Tickets $10 on-line at www.montville.net/bugsy or at the door. FREE Senior Citizen performance on Wed, 3/20 at 6PM. Video by videographer Lauren Moran.
Featuring a "Cast of Thousands" -- or nearly 100 students from grades 6, 7 and 8 -- the musical "Bugsy Malone JR." will be performed by the Robert R. Lazar Middle School Theatre Company on Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Performances will be held in the Montville Township High School auditorium. MTHS is located at 100 Horseneck Road. A FREE Senior Citizen performance will be held on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m.
"Bugsy Malone JR." is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Roaring Twenties. Lazar's action-packed production of non-stop choreography, eye-popping costumes, brightly designed sets, and classic comic characters, features flappers and fedoras, and the show's score and lyrics by 6-time Oscar-winner Paul Williams. The musical "Bugsy Malone JR." is based on the 1976 film "Bugsy Malone" written and directed by Oscar-nominated Alan Parker ("Fame," "Evita," "Come See the Paradise"). The music of this classic show highlights characters with names like: Ritzy, Knuckles, Tallulah, and Sam.
At its heart, "Bugsy Malone JR." is a love story on the scale of "West Side Story." In a fictitious city, populated only by children who are in a rivalry of Capone-ian-like standards, a one-time boxer, Bugsy Malone, discovers the love of his life: Blousey. Dandy Dan and his group seem to have the upper hand in the rivalry, but Fat Sam thinks Bugsy holds the key to winning. All Bugsy really wants to do is spend time with Blousey...but that just doesn't seem to be in the cards.
The principal cast includes: Bugsy Malone: Max Davis (Grade 7), Blousey Brown: Chelsea Adest (7), Fat Sam: Reid Quinn (8), Dandy Dan: Benjamin Mason (8), Tallulah: Kelsie Faherty (8), Lena Marelli: Rebecca Neadel (7), Ritzy: Aadit Tembe (7), Tallulah’s Quartet: Mateya Pereski (7), Sethu Arunachalam (8), Marissa Mathew (8), Vivienne Palmiero (8), Knuckles: Vasileos Sakkos (8), Fizzy: Julie Choi (8), and Oscar DeVelt: Issac Bedell (8).
"Bugsy Malone JR." is produced by Special Education teacher Rebecca Friedman and, and co-directed by Friedman and Choral teacher Jordan Green. Green is also the Musical Director. Leala Mills is the Choreographer, Lighting Designer is Mal Hoeland, and Sound Design is provided by Audio, Inc. Set design is led by Lazar Science teacher Karin Wardell with Likhila Tummala serving as the Junior Set Designer. The Stage Manager team is led by Timothy Faherty with Assistant Stage Managers Ryan Cortes and Nicole Londono. Junior Stage Managers Alyssa Leff and Brielle Cuccia round out the Creative Team.
For eight years in a row the Montville Township Public Schools, a pre-k to grade 12 district, have been awarded the national designation of "Outstanding Communities for Music Education" by the NAMM foundation.
Don't miss this live production of "Bugsy Malone JR." the musical. Performances by the Robert R. Lazar Middle School Theatre Company will be held on Thursday, March 21, and Friday, March 22, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or in advance at: www.montville.net/bugsy.
A FREE Senior Citizen performance will be held on Wednesday, March 20 at 6:00 p.m.
A VIDEO promo of the upcoming production of “Bugsy Malone, JR.,” by videographer Lauren Moran, can be viewed at the Montville Township Public Schools YouTube Channel.
All three performances will be held at Montville Township High School, 100 Horseneck Road, Montville, NJ.