Get ready to experience the magic of Broadway.
Gippsland Grammar is thrilled to announce its spectacular production of the Tony Award-winning musical 42nd Street.
Directed by the school’s director of performing arts, Dr Kevin Cameron, with the support of associate director Melissa Hunt, this dazzling show will transport audiences to the glitz and glamour of 1930s New York.
Featuring captivating tap dances, show-stopping performances and iconic numbers like We’re in the Money and Lullaby of Broadway, 42nd Street promises to be an unforgettable experience.
This production, featuring more than 45 students from years seven to nine, will be held in the school’s Garnsey Campus on October 10-11.
Additional senior students are further enhancing their skills contributing to choreography and direction.
This marks the first time Gippsland Grammar’s senior campus has hosted two productions within a single year.
Earlier this year, students from years 10-12 presented Catch Me If You Can.
Dr Cameron said the two productions had offered new performing and leadership opportunities for students passionate about the arts.
“It’s an exciting and new venture for Gippsland Grammar as it addresses a gap of opportunity between our biannual productions at our two junior campuses and our senior production,” Dr Cameron said.
“Two productions allows us to build the skills, capacities and profiles of a wider range of students at different points on their creative journeys.
“And from the considerable number of students expressing interest in both on-stage and off-stage roles, we have assembled a committed and talented team of students from years seven to nine to bring 42nd Street to life.”
42nd Street tells the story of Peggy Sawyer, a small-town girl from middle America trying to make it on Broadway at the height of the Great Depression.
Fresh off the bus, Peggy uses her naive charm to win a place in the chorus line of the biggest new show in town.
And when the star gets injured, they need someone new to take the lead.
Will Peggy’s raw talent be enough to win her a place in the spotlight?
Peggy’s rise from showgirl to Broadway star is the stuff of showbiz dreams and in Gippsland Grammar’s production the role is played by year nine student Alana Crawford.
Alana comes from strong local show business stock; her brother Andrew played one of the lead roles in Catch Me If You Can and her parents are also actively involved in local theatre companies. She is thrilled to bring this theatre background to the role of Peggy Sawyer.
“I’m really excited to be a part of a show where everyone is so passionate about what they are doing,” Alana said.
Year 11 student Connor Rogalsky is supporting the production in the role of student assistant director and said he had relished the opportunity on the back of performing in Catch Me If You Can.
“42nd Street has allowed myself as an upcoming director to engage in and give back to the school,” Connor said.
“And in doing so develop communicative and leadership skills that I can incorporate in other theatre and external programs.”
Gippsland Grammar’s dance captains year 12 students Alanna Magee and Sienna Hill have also joined forces as the show’s choreographers.
42nd Street will be performed at Gippsland Grammar’s Garnsey Campus hall, McGhee St, Sale. Tickets are on sale now via the TryBooking website.
