[BHS etree] DRAMA: The Musical "Grease" - Opens this Friday, April 25

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Tue Apr 22 09:04:52 PDT 2008


PLEASE DO NOT REPLY to the etree, contact Jordan Winer
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Berkeley High School's Drama Department presents Grease, the musical.
This show has a cast of thirty, a rockin' band featuring players from
Berkeley High's World Renowned Jazz Ensemble, heart-stopping
choreography, and an interracial couple at the show's beating heart.

Directed by: The team of Emily Fong (BHS senior) and Jordan Winer
(Drama Teacher)
Musical Direction: Phil Gorman

Pre-show Dance Contest open to all, half hour before each show.
Come in 50s/early 60's costume and  save $1 on tickets

When: April 25th, April 26th, May 2nd, and 3rd ALL 8pm
         Sunday Matinee April 27th at 3:00pm
         Live Music and Hully Gully Dance Contest half hour before
curtain!

Where: Florence Schwimley Little Theatre, on Allston Way 

Tickets: $15 General, $5 for all students/seniors/teachers
BHS shows sell out--arrive early!!!
(Run time: about 2 hours)

People who only know the movie will be shocked and surprised at how
the stage version goes even deeper into the ill fated love of Sandy
and Danny, as well as the affair of their counterparts and alter egos,
Rizzo and Kenickie. The show features several songs that are not in
the movie as well.... but all the favorites are there (Go Greased
Lightnin'!) Grease captures the birth of raging hormonally charged
Adolescence better than anything going...Though filled with dance and
song, Grease has quieter      moments of heartbreak and friendship
that will leave audiences with a tune in their ears and a lump in
their throat.
 
A doo-wopping backup girl group led by student sensation Courtney
Knott (who recently performed at the White House) round out what will
be an unforgettable evening for the whole family... (Though the show
has some adult themes, necking and smoking, we think nine years old
and up is safe...)




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