Chicago!

Once again Brianna Firestone has blown me away. She is able to go from the sweet, girl-next- door,Julia in The Wedding Singer to sassy Roxie Hart with out missing a beat. This production of Chicago was phenomenal. The actors were amazing, singing and dancing their hearts out, with the live band right along beside them the whole way. One would think that putting on a production as big as this would require a ton of special effects and costume changes but that is not the case. They were able to pull it off with no costume changes, the only set pieces about a dozen chairs, and minimal props. Yet, the audience does not going wanting. The aesthetic appeal of the solely black, white and red set and costumes and "all that jazz" add a sort of sexy, dangerous aura to the play. This musical definitely had the audience on their feet yelling "Roxie!"

Funny girl

You have no idea how excited I am to go to East High School next year even more so after seeing the play Funny Girl. If I hadn't known the cast was entirely made up of students I would have thought it was done by professional actors. This production was on the level of Christmas Carol at the Denver Performing Arts (possibly better). With a full orchestra, dancers, costumes ,and sets, that brought the story to life vibrantly, and had the audience captivated the whole way through. The only, all to common, mistakes, that come from performing live, was when the signal for the microphones dropped for a split second once or twice. But, even then the actors had such powerful voices that that didn't even matter. The lead actress was amazing performing with talent way past her years in an older role. By far the best high school production I have ever seen. Period.