West Side Story - Norwood High School 2012 {Performance}

Musicals are some of the most demanding productions for schools to put on.  Not only must the actors remember their lines and deliver them ... they have to sing and dance too.

 

But Norwood High School in Norwood, MA can pull it off and has been for many years. 

They start with the auditions in May and then the rehearsals run all summer long.  The kids take their vacations, work their summer jobs  ... (even the leads) and another actor just steps in and the rehearsals continue.

This September, the school is presenting West Side Story.  We've all seen the show or the movie, or at least seen some of it.  This is Romeo and Juliet set on the streets ... the mean streets of New York. And it is one of the most passionate and gritty plays too. 

 

But it's also beautiful and delicate and intense.  I just finished photographing a rehearsal and I can already tell that the audience is going to love it.