These are the Days

For weeks the students involved with the revue and director, Gerry Moshell, have been rehearsing this production and all of their hard work was realized this weekend in the course of four nights. The revue went up Thursday night through Saturday night with a Sunday matinee. The cast consisted of nine students: Ernesto Anguilla '99, Justin Ball '01, Michael Burke '00, Christopher Moses '98, Jennifer Noakes '01, Dana Reynolds Rock '00, Elizabeth Rohfritch '99, Amy Williams '00, and Nathaniel Zeitz '00.

It seems as if the show was a success. Even on Saturday night the theater was filled with people enjoying the entertaining performance. There were excerpts from musicals such as "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Annie" as well as many other lesser known ones for example, "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman." Needless to say, the pieces ranged from quite somber to very lively and fun.

Though the set was scarce, consisting mostly of stools and benches, the show was far from static. The songs were sung beautifully by everyone involved, and the movements that accompanied the singing were both fun and interesting. In fact, there were times when the audience was in hysterics, such as with the "Hoots-Pa" piece from the musical Mayor which involved Ball, Burke, and Anguilla . Impressing everyone were the two newcomers to Trinity, the freshmen. Noakes' voice amazed the audience while Ball's stage presence and comic flare were engaging. The rest performed to their usual high standards, singing wonderfully and entertaining everyone.

For the final show, Charles Strouse himself came to see the show and from what everyone could gather, he enjoyed himself. Before going to the matinee, he had breakfast with the cast and crew in the Rittenburg Lounge of Mather Hall. This was a great opportunity for all. The students had nothing but good things to say about meeting the famous composer.