Tim and I, and his friend Liam went to see the Phantom production in May - they did it for extra credit, and I did it because long ago I did the spotlight work …
Here's what I'd posted on May 7th. Stepinac production of "Phantom of the Opera" – and quoting myself;
Sorry alumni, this show blew away anything done in the past. The whole production was amazing. Singing, choreography, the sets, costumes (Tim's friend Liam told me he'd heard they had a $70,000 budget!), everything.
Well, the critics agreed!
Stepinac wins overall-production Metro in a loud, proud night
Archbishop Stepinac High School’s production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” earned the top honor — best overall production — at Monday’s 14th annual Metropolitan High School Theater Awards at Peekskill’s Paramount Center for the Arts.
“Phantom,” at the all-boys Catholic high school in White Plains, was up for 15 awards and came away with four: overall production; leading actor (New Rochelle’s Albert Stanaj, in the title role, in a performance that tied with Fair Lawn’s Sean Dabney, as conflicted director Guido Contini, in “Nine”); best supporting actor, (White Plains’ Chris Guzman); and scenic design (Joe Lore and June Ricciardi). It was the first time Stepinac had won the top prize.
The leading actress award was won by a student in Ossining; she must have been phenomenal, because the young lady who was lead in Phantom did not win and she was great.
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