I’ve landed on the Planet!

I’ve always read the staff blogs that were posted here on Planet Zetaboards, but I never imagined that one day my own blog might be displayed! I can’t say that I’m a huge blogger, but that’s only because I was probably the only person reading my entires. It felt more like a diary than anything else. Maybe with 1 or 2 more people reading my entires it will give me a reason to write more often.

I’ll start with news about the show I’m currently doing in four days. My high school is putting on a musical called “Cabaret”. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s what Wikipedia has to say:

“Cabaret is a musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned an acclaimed 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions.

Originally entitled Welcome to Berlin, it is based on John Van Druten’s play I Am a Camera, which in turn was adapted from the novel Mr. Norris Changes Trains and a collection of short stories, Goodbye to Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1929-1930 Berlin on the eve of the Nazis’ rise to power, it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and mostly revolves around the English 19-year-old cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with young American writer, Cliff Bradshaw. A sub-plot involves the doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the Emcee, who presides as master of ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub and serves as a constant metaphor for the current state of society in Weimar Germany throughout the show.”

I’m fortunate enough to be playing the role of the MC this year. The show is being put on at a really nice theatre in the city from May 22 until May 24th. We don’t get to do a lot of shows, but it really is one of the best high school courses I’ve ever taken. I’ll be sure to let everyone know how it goes!