OCC SPRING MUSICAL THEATER SHOWCASE 4/25/24 The
Olney Central College Music Department Concert Choir and Musical Theater
Workshop students will present their Spring Musical Theater Showcase at 7 pm on
May 3rd in the Dr. John D. Stull Performing Arts Center. OCC
Director of Choral Activities Dr. Andrew Pittman said, “The showcase is a
chance for these students to have leading roles and gain experience in
performing. Everyone is featured at least once, giving them a chance to
shine.” Pittman
pointed out this year’s showcase encompasses a diverse group of students
including several OCC band members, some of whom have never performed in vocal
ensembles. Featured
works span more than a century of musical theater repertoire with selections
ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1879 comic opera the Pirates of Penzance to
2015’s Tony-award winning Dear Evan Hansen. A
highlight of the evening will be a cabaret section spotlighting Maybe This Time
from Cabaret, When You’re Good to Mama from Chicago and Big Spender from the
Tony-award winning Sweet Charity. Students
also will perform several songs from Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon
Barber of Fleet Street including Johanna, Johanna Quartet and the Sweeney Todd
Finale. Other
selections will include Hopelessly Devoted to You and There Are Worse Things I
Could Do from Grease, Ten Minutes Ago from Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Cinderella, King of New York from Newsies and My Defenses Are Down from Annie
Get Your Gun. Admission
is free. Donations will be accepted at the door.