Meet the theater columnist, Vivienne Mestraud! Joining clay for the first time, Vivienne is a fifth-year TPSer, sixteen, and in tenth grade. Having grown up near Washington, D.C., Vivenne is familiar with school trips to the Kennedy Center, WolfTrap, and the Washington Monument, among other local Smithsonian Institute highlights. This […]
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Auf Wiedersehen, clay
Dearest readers, I must admit that this week I wrote my musical article in tears. As you might already be aware, this is the last month and last year of clay. So while thinking of ideas of musicals to write about, I woefully came upon The Sound of Music. This […]
Seussical!
The Seussical is one of the most performed musicals in America. From elementary school performances to Broadway, everyone loves the kind and down-to-earth elephant, Horton, the lazy, dramatic bird, Mayzie, and of course the little boy with a soaring imagination, Jojo. Each character in this well-known musical motivates and teaches […]
No One Mourns the Wicked: The Musical Wicked
“No one mourns the wicked!” Many people know the story of The Wizard of Oz and, of course, that the Wicked Witch of the West, the evil character, tries to kidnap Dorothy. Yet many people don’t look deeper into the story. Why was the wicked witch evil? Why was she […]
The Dreamcoat: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an incredible musical that shares a meaningful story and is one of the world’s most famous family-friendly musicals. The entire musical is told from the perspective of the narrator, who follows the storyline of how Jacob’s favorite son, Joseph, gets sold as a slave […]