dr. Dorothy Sobieski, Director

Matchmaker, Matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof (1965)
Hodel……..Jillian Villany
Chava……..Jacqueline Lee
Tzeitel…….Milan Genovese

The Star Spangled Girl by Neil Simon (1966)
Whitney Kelly

The 1970’s

Mary Stuart by Frederich Von Schiller (1971, 2009)
Veronika Fischer and Alex Seneca – Forensics

Good Evening by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (1974)
Ben Puvalowski

It’s a Hard Knock Life from Annie (1977)
Charlotte DeMarco, Avani Bhatnagar and Ava Papetti

The 1980’s

Fools by Neil Simon (1981)
Sabrina Park and Tej Seelamsetty

Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner (1985)
Samantha Picard

Rumors by Neil Simon (1988)
Madison Price, Forensics

Phantom of the Opera Medley by Andrew Lloyd Webber (1986)
Middle School Band – Kevin Cotter, Director

Castle on a Cloud from Les Miserables (1987)
Morgan Lennon

The 1990’s and beyond...

Seasons of Love from Rent (1996)
Middle School Chorus – Lilly Torrente, Director

Let’s Go Fly A Kite from Mary Poppins on Broadway (2006)
George Timmins

My Heart Will Go On, theme from Titanic
Middle School Orchestra

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