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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School students will stage a Broadway Revue on Saturday, January 21st at 7:00 p.m. to raise money for the auditorium’s lighting. The show will feature former, current and future B-CC students singing Broadway tunes from 18 popular shows including “Anything Goes,” “Miss Saigon,” “West Side Story,” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” The youth tap ensemble Soles of Steel from Joy of Motion Dance Center will lead the show off with a salute to “A Chorus Line” and “42nd Street.”
The Broadway Revue is the culminating event of the “Let There Be Light” fundraising campaign launched last year by parents and the Theater Department. According to Jeff Kenton, B-CC Theater Arts Technical Director, a survey of other Montgomery County high schools showed that the B-CC stage was woefully under lit.
“Most other area high schools with active theater programs have between 100 and 150 lights, and we have 60,” said Kenton. “That really limits what we can do, and we end up spending quite a bit to rent lights for each theater production,” he added.
In addition to the great stage performances, there will be drama outside the theater with several prize drawings throughout the evening. Before the show and during intermission, theater goers can purchase grand prize drawing tickets for either a New York or Washington, D.C. theater weekend. Grand prize drawing tickets are $10 each or three for $25 and can be purchased online at www.bcctheater.com. Winners need not be present to claim the prize.
There will be several smaller prize drawings for exciting gifts such as dance classes from Joy of Motion Dance Center and yoga classes from Down Dog Yoga. Theater goers can purchase drawing tickets for these prizes for $2 each or three for $5 before and during the show. Tickets for the Broadway Revue are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12. They can be purchased online at www.bcctheater.com or at B-CC one hour before the performance.
