A new Broadway musical has arrived this fall: “Romeo + Juliet.” This will mark the official Broadway debut of actor Kit Connor, popular from the Netflix show “Heartstopper,” and actress Rachel Zegler, notable for Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” who stars in this production. A modern take on the famous […]
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Ramapo’s newest musical production takes audiences on a ride
This weekend, the Berrie Center put on its first three performances of Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell’s “Ride The Cyclone,” a musical exploring life and how we choose to experience it. To begin the show, six teenagers in a Canadian chamber choir from the fictional town of Uranium, Saskatchewan, die […]
Students and staff prepare for ‘Ride the Cyclone’ to take the stage
Musical productions come about once every few years at Ramapo, so when they do, the theater department goes all in. That’s certainly the case for their upcoming musical, “Ride the Cyclone,” with nearly all of the department’s faculty, students and staff involved and a slew of guest artists joining to […]
Musical productions return to Ramapo with a Spelling Bee
Photo courtesy of Joe Kiely. During my junior year at Ramapo, our spring musical production got cancelled. My friends and I sadly looked ahead at a full year of virtual theatre, knowing we’d never get our last goodbyes in person. At the same time, I was adding a second major, […]
“Hamilton” is anticipated to play in theaters by 2021
Photo courtesy of No Swan So Fine, Wikipedia Big news hit the internet last week with the announcement that the world-famous musical, “Hamilton: The American Musical,” would be hitting the big screen in 2021. All of the original principal roles will be filled with the original actors. Disney will be […]