Nov. 2024| Vol. 34 Iss. 11
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MURRAY HIGH OPENS THE CURTAIN ON THIS YEAR’S SHOWS
NOV 15-17 MOUNTAIN AMERICA EXPO CENTER
By Julie Slama | j.slama@mycityjournals.com
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onsidered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, “Guys and Dolls” ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. Fast-forward almost three-quarters of a century, and the blockbuster show will have a limited engagement this month at Murray High School. As their opening show for the season, the high school thespians will perform “Guys and Dolls” at 7 p.m., Nov. 1516 and again, Nov. 18-19 at Murray High’s stage, 5440 S. State St. There also will be a 1 p.m., Nov. 16 matinee. Tickets will be $8 in advance and available on the school website, mhs.murrayschools.org, or $10 at the door. Directed by theatre teacher Alexie Shaffer, the show will involve about 50 actors, 18 dancers, 20 musicians and 20 tech crew members. “I love ‘Guys and Dolls,’” she said. “It’s a light-hearted story with characters who live in New York and it’s about how they come together. It has classic songs like, ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,’ ‘A Bushel and a Peck’ and ‘Luck Be a Lady’ and watching our students sing these Broadway classics has been fun. They’ve really been pushed on their harmonies this year in learning some of that music.” Shaffer said the production will be a fun show for patrons as well. “The music of the jazz era is going to draw people to want to come see it,” she said. “The music style is in the late ’40s and ’50s, and we’ll have lots of bright, fun colors. We want Continued page 17
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