This week is our Upper School/Middle School Spring Musical Production of Disney’s “Newsies.” The show, set in 1899, is a retelling of the historical 1899 Newsboys’ Strike. Following Jack...

It has been a little over a year since, just weeks after starting his second term, President Trump made himself a chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. His action shook the theater...

This past summer, I had the opportunity to travel to New York to see the Jeremy Jordan led revival of the cult classic musical “Floyd Collins.” With music and lyrics by Adam Guettel (who is best known...

I had the opportunity to interview our newest faculty member, Felix Clarke, about their work in theater and how they have been enjoying being a member of the Sandy Spring Friends School community so far....

It is once again that time of year – Tony season. On May 1st, previous Tony winners Sarah Paulson and Wendell Pierce announced the nominees for the six big-hitting categories, including both best play...

In our modern day and age, social media is one thing you can not escape. In 2023, about 4.9 billion people around the world used social media. In the US, people on average have 7.1 social media accounts....

During mid-winter break, my family took a trip to New York City, which included going to see two Broadway musicals: “Spamalot” and “Back to the Future the Musical.”   “Monty Python’s...

Tony season is coming up, and as a theater kid, I am ecstatic. For those who don’t spend their time destroying their hearing by blasting show tunes into their eardrums, the Tony awards are basically...

This year, the Upper School winter play is “The Caucasian Chalk Circle,” a 1948 Brechtian epic theater production. Because the performance dates are coming up (December 15 at 7 PM and 16 at 2 PM and...