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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

“DO IT FOR HER”

Sarah Lee June 1, 2018

In Episode 116 of "The Simpsons," new financial stresses force Homer Simpson to return to work at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant under his greedy boss, Mr. Burns. Upon Homer’s return, Burns installs...

Performing arts department releases selected plays

Sarah Lee February 28, 2018

The names of 13 plays chosen for production in the school's annual Playwright's Festival were released Tuesday night. Student playwrights worked on their plays from October 2017 to February 2018. Auditions...

Life in “Our Town”

Life in “Our Town”

February 13, 2018

Though more than a week has passed since the final show of the upper school winter play, “Our Town,” Coco Kaleel ’20 still finds herself talking about the play with her family and friends. She tells...

Bel Canto sings to the beat of its own drum in festival

Jordan Murray December 1, 2017

Bel Canto, the women's choir at the Upper School, attended the Women’s Chorus Festival on Nov. 16, hosted by Redlands High School. Performing arts teacher Zanaida Robles said the purpose of the festival...

“And what’s that got to do with us?”

Sarah Lee November 21, 2017

People who know me are more than aware that, despite not actually being in the cast or crew, I have not been able to stop talking about “Cabaret” for the past two months. It’s one of my favorite...

Photo By Pavan Tauh

“Auf Wiedersehen, À Bientôt…”

Sarah Lee November 20, 2017

The house lights came up, and Sophia Nuñez ’20 found herself in tears at the end of the Nov. 4 performance of “Cabaret.” She tried to distract herself and join in on conversations with friends,...

The Emcee (Jake Schroeder 20) and the ensemble dance during Wilkommen, the opening number of Cabaret. Photo credit: Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

Cast of US musical asks community to “come to the ‘Cabaret'”

Sarah Reiff November 6, 2017

The Upper School Fall Musical "Cabaret" opened Nov. 2 and continued showings Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Performing Arts Department Head Rees Pugh said the department decided to add the Monday show due...

Slam poet Natalie Choi ’18  performed in the 2017 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam semi-finals, the largest youth poetry festival in Southern California.

Mic Drop

Caty Szeto October 16, 2017

Natalie Choi ’18 stood on the black stage, a single spotlight illuminating her figure as she recited her two-minute poem at the semi-finals of the 2017 Get Lit Words Ignite Classic Slam in front of a...

Student actors in the fall production of “Cabaret” make connections between themes such as politics and identity in the show and in their own lives as young adults.

Reflecting on “Cabaret”

Sarah Lee October 16, 2017

Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday since Sept. 5, the sound of actors’ feet moving swiftly across the floor as they dance the Charleston and singers harmonizing floats out of Rugby Theater, the drama...

For the fall production of “Cabaret,” the performing arts department will use the show to represent all spectrums—including gender.

Life is a Cabaret

Sarah Lee August 31, 2017

When Natalie Kroh ’18 opened her email May 13 and learned “Cabaret” would be the 2017 fall musical, she was less than thrilled. Since the musical takes place in late Weimar Germany, Kroh was initially...

Sakura Price 18, Natalie Choi 18 and Jenny Yoon 19 perform a slam poem on their experience as Asian women at Wider Than the Sky, the annual poetry festival. Credit: Saba Nia/Chronicle

Rhyme Time

Sarah Lee April 26, 2017

Student poets from all over Los Angeles disembarked from school buses and poured onto the upper school campus. Ambassadors for the poetry festival led the poets up to Chalmers Lounge for breakfast and...

12 plays selected for Playwrights Festival

Sarah Lee March 4, 2017

Performing arts teacher and Playwrights Festival producer Christopher Moore announced the titles of 12 plays that the school will produce for the 2017 Playwrights Festival. The Reading and Selection Committee,...

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