The musical is a Gilbert and Sullivan show about bumbling pirates. One in particular named Frederic falls in love with Mabel, the daughter of a major general.<\/p>\n
Senior Dan Brennan, who plays the major general, says the audience shouldn’t be scared away by the fact that the show is an operetta. <\/p>\n
“It’s really funny and the music is fantastic,” he said. “The story is just in a category by itself it’s so funny.”<\/p>\n
Director Jim Yarbrough said he knew he had the right mix of actors and musicians to do the show. More than 200 students are involved including cast and crew.<\/p>\n
“This stuff definitely was top-of-the-line in the 1880s,” Yarbrough said. “The best singers, the best orchestra players. We’re asking kids to do this and they’re stepping up.”<\/p>\n
The lead actors have been rehearsing since December and even went to see a rehearsal of the Light Opera Works’ version of the show in Evanston where they had a chance to interact with some of the production staff.<\/p>\n
Senior Claire Morley is one of two actresses playing Mabel and said she enjoyed portraying the “ditsy diva.”<\/p>\n
“You can really play with the music because that’s how she is, that’s who her character is,” Morley said. “It’s fun to sing really obnoxiously high. – The whole thing is such a farce, such a comedic, fun, fast-paced operetta.”<\/p>\n
But don’t worry if some of the songs fly by too quickly to decipher. There will be a screen above the stage with the lyrics so the audience can follow along. <\/p>\n
Yarbrough said the musical might not be as trendy as some, but it has lasting appeal.<\/p>\n
“The cool thing about this is your grandkids – will be doing productions of this because this is a staple of musical theater and you’ll get to go see them,” he said. “It’s eternal. You’re not going to see ‘High School Musical 2′ 20 years from now.”<\/p>\n
For current grandparents and other friends and family who may not be able to make it to the show, the school will stream it online at www.ustream.tv\/channel\/pirates-of-penzance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Read the original article on DailyHerald.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n Naperville North students have turned into swashbucklers for their latest theatrical production that hits the stage tonight. “Pirates of Penzance” opens at 7 p.m. today at the school, 899 N. Mill St. Performances continue at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Tickets are $5 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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