Slideshow: Small cast makes big 'Sound of Music'

Thursday, April 13, 2006

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V.W.H. Campbell Jr. and Christopher Rawson
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Robinson Township Christian School is a little school with big ambition. Only a few years into its school musicals, RTCS has staged a captivating production of "The Sound of Music."

The play wasn't as small as you'd expect physically, either. The entire school, K-12, has about 140 pupils, fewer than three dozen in high school. But even using the occasional sixth-grader in an adult role, RTCS recruited a capable cast of 25 and ample crew.

Performances were staged in the sanctuary of Providence Presbyterian Church. Director Lisa Boelcke and musical director Natalie Shaw, who also designed sets and costumes and seem to have been the chief creative forces, did it without cuts. At least, I didn't notice any. At more than three hours, it clearly didn't stint.

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First published on April 13, 2006 at 12:00 am

Curt Chandler produced the slideshow. V.W.H. Campbell Jr. can be contacted at bcampbell@post-gazette.com. Post-Gazette theater critic Christopher Rawson can be reached at crawson@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1666.