6.05 ENTERTAINMENT Spark 13 ‘Grease’ one slick show Spring musical sells out all three nights Brittany Glembot, Journalism Two Walking down the halls of school, you hear students talking, locker doors slamming, and...singing. In Rydell, the setting of the Broadway play “Grease,” students do. This second longest running Broadway musical was performed at PH on May 12, 13, and 14 at 7:30, “Grease” was a slick hit. Auditorium doors opened at 7:15, and people were lined up at the doors waiting to get in. Even though Patriot Players only finished the set fifteen minutes before opening, the performance was amazing. From the opening chords to the last, the acting, singing, and choreography were excellent. Forest Gladstone, who played one of the lead roles as Sandra, sang in a beautifully clear voice that carried throughout the auditorium. Likewise, her co-star Stephen Belyea who played Sandra’s summer love Danny, also sang remarkably well. Besides just having excellent singing though, the acting in the play was amazing. There was no time in the play where everyone was standing waiting for someone to remember their lines, or where someone came in too early. There was just the right amount of comedy (an example of which could be Brandon Henley’s solo called “Mooning”) too, to offset the semi– seriousness of the rest of the play, which was shown in the decisions that Sandy had to make to change who she was to make Danny like her (demonstrated in her song “Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee”). Another funny part, which doubled as an example of the crew’s ingenuity, was how they brought on a golf cart to play the part of the famous “Greased Lighting,” a fact which they used in several jokes during the play. Rizzo, played by Skylar Gudas, said that “it looks like a camoflauged golf cart!” in response to Danny’s showing her his “car.” Although the lighting, lines, and costumes were all spectacular, I believe that this play could not have been as Title of book: In the Time of the Butterflies Author: Julia Alvarez Book Genre: fiction Number of pages: 321 Cover Price: $14.00 Publishing co.: PLUME Overall rating: Read it today; don’t put it down till good as it was without the amazing acting and singing of Forrest Gladstone. Gladstone really took the part and made it her own– she sang her parts with convction and said her lines as if she really was Sandy. The same goes for the rest of the members of the cast– all of them made their parts come alive, and after seeing “Grease,” it is easy to see why it has stayed around for so long. The cast sings “Greased Lightning,” a tribute to 50’s “muscle cars.” The camo golf cart drew extra laughs from the audience . (Staff) you’re done!!! Other books by the author: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents The plot: Dede is the only Mirabal sister left alive out of four. Why? Because the other three stood up to the Dominican Republic dictator Trujillo. Throughout the book the narrator changes, from Dede, to her sister Minerva, to their sister Patria, to their sister Mate, and then back to Dede. Although they all talk about their lives individually, they all also talk about the revolution that they all but Dede become a part of. Eventually, even Dede wants to become a butterfly like the rest of her sisters (mariposa-or butterfly were the sisters’ code names) but does not because of her husband’s disaproval. Not joining her sisters in their rebellion saves her life, as two of her sisters were imprisoned along with their husbands, and then all three were killed for speaking out against Trujillo. Most interseting point in the book: To me, the most interesting part of the book was whenever Minerva was the narrator. I believe her to be the most well–developed character in the book as she is described so well. She is emotionally the strongest of the four sisters and was the first to speak against Trujillo, starting when she was still in school. Dislikes: This book was so incredibly well–written that there was nothing that I did not like. If you read it and do not know Spanish you might have a hard time understanding some of the speech, as the story is set in a Spanish speaking country and there are many Spanish phrases in it. Although there are some Spanish phrases, if you don’t understand them it’s ok– they don’t take away from the general REQUIRED Summer Reading Alternative selections are available upon parent/student request. Ninth Grade Pre-IB The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Watership Down Richard Adams Ninth Grade Advanced To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Animal Farm George Orwell Abiography Tenth Grade Pre-IB/Advanced Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Marie Remarque A choice of one of the following: In the Time of the Butterflies Julia Alvarez Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card Eleventh Grade IB Native Son Richard Wright The Crucible Arthur Miller Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Eleventh Grade Advanced The Scarlet Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne The Color Purple Alice Walker A Farewell to Arms Ernest Hemingway Twelfth Grade IB and AP The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky