GREASE, the Central Middle School Theater Arts Program production will be performed on April 1 and 2 at 7:00pm. This is the school version of GREASE, with the book, music and lyrics written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.
The CMS Theater Arts Program celebrates its 37th year with a cast and crew of 110 highly energetic and talented middle school students. Directed by Christine DiTota and Music Director, CMS music teacher, Rebecca Lipschutz; produced by Bonnie Hann and Kira Seabolt; and choreographed by Christine Gavin, this year’s production of GREASE promises to dish up a lot of “rama lama ka dignity dong!”
Marty, played by CMS 7th grader, Stella Santini, belts out “Freddy My Love” during a Central Middle School rehearsal of GREASE, the school version, with the book, music and lyrics written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Marty shown centered, with Rizzo (standing to the right played by Lea Bain) and Sandy, (seated on the left and played by Isobelle Novak) surrounded by the Pink Ladies and Pinkettes. Tickets at $10/pp are on sale now to the General Public and can be purchased at CMS during lunch hours from 10:15am -12:15pm and just prior to 7pm performances on April 1 and 2, 2016 at Central Middle School on 9 Indian Rock Lane.
Welcome to the singing and dancing world of “Grease,” the most successful movie musical of all time. Good girl Sandy meets leather-clad Danny over the summer in the 1950s and both end up in the same high school in the fall. Will a summer romance survive surrounded by greaser bad boy friends, Burger Palace boys, Pink Ladies, “Pinkettes,” and a beauty school dropout…?
“We have a big cast this year, great songs and a great story,” DiTota said. “This year’s show promises an energy-packed musical not to be missed!”
Tickets at $10/per person are on sale now to the General Public and can be purchased at CMS during lunch hours from 10:15am -12:15pm and just prior to 7:00pm performances on April 1 and 2 at Central Middle School on 9 Indian Rock Lane in Greenwich.