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Jack Nordstrom ’19, right, as Marius and Maya Hinkin ’18, left, as Cosette comfort Henry Platt ’17, middle, as he is dying. Photo by Pavan Tauh/Chronicle

Vive la Révolution!

Josie Abugov November 29, 2016

After almost two months of preparation, the Upper School Performing Arts Department showcased four performances of Les Miserables on Nov. 3, 4, 5 and 6. The cast of 44 told a story of interconnected characters...

Do you hear the people sing?

Kitty Luo October 11, 2016

The voices of two dozen students singing echo throughout the halls of the first floor of Chalmers, evoking the revolutionary atmosphere of Paris 200 years ago. The music is coming from the dance studio,...

Performing arts department releases Les Miserables cast list

Kate Schrage September 12, 2016

Cast: Jean Valjean                Henry Platt Javert                           Ben Pimstone Fantine                        Natalie Kroh Eponine                      ...

Daniel Lesh18 spends a lot of time backstage moving equipment or setting up speakers. He even has his own office on campus.  Credit: Alena Rubin/Chronicle

DJ Lesh ’18 works in sound technology

Alena Rubin January 15, 2016

It was opening night. Daniel "DJ" Lesh '18 went through his checklist for the last time. Turn on the speakers; turn on the sound board- check. Backstage, he had put each of the 23 mics onto the actors...

Photo by Katie Plotkin

Her last song: Elizabeth Edel stars as Maria in ‘West Side Story’

Katie Plotkin October 8, 2015

Elizabeth Edel ’16 will star as Maria in the Upper School production of "West Side Story" in November. "She’s great," co-director Michele Speares said. "I think she’s amazing. I think she has one...

Jonah Platt 04 performs as Fiyero in Wicked on Broadway. His brother Ben Platt 11 will be off -Broadway in the spring. Photo used with permission of Jonah Platt

Platt brothers to star in New York musicals

Kamala Durairaj September 3, 2015

Jonah Platt ’04 will make his Broadway debut Sept. 15 as Fiyero in “Wicked,” and his brother Ben Platt ’11 will perform the titular role in an off-Broadway production of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Jonah...

Auditions begin for ‘West Side Story’ production

Sacha Lin August 31, 2015

Auditions began Monday for the upper school theater department’s 2015 fall musical "West Side Story". The musical is about gang warfare, but it is based on William Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet"...

Students rehearse ‘Company’ musical

Juliana Berger October 14, 2014

A semi-translucent material called scrim hangs from top to bottom on back of the Rugby stage, adding a dreamlike feel to the set of the musical, “Company,” which takes place entirely in a 30-second...

It’s ‘Hairspray!’

Chronicle Staff November 13, 2013

A cast of 55 performed the musical “Hairspray” in Rugby Auditorium Nov. 8-10. The show, set in the 1960s, follows the struggle for integration and civil rights in Baltimore through dancers on a fictional...

Casting by color

Morganne Ramsey November 13, 2013

On the first day of rehearsal, performing arts department head Rees Pugh waited for silence before addressing the 50-person cast of “Hairspray,” this year’s fall musical. “I hope that this show...

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