Richard D. Russell » Taming of the Shrew http://rdrussell.com Mon, 05 Dec 2016 01:42:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Katrina The Shrew premiere http://rdrussell.com/katrina-the-shrew-premiere http://rdrussell.com/katrina-the-shrew-premiere#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:10:32 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/?p=2553 Katrina the Shrew premieres in the East Hanover (NJ) School District

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]]> Katrina the Shrew premiered this past June 2 at the Central School of the East Hanover (NJ) School District. This musical adaptation of the Shakespeare play, The Taming of the Shrew, was adapted by Emily Thompson Schweer (book and lyrics) and I wrote most of the music for the evening’s songs. (Emily had already written two of the songs, which I arranged.)

Emily is the G & T teacher at this school, and every year she presents a musicalized adaptation of a Shakespeare play. The performances are presented by her 4th Grade group, the Student Actors’ League of Arts and Drama, also known as SALAD.¬†I’m delighted to be joining her for the first time in writing music. I was very impressed by the huge number of students who participated–all of whom rehearse during lunch recess or after school.

Here are several pics from the show.

Padua School of Arts

Alexandra Altonjy, pianist, with Emily Thompson Schweer and students

The cast performs the title number

The cast performs, “That’s the Way to Deal with a Shrew”

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]]> http://rdrussell.com/katrina-the-shrew-premiere/feed 0 “Katrina the Shrew” to premiere June 2 http://rdrussell.com/katrina-the-shrew-to-premiere-june-2 http://rdrussell.com/katrina-the-shrew-to-premiere-june-2#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 12:44:03 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/?p=2506 Katrina the Shrew, based on Shakespeare, premieres June 2, 2011.

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]]> In something of a departure, I’ve recently written several songs for Katrina the Shrew, a musical modernization of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.¬†While I’ve always been quite interested in musical theater, in this case the musical is written to be performed by the Fourth Grade class of the Central School in the East Hanover School District of New Jersey. The premiere performances are June 2.

The script is by “Willa Shakeschweer,” the nom de plume of Emily Thompson Schweer, who teaches at the school. Emily also wrote the lyrics to the show, while I contributed the music. I’ve collaborated with Emily before in several performances at In Mid Air Productions.

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