By: Lexi Jenkins, Jonathan Drake, and Morgan Blechshmid
March 9, 2020
With the upcoming production of the Brooklyn Drama Department’s play Newsies, Director of Bands Sean Sullivan was interviewed about his concerns and opinions on the readiness of the pit band.
Students in the orchestra meet multiple times every week to rehearse. Pit members play a crucial role in the play; they set the mood for the scenes as well as the pace.
Sullivan stated the following: “I love the process; the thing about a musical is that the tunes move the story forward, and you can’t take out one tune and have it stand alone.”
Students show great amounts of responsibility as they attend every practice. They know how important it is that they are completely ready, down to every last detail by the time opening night rolls around.
“The process of everything being put together and watching not only the pit but the cast and crew grow and get from Point A to Point B and what we present to the public [is really amazing to watch],” added Sullivan.
This year’s play contains the most unstopped music that our school has ever produced in a musical.
Sullivan added, “The only other show I can think of that has this much-uninterrupted music is Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
When you are in the play (either as cast, crew, or pit), you learn that nothing will work without everybody contributing as one. Everybody needs each other in order for the process to flow smoothly. Everyone participating in the production of the play work together to achieve a common goal within only a few months. That goal, of course, is to put on an amazing play this year and to put their all into what they present.
Come out and enjoy the play at 7:00 p.m. on March 12-13 and at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on March 14.
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THE RETURN OF THE EYE 