Come along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway! Be ready to sway in your seat as Montclair High School students in the School of Visual and Performing Arts (SVPA) present the spring musical, “42nd Street,” beginning May 3. Set at the height of the Great Depression, aspiring chorus girl Peggy Sawyer comes to the big city from Allentown, Pa., and soon lands her first big job in the ensemble of a glitzy new Broadway show. But just before opening night, the leading lady breaks her ankle.
Will Peggy be able to step in and become a star? The score is packed with
Broadway standards, including “You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me,” “Dames,”
“We’re In the Money,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “Shuffle Off to Buffalo” and “Forty-Second
Street.”
The Performance
The musical “42nd Street” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on
behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
The show is directed by Montclair High School drama teacher and SVPA director,
Megan Wills with technical direction by Gary Rudoren, MHS’s architecture and design teacher, and choreography by tap phenom Maurice Chestnut and MHS dance teacher and Dance Company director Kamille King. Musical Director and MHS music teacher Sammy Mellman leads an all-student band. Additionally, an all-student technical crew runs the lights and sound, as well as costumes and set design.
Tickets are on sale now. To purchase tickets, or to learn more information, visit here.
Performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May 3, May 4, May 10 and May 11 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 12 at 2:30 p.m. in the Little Theater, Montclair High School George
Innes Annex, 141 Park St. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.
The full-length musical is performed with one 10-minute intermission and is expected to
run for roughly 2½ hours.
MHS’s School of Visual and Performing Arts
The Spring Musical is a Montclair High School tradition and capstone of the season, allowing SVPA students to develop and spotlight their acting, dancing and singing skills. This year’s performance features more than 100 students, including on-stage performers and a full tech crew.
The Montclair High School SVPA focuses on co-curricular activities that highlight students’ skills and talents. Staged events during the course of the year include a fall showcase, winter play and spring musical theater production. In addition to the performing component, the program also provides an outlet for students who want to support the theater as part of the technical crew, including stage design, sound, lighting and more.
For more information about SVPA or to donate your time, talents or funds to this program, email svpaboosters@gmail.com